# (Pssst! Louie?) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 31, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647 "2000-01-31T04:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/1 "2000-01-31T04:51:00Z")
\Louie, how the devil can I get a line between paragraphs? Is there a UBB code that will act as a hard carriage return? I sometimes use Netscape Composer and it loses paragraphing when I bring it over here. I figure a UBB return carriage character migth work. Thanks ahead of time. \ * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/2 "2000-01-31T04:52:00Z")
Dang! \Louie, how the devil can I get a line between paragraphs? Is there a UBB code that will act as a hard carriage return? I sometimes use Netscape Composer and it loses paragraphing when I bring it over here. I figure a UBB return carriage character migth work. Thanks ahead of time. \ * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/3 "2000-01-31T04:54:00Z")
Some people just can’t be discrete! * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/4 "2000-01-31T04:58:00Z")
\Louie, how the devil can I get a line between paragraphs? Is there a UBB code that will act as a hard carriage return? I sometimes use Netscape Composer and it loses paragraphing when I bring it over here. I figure a UBB return carriage character might work. Thanks ahead of time.\ \Woo\ * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/5 "2000-01-31T04:59:00Z")
Now if I could just erase those first three posts… * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/6 "2000-01-31T05:29:00Z")
Hey Jois - you should have let us know you wanted to be nominated for most likely to post just to increase your post count! * * * Sue from El Paso Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/7 "2000-01-31T07:16:00Z")
And where’s Louie after all that! * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/8 "2000-01-31T09:19:00Z")
Well, \< br \> is the HTML code for a line break. Like if I do this: Hi! \< br \>\< br \> How are ya? It looks like this: Hi! How are ya? * * * [Cessandra](http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/miscjunk/profile.html) I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/9 "2000-01-31T09:30:00Z")
Thank you! YES\ * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/10 "2000-01-31T23:29:00Z")
Are you talking about this : \ If so it’s \ BTW, If you already noticed, I’m not online much anymore because of college, napping half the day, and taking care of my family (both my parents are sick). If you really need to reach me, email me. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/11 "2000-02-01T06:08:00Z")
Oh, poor Louie! Hope the folks get better soon! * * * [Cessandra](http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/miscjunk/profile.html) I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/12 "2000-02-01T06:58:00Z")
Louie, I just thought I’d be a wise-guy and whisper my question in small type and the rest is history. Cessandra took pity on me and the \ did the trick, thank you. And while I guess it is okay for you to take a few days off, don’t do it again. Hope your folks are better! Maybe Cess will show me how to send out a couple of cans of email soup. Jois ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/13 "2000-02-01T07:43:00Z")
Well, I could show you how to send virtual flowers. . . * * * [Cessandra](http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/miscjunk/profile.html) I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/14 "2000-02-03T01:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > And while I guess it is okay for you to take a few days off, don’t do it again. What’s that suppose to mean? I have to be online every single hour just to answer everyone’s questions? 😛 Goodness, Jois, I have a life too. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/15 "2000-02-03T03:21:00Z")
No, Just a joke! Go ahead, have a life if you really want to 🙂 It does seem as if you are one of the few people who is still awake as late as I am at nite. * * * Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&\* codes 'til I get 'em right. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-louie/647/16 "2000-02-03T03:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Jois: > **No, Just a joke! Go ahead, have a life if you really want to 🙂 It does seem as if you are one of the few people who is still awake as late as I am at nite.** Oops. :o I should apologize for that outburst then.