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Mar 7, 2002 | 8:42 am

#16

geo1004

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My favorite is still Quiet Lion's comment in one of his trip reports when he called the UA 1K line, was placed on hold and forced to listen to the message "Please hold, while we continue to suck...".

Mar 7, 2002 | 1:08 pm

#17

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One of my all time favorites was a topic posted by lisamcgu that was entitled: Must...get off...FT. Boy, could I identify with that one! The whole thread is quite funny! Here it is:

http://www.flyertalk.com/milesfr.shtml

Mar 7, 2002 | 2:35 pm

#18

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UH paradocs... that link will not do anything other than bring you to the main miles board... not the specific thread....

You really don't expect us to search for it do you?

William

Mar 7, 2002 | 4:17 pm

#19

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Actually, my original post wasn't as funny as some of the posts on that thread. Everyone did a good job of outdoing the post just before.

Anyway, to quasi guote Comicwoman, "thank you, thank you, I'll be playin here all week."

Mar 7, 2002 | 5:49 pm

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Wharvey, You are so right! Thanks for the heads up.

I went to the FAQ page to try and figure out what went wrong. I am still not sure but am working on it.

Originally I searched for lisamcgu's page. I highlighted and copied the url. That's what appears in my post above. Why isn't it specific to the page I wanted?

I'd appreciate some help. Thank you!

Frustrating!

Mar 7, 2002 | 5:54 pm

#21

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Quote:

Originally posted by paradocs:
I'd appreciate some help. Thank you!

Unless you access the Miles board from http://www.flyertalk.com/forumcgi/Ultimate.cgi the board stays in frames mode and only shows that milesfr link, regardless of the page you are viewing. To get the URL of an individual page in that mode, in IE you can right click and choose properties. Then you can copy the URL from there. I'm not sure about Netscape.

Mar 7, 2002 | 5:57 pm

#22

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paradocs - allow me to answer so that people who really know will feel obligated to correct me with a better way

It has to do w/ the URL you're entering FT on to begin with, but that's another story..

When you're on the page where you want to copy the URL, right click on your mouse, choose "properties", select the URL text, then hit ctrl-C to copy the URL that shows up - this is the complete URL for the thread.. then go to where you want to paste it, left click your mouse to put your cursor there, and hit ctrl-V. Voila!

Mar 7, 2002 | 6:28 pm

#23

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(Edited to add that this URL seems to bring up a blank page. Sorry! I thought I did as told. I was on someone elses computer when I made the original post. Did that have anything to do with it?)

Let's try this;

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mileshead.gif

I really want to thank you both for the help!

[This message has been edited by paradocs (edited 03-07-2002).]

Mar 7, 2002 | 6:38 pm

#24

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Quote:

Originally posted by paradocs:
Let's try this;

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mileshead.gif

I really want to thank you both for the help!

Whoa! Not even close...

Here's the (very funny!) thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/005766.html

Mar 7, 2002 | 8:46 pm

#25

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Thanks Jon! Now that's embarrassing to post a wrong link twice! I finally came up with the correct one and emailed it to myself to check it.

I hereby promise to do that email check before I posts links on FT. At least til I know I have the hang of it.

Thanks everyone, you sure were patient with me!

Mar 7, 2002 | 9:49 pm

#26

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Here is my favorite on stun guns on UA metal

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum50/HTML/008976.html

Several good ones

Mar 8, 2002 | 7:19 am

#27

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There are multiple ways to getting the exact URL, but one of the easier ones is to click on the "FlyerTalkers send this thread via email" above the first post in the thread. The new window will open up w/ the correct URL of the thread where you can cut and paste it.

Hope that helps!

Mar 8, 2002 | 7:27 am

#28

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Quote:

Originally posted by paradocs:
(Edited to add that this URL seems to bring up a blank page. Sorry! I thought I did as told. I was on someone elses computer when I made the original post. Did that have anything to do with it?)

Let's try this;

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mileshead.gif

Paradocs - what happened there is you right-clicked on the logo itself - thus when you selected "properties", you got the properties for the image of the FlyerTalkMiles logo.. click anywhere on the thread itself to get the URL for the thread.

Of course, I knew someone else would come in with easier approaches, and I wasn't wrong!

Mar 8, 2002 | 9:20 am

#29

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One that stands out for me was the one about the adventures of the "Secret Shopper". I think the guy worked for KFC once upon a time. I couldn't find the link but it was a pretty interesting thread.