# Using this #%&\*! search function **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 6, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119 "2001-08-06T14:20:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119/1 "2001-08-06T14:20:21Z")
OK, I want to keep this out of the Pit and remain civil even though I have been busting my hump for an **HOUR** trying to find the past thread relating to this [newly-emerged thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80467). I have tried _every single_ Forum going back two years knowing that (1) this thread did exist, (2) it was covered in a past Cecil column–though this thread was not necessarily a response to it, and (3) I posted in this past thread. No luck. I’d like to say I give up, but will probably continue to try. However, this is just one example of why I really don’t like the revised search function–I know and understand the reasons behind the change, but what should/would have taken me 10 minutes max has instead taken much longer (with still nothing to show for it). Anyone willing to give this a try–maybe I’m just missing something. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119/2 "2001-08-06T14:41:14Z")
A few posibilies. [Things in movies that really bug you…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46823) [Weird and subtle movie references](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=64336) [Movies with stupidly large plotholes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=54818) [Stupid stupid stuff in an otherwise OK movie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35542) So, am I close? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119/3 "2001-08-06T15:13:07Z")
Close? Maybe. No cigar? Definitely. Thanks for playing though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119/4 "2001-08-06T17:11:58Z")
How about: [Movie gaffes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=27363)? Are you **sure** you posted to it? I sometimes mix up threads in my mind that I posted to or just followed. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119/5 "2001-08-06T23:05:04Z")
**Jeff B** , thanks but that wasn’t it either. I remember specifically because several people were incredulous about the answer that several of us (including Cecil) gave, and since my profession is geared toward that, I tend to answer my share of technical film questions. Also, since I don’t post on any other boards resembling this, I’m sure I wasn’t confusing it with somewhere else. Still, I can’t explain what the problem is. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119/6 "2001-08-06T23:30:09Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=67680) 🆒:):D:cool::D:)🆒 (much happier now)