# testing my sig

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 21, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478 "2003-02-21T04:11:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/1 "2003-02-21T04:11:44Z")

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this is a test

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**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/2 "2003-02-21T15:34:26Z")

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this is also a sigtest

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/3 "2003-02-21T15:49:38Z")

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hee

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/4 "2003-02-21T20:34:05Z")

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I have to say something you may not want to read.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/5 "2003-02-21T20:35:52Z")

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I have to say something you may not want to read in gray.

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**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/6 "2003-02-21T20:44:13Z")

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Lack-of-sig test.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/7 "2003-02-21T21:35:26Z")

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Achernar, I know you mean no harm, but please don’t ever use that “feature” in your posts. The reasons should be obvious.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/8 "2003-02-21T22:06:55Z")

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The reasons are not obvious to me, but I will certainly do as requested. I was actually not intending to use it to hide content from people who didn’t want to see it, but rather to help with spacing, like this, except making the light stuff in fact invisible:

West North  
West North East  
west South

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**Author:** ![DeaconBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DeaconBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeaconBlues)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/156478/9 "2003-02-23T22:12:50Z")

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This is a test–this is only a test.

If this had been an actual post, you would have been provided with an opinion or observation that might occasionally have something to do with the topic being discussed.

We now return you to your message board topic already in progress