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Old Oct 2, 2002 | 7:45 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CameraGuy:

Is it possible that an offensive thread was deleted and the database gave that "Thread Number" to a new thread?</font>
Camera Guy is 100% right, as a simple check of the time codes will show.

Darren posted this thread as all can see at Sept 26, and the thread that is linked there -

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum83/HTML/001191.html

Does not have its debut post until Sept 27 at 2.17pm.... i.e. that harmless thread later received the thread number once allocated to the thread below. (Not a good UBB feature IMO.)

The initial thread, as Darren's headline indicates was a ridiculous rambling heated illegal SPAM/chain letter deal post with many hostile comments to it.

The ACTUAL thread Darren and I commented on is (right now anyway) the sole inhabitant of the misposted threads Sin Bin:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/000193.html



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