# Multiquote test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiquote-test/549161 "2010-08-04T16:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiquote-test/549161/1 "2010-08-04T16:11:32Z")
> [@Most Dangerous Means of Transportation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dangerous-means-of-transportation/548793/51): > > Bangkok motorcycle taxi. > [@Most Dangerous Means of Transportation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dangerous-means-of-transportation/548793/53): > > > [@Most Dangerous Means of Transportation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dangerous-means-of-transportation/548793/32): > > > > Actually, the destination is the landing strip. Which in most cases is at KSC, only a few km from the launch pad… > > And when you drive to the grocery store, is your “destination” your own driveway? No, it’s the store. > > I think **Chronos** had the right idea. The Shuttle’s _travel_ was round trips between the planet’s surface and orbit. Those are the destinations which made its movement purposeful. The repeated circlings of the earth, maintaining orbit, aren’t travel in the same sense. Rocks do the same thing. > [@Most Dangerous Means of Transportation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dangerous-means-of-transportation/548793/54): > > > [@Most Dangerous Means of Transportation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dangerous-means-of-transportation/548793/42): > > > > I don’t mind the _wreckless_ drivers – it’s the _reckless_ ones you have to worry about. 😉 > > Absolutely right.:smack: Thanks SV > > Not many people ride horses for transportation anymore, but I’ve heard being a jockey is among the most dangerous professions among the sporting set. Big heavy creatures, little people hanging on for dear life, thundering hooves, thrown shoes, broken legs, ..:eek: Oh crap, must enter my own text ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiquote-test/549161/2 "2010-08-04T16:14:32Z")
So I can’t highlight a portion of a thread and have it just save the highlight, I have to quote the full posts and edit in the edit window. Okay. So how do I compile multi posts from across threads? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiquote-test/549161/3 "2010-08-04T16:16:10Z")
> [@Nazi human skin lampshades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-human-skin-lampshades/548113/6): > > I heard the same stories after WW2. News of the time did say it was true. > [@Nazi human skin lampshades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-human-skin-lampshades/548113/13): > > Just sayin’: [How are shrunken heads made? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1273/how-are-shrunken-heads-made) > [@Most Dangerous Means of Transportation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dangerous-means-of-transportation/548793/51): > > Bangkok motorcycle taxi. Aah, the dialogue under the edit window. So compile multi quote clicks, then open the window for a new post. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiquote-test/549161/4 "2010-08-04T16:18:58Z")
Not working. Apparently, if I want to start a new thread, I can’t get it to open with the multi quotes in it. I have to open an existing thread new post window, then copy paste to the new thread window. Okay.