# It's about time that I learn how.....

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**Created:** [November 26, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-that-i-learn-how/42728 "2000-11-26T04:35:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-that-i-learn-how/42728/1 "2000-11-26T04:35:36Z")

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to do a bunch of sdmb tricks:

[here](http://www.folioweekly.com)

and

**Hey** , it’s **MY** _500th_ **post!**

and

[li]It’s taken me this long to learn how to do these tricks.[/li][li]It’ll probably take me another **8** months to reach 1,000 - note to self: plan ahead for 1,000 post party.[/li]  
and I’ll wait until _tomorrow_ to learn how to quote.

Did this all work? Hey, they all worked!

Good night.

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**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-that-i-learn-how/42728/2 "2000-11-26T18:57:02Z")

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There’s many more tricks to learn.  
One is how to create a link to an individual post on a thread,  
like this one in **[Don’t forget the link. Here’s how to post one, Part Next](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25307&pagenumber=1)**  
**Arnold** ’s method to **reference a specific post#** (hover over the post’s Quote button to find the number to use)\*\*  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=578627#post578627](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=578627#post578627) \*\*

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**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-that-i-learn-how/42728/3 "2000-11-27T00:09:53Z")

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Many thanks. I will check it out soonest.