# a **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850 "2003-01-25T12:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 130
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2581 "2003-02-27T04:23:23Z")
**U** nbelievable - a double triple simulpost! You Go! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2582 "2003-02-27T04:26:18Z")
**U.K.** posters are up late tonight - or is it morning? I can never keep that straight. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2583 "2003-02-27T04:27:18Z")
**V** ery tiring work, these night-shifts. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2584 "2003-02-27T04:27:54Z")
**V** avoom! Triple triple post! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2585 "2003-02-27T04:30:04Z")
**W** hat is a ‘SimulPost’? Is it one person posting twice, or is it the same letter being done twice? ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2586 "2003-02-27T04:32:04Z")
Unable to do the bold despite help so should probably say goodbye to this thread. Nice to have been here, though ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2587 "2003-02-27T04:32:07Z")
**X** ylophones made from skeletons would fit nicely into the Horror Movie thread. ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2588 "2003-02-27T04:33:51Z")
Question - how do I make the first letter go bold? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2589 "2003-02-27T04:34:28Z")
**Y** ou wait while I find the post in which I figured out how to **show** the bold code! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2590 "2003-02-27T04:37:49Z")
**Z** ed is how we say ‘Z’. Anyway… here - **[b\*\*]put your letter here mrsface[**/b]\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2591 "2003-02-27T05:28:19Z")
**A** simulpost is two seperate posters posting a response to another poster at the exact same time. It’s most amusing when they both are saying the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2592 "2003-02-27T05:45:08Z")
**B** oo! ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2593 "2003-02-27T05:45:24Z")
**B** y the by, you can also hit any letter, go to preview, then use the “B” button to automatically code the bold first letter, then delete the first letter you typed to get to preview, then go on with your message. By the by, it’s also getting late here in the east. Time for midnight cereal and sleep. Don’t let the bedbugs bite. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2594 "2003-02-27T05:51:55Z")
**C** ereal at midnight. Mmmmmmm [/homer] ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2595 "2003-02-27T05:53:06Z")
**D** olmas at high noon. [yummy smiley here] ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2596 "2003-02-27T07:47:49Z")
[b\*\*\*\*]E[\*\*\*\*/b]'en I canst make my letters emboldened. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2597 "2003-02-27T07:54:32Z")
**F** reaking thread keeps dragging me back in. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2598 "2003-02-27T10:33:13Z")
**G** oody! I’m not all alone being wide-awake in the wee hours. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2599 "2003-02-27T10:46:28Z")
**H** ere - I forgot to mention preview. **mrsface** press the preview button every time you attempt to bold your letter. That way you can experiment until you get it right. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2600 "2003-02-27T10:47:50Z")
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