I didn't have to. I could have opened a new thread I suppose and hoped he was paying attention. But I knew he had at least monitored this thread at some point and might have flagged the notify me of replies feature. Creating a brand new thread really has no advantage as I see it, and posting to this thread causes no harm. So what's the big deal? If it's the two seconds it took you to read my post than my error, as a new user of this board is certainly less than yours, as you've been here awhile and it really takes just as long to read your response.
But it's nice to know you're such a friendly and helpful guy.
No. What I should have done is noticed the PM feature and used that. Thankfully there ARE helpful people still around. I hope Janus is more indicative of this board.