Let me know the reason, there is a good lad or lassie

[Bêthberry]

it was very strange to read comments about things no longer there.

Indeed, absence does not make the heart grow fonder.

A lawyer friend of mine gave me this advice some years ago, which I often observe more in the breach than in the using, but it is handy: Quote the passage you are referring to in your own post, so that if any non sequitur-creating edits are made, at least your post will contain the point you are referring to.

Hypothetical post:

Poster#1, post#1 On the road to Mordor, Sam was carrying two pound worth of carrots

Carrots? Rubbish I say! Cabbages and potatoes more likely!

This has not been a billable hour.