# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/21 "2022-01-02T19:08:26Z")
Headsmack [![](https://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-doh.gif) ](https://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-doh.gif) Thankyou, @Bullitt! j ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/22 "2022-01-02T21:41:18Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Headsmack > > [https://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-doh.gif](https://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-doh.gif) > > Thankyou, @Bullitt! > > j Yay! [![](https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif) ](https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/23 "2022-01-02T21:50:34Z")
Just testing my error trap thread … On error goto “Test error trap thread” (let’s see if it works… ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/24 "2022-01-03T21:00:32Z")
Embedding from google maps https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.3757273,-0.0926159&z=19&output=embed&dg=ntvb test j Ah. If anyone’s interested, that was a satellite image when I copied it, and it turned into a map when I pasted it. But if you click the image bottom left, you do get the satellite view. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/25 "2022-01-04T00:06:36Z")
Interesting. And if I quote your post, then paste that map URL into a new window, the satellite view loads. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/26 "2022-01-04T12:41:02Z")
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.6462433,-0.1691941&z=16&output=embed&dg=ntvb ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/27 "2022-01-04T12:41:22Z")
Great, I didn’t know you could do that. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/28 "2022-01-04T13:48:53Z")
[https://goo.gl/maps/x3oX7MhKNKBiGHD69](https://goo.gl/maps/x3oX7MhKNKBiGHD69) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/29 "2022-01-04T13:49:40Z")
No, that didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/30 "2022-01-04T13:50:48Z")
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.7552967,-73.7397641&z=16&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=114%2BLatham%2BRidge%2BRd,%2BLatham,%2BNY%2B12110&cid=183257218394918204260327084179428863611 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/31 "2022-01-04T13:51:29Z")
Okay that worked. That’s my hometown. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/32 "2022-01-04T18:59:17Z")
That easy? [https://goo.gl/maps/JdFvWLPM84SpbPjD9](https://goo.gl/maps/JdFvWLPM84SpbPjD9) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/33 "2022-01-04T19:00:49Z")
No, try again: https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m12!1m3!1d1488.1246653767814!2d13.341978127184388!3d52.495849875929885!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e0!3m2!1sde!2sde!4v1641322734332!5m2!1sde!2sde ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/34 "2022-01-04T19:01:30Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/35 "2022-01-05T00:24:26Z")
https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m10!1m8!1m3!1d614.5146907841605!2d-0.0926159!3d51.3757273!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1641342246435!5m2!1sen!2sus You can also try iframe with Google maps. The tag only works with a few sites, though. (And I see that somebody else aready did that…) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/36 "2022-01-11T14:24:50Z")
Can I spoiler an image? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/37 "2022-01-11T14:25:23Z")
This URL is spoilered: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/a/qZvKS9f) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/38 "2022-01-11T14:26:02Z")
This URL is not spoilered: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/H4mtg3o.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/qZvKS9f) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/39 "2022-01-11T14:29:16Z")
Hmmm. If I spoiler the image, the URL’s ‘reference’ (whatever it is called) is spoilered, not the actual image. I then have to click on that URL reference to go to that image. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/a/qZvKS9f) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/40 "2022-01-11T16:32:50Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > This URL is not spoilered: The computer I’m currently on won’t let me see the image anyway. IT department blocks imgur. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=3)