I don't understand what a new thread is???? On the screen there are rectangles for post new topic, post messages & reply to messages. If I could do better I would. A lot of internet terms I don't understand too well. I just do what I believe is the right thing. Someone mentioned this just lately & I posted it & no one replied so I didn't know how it was important it was. Could someone help me out? It's like when a person comes to a fork in the road--which way is the best & which way is the shortest. I just pick the way that has always worked in the past because nobody has brought it up before. If it was important why didn't someone let me know before?

: I don't understand what a new thread is???? On the screen there are rectangles for post new topic, post messages & reply to messages. If I could do better I would. A lot of internet terms I don't understand too well. I just do what I believe is the right thing. Someone mentioned this just lately & I posted it & no one replied so I didn't know how it was important it was. Could someone help me out? It's like when a person comes to a fork in the road--which way is the best & which way is the shortest. I just pick the way that has always worked in the past because nobody has brought it up before. If it was important why didn't someone let me know before?
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A new thread is a new topic.

Anytime you post, you have only two choices: (1) Reply To Message; and (2)Start New Topic. Whenever you choose Start New Topic you are creating a new "thread".

A "thread" is a series of related posts. Since lots of people come in cold to this forum, the threads are helpful because they keep conversations on the same track. It becomes confusing if someone starts a new thread when intending to respond to an existing post.

As nearly as I can tell, there is no timeout period for threads- note that just this month someone posted to one that was several years old. You can go back as many months as you want to find a post for resurrection. For example, suppose that someone posted a question about a Zenith 12-S-266 dial belt back in 2006. Using Google and the keywords "12-S-266", "Dial belt", and "Nostalgiaair forum" you should be able to find the original thread. Then you can revive it in the current month by "replying" to it.

If you get no response to a thread that you initiate, you can always reply to your own post, in which case the original post will be "promoted" to the top of the thread stack for a little extra visibility.

I don't think that anyone wants to be a "thread Nazi" about this- it's a little unreasonable to think that just because there was a thread about, say, Philco photofinish restoration back in 2007, a current poster who seeks that info would be obligated to first find that post and add to it rather than starting a new thread on the same topic. It's not necessary or useful to do a "patent search" every time you want to broach a new-to-you topic. But starting new threads on the same topic in the same month is the other extreme.

:Anytime you post, you have only two choices: (1) Reply To Message; and (2)Start New Topic. Whenever you choose Start New Topic you are creating a new "thread".
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:A "thread" is a series of related posts. Since lots of people come in cold to this forum, the threads are helpful because they keep conversations on the same track. It becomes confusing if someone starts a new thread when intending to respond to an existing post.
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:As nearly as I can tell, there is no timeout period for threads- note that just this month someone posted to one that was several years old. You can go back as many months as you want to find a post for resurrection. For example, suppose that someone posted a question about a Zenith 12-S-266 dial belt back in 2006. Using Google and the keywords "12-S-266", "Dial belt", and "Nostalgiaair forum" you should be able to find the original thread. Then you can revive it in the current month by "replying" to it.
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:If you get no response to a thread that you initiate, you can always reply to your own post, in which case the original post will be "promoted" to the top of the thread stack for a little extra visibility.
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:I don't think that anyone wants to be a "thread Nazi" about this- it's a little unreasonable to think that just because there was a thread about, say, Philco photofinish restoration back in 2007, a current poster who seeks that info would be obligated to first find that post and add to it rather than starting a new thread on the same topic. It's not necessary or useful to do a "patent search" every time you want to broach a new-to-you topic. But starting new threads on the same topic in the same month is the other extreme.
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Since I got fed up with reading other blogs looking for answers to actually repair two of my old radios, Ive posted at least 7 new threads. I try to keep the subject as precise as possible because the cure will be a truck load of information. If no one reply's instantly don't sweat it. Somebody will answer.