> Avy, I was just thinking: what if he deleted the post after you saw it?

No, No Jackie! Wouldn't that show up? Even if there is a sneaky way of deleting posts - I don't think that is it. It doesn't explain the stranger bit.
If Rubrick was a stranger last March - I think gremlin in the software is the answer. By some mistake a post was picked up from last March and put into a current thread. The thread was very current of that I am sure - I can't swear the post was current.
As far as the context - it was one line post with a very general remark - so it didn't look out of context. When I read it I thought why isn't anybody responding to him. Why isn't anybody welcoming him back.
I know I must sound really strange (Also I'm begining to hate this word).

If it makes me look any better - I have never made claims to being abducted by aliens. And having said this she packs her bags to go on a long holiday.