# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=540 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 541 --- ## [I'm learning... if you can help me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-learning-if-you-can-help-me-out/26868)
**Author:** [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-learning-if-you-can-help-me-out/26868 "2000-07-26T18:45:16Z")
What is “filching?” What is “mung?” What is “squick?” I have tried searching for these, but it’s taking me too damn long to find them. If you could help me out… --- ## [Testing, Testing 1,2,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing-1-2/26923)
**Author:** [@DZ42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZ42)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing-1-2/26923 "2000-07-26T17:11:32Z")
Just testing my ability to post. --- ## [What do I need to do to nominate a thread for the home page ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-nominate-a-thread-for-the-home-page/26788)
**Author:** [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-nominate-a-thread-for-the-home-page/26788 "2000-07-26T04:37:53Z")
Further, are there restrictions ? For instance, I think that the “Smut Shop Employees” thread is very much “fighting ignorance”. Yet it is, of course, sort of racey. If that is not a problem I would like to nominate it … --- ## [Do you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you/26792)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you/26792 "2000-07-25T23:33:07Z")
Do you read beyond the first page of any/all of the forums? Or do you just let threads cross over to the “other side” never to be seen again? Hey isn’t that so-and-so’s thread over there by Carol Anne? No, Carol Anne, d… --- ## [Sending MP3's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-mp3s/26775)
**Author:** [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-mp3s/26775 "2000-07-25T20:56:32Z")
Can I send them to the SD? Or do I have to get a web page and post them there? --- ## [Giant fonts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-fonts/26494)
**Author:** [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-fonts/26494 "2000-07-25T20:45:49Z")
Okay, I put my feet up on my desk and I obviously hit something. My display of the message board is now HUGE: the fonts all look like they’re size 18. Everything else is normal; the browser fonts, the desktop, etc. How … --- ## [Why does the font change in some posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-change-in-some-posts/26363)
**Author:** [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-change-in-some-posts/26363 "2000-07-25T19:01:09Z")
This has happened to me a few times: I type my text, preview, and the font changes in the middle of my post from what looks like Arial to something that looks like Times. Why is this happening? Is there some hidden code … --- ## [.sig testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-testing/26811)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-testing/26811 "2000-07-25T18:14:39Z")
nothing really to see here, move along --- ## [Testing my inability to post URLs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-inability-to-post-urls/26801)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-inability-to-post-urls/26801 "2000-07-25T17:25:32Z")
Okay, here goes. This post is a test on including a link by just manually typing the address and “including a space before and after.” Let’s see if it works: http://www.yahoo.com Ta-daaaaaa? I’ll see after this becomes… --- ## [Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/26786)
**Author:** [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/26786 "2000-07-25T16:00:21Z")
hi :slight\_smile: --- ## [Just Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/26419)
**Author:** [@Boone\_s\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boone_s_Girl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/26419 "2000-07-25T15:30:51Z")
I’m new and just testing out the smiles. :smiley: :confused: :cool: :eek: :o :frowning: ;j :mad: :rolleyes: :slight\_smile: :stuck\_out\_tongue: :wally :wink: --- ## [The SDMB's resident experts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmbs-resident-experts/26647)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmbs-resident-experts/26647 "2000-07-25T15:13:07Z")
I’m pretty well set, since I know who the resident experts are around here in the fields of medicine, law, ornithology, and coal power plants. If I need to alert them by e-mail about a question that isn’t being answered,… --- ## [testing guardian site.. only test links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-guardian-site-only-test-links/26746)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-guardian-site-only-test-links/26746 "2000-07-25T14:20:59Z")
test… http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/notesandqueries/index.html --- ## [Spam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam/25957)
**Author:** [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2000, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam/25957 "2000-07-25T08:31:37Z")
Hi TubaDiva, I would like to add the URL to another message board to my sig line. This other board is dedicated to football and since the SDMB is not sports related I don’t think that there would be a conflict. But sinc… --- ## [Testing "double quotes" and 'single quotes' with no preview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-double-quotes-and-single-quotes-with-no-preview/26589)
**Author:** [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-double-quotes-and-single-quotes-with-no-preview/26589 "2000-07-24T01:01:05Z")
Testing “double quotes” and ‘single quotes’ with no preview --- ## [Testing, 1, 2, 3...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-1-2-3/26588)
**Author:** [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-1-2-3/26588 "2000-07-24T00:57:36Z")
"Lorem ipsum is latin, slightly jumbled, the remnants of a passage from Cicero’s de Finibus 1.10.32, which begins ‘Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit…’ \[There is … --- ## [Some things remain unclear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-things-remain-unclear/26460)
**Author:** [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-things-remain-unclear/26460 "2000-07-22T15:43:46Z")
I think I have most of it figured out by now, but I’m still wondering about a few things. First of all, what is ;j supposed to mean? When does one use it? Are only happy orthodox jewish men allowed to use it? Also, what… --- ## [How do I get to the people pages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-the-people-pages/26402)
**Author:** [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-the-people-pages/26402 "2000-07-22T04:42:06Z")
How dO I get there? --- ## [Here goes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-goes/26320)
**Author:** [@McKenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McKenna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-goes/26320 "2000-07-22T03:37:34Z")
I’ve been lurking on this board for nearly a year now but I’ve never ever dared to post. Not because I was afraid of the awesome intellects on display, but because I simply never owned a computer of my own before! Trying… --- ## [YATP (yet another test post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yatp-yet-another-test-post/26427)
**Author:** [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yatp-yet-another-test-post/26427 "2000-07-22T02:21:51Z")
so do the mods sweep through and delete all the test posts on a regular basis? how often? (not that it matters) --- ## [yet another practice.... \*sigh\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-practice-sigh/26302)
**Author:** [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-practice-sigh/26302 "2000-07-21T16:11:10Z")
hi --- ## [Limited Time Offer. If any posters want to post images . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limited-time-offer-if-any-posters-want-to-post-images/25367)
**Author:** [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limited-time-offer-if-any-posters-want-to-post-images/25367 "2000-07-21T15:58:59Z")
You can email them to me and I’ll put them on my spare web page. Inspired by the dedication of Shayna and techchick68, I am going to offer to put up pictures on a TEMPORARY basis. \[sub\]Note to mods: If you see a proble… --- ## [Any way to make the thread title line longer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-the-thread-title-line-longer/26270)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-the-thread-title-line-longer/26270 "2000-07-21T13:57:58Z")
This bugs me to no end. Half the screen is taken up with the less-than-valuable info of who the last poster in the thread was. Meanwhile, the thread title itself is squeezed into an area so small that there’s only one or… --- ## [Ignore this... It's just a practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-its-just-a-practice/26300)
**Author:** [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-its-just-a-practice/26300 "2000-07-21T05:52:33Z")
just a practice… to get used to it… hello all --- ## [another practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-practice/26301)
**Author:** [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-practice/26301 "2000-07-21T05:50:27Z")
hello --- ## [Finding Old Threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-threads/26262)
**Author:** [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2000, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-threads/26262 "2000-07-21T00:16:56Z")
How do I translate URLs from the old UBB board to the new one? I tried just transposing the thread ID number with no luck. I came across a document with a bunch of old threads that I was saving and want to look at them. … --- ## [Pregnancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy/26177)
**Author:** [@Ballan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ballan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy/26177 "2000-07-20T23:46:32Z")
Is it medical fact a womans brain shrinks during pregnancy? --- ## [Why doesn't my signature line show up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-signature-line-show-up/26283)
**Author:** [@Origato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Origato)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-signature-line-show-up/26283 "2000-07-20T23:17:24Z")
I have a signature line in my profile, but it doesn’t show up in my posts. (Yes, I checked the box when I created the post) Any help here? --- ## [OK, Who was total poster # 500,000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-was-total-poster-500-000/25474)
**Author:** [@hflathead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hflathead)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-was-total-poster-500-000/25474 "2000-07-20T04:37:33Z")
just curious, did the bells and whistles go off? New car?? Uncle Cecil give you a congrats? later, Tom --- ## [How does one submit to 'Threadspotting'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-submit-to-threadspotting/26103)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-submit-to-threadspotting/26103 "2000-07-19T20:26:20Z")
Howdy. How does one submit to the Threadspotting category? Tripler Short and sweet. Oh wait, I’m 5’6"… Damn… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=539) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=541)