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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: losing my ~bles #154055 01/18/06 03:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Right. I lost those in the embryonic stage. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: losing my ~bles #154056 01/19/06 05:00 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA mav: I did try "aggies" as well as other terms from that thread. I tried it in all three boxes with no luck whatsoever. There's something about the WS search (insert your own noun here) that works differently from Google and other search facilities that as an old, decrepit non-geek I guess I shall never fathom Last edited by dalehileman; 01/19/06 05:04 PM. dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: losing my ~bles #154057 01/19/06 05:20 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont the trick to the search here at WS, is that you need to specify when. Date Range Maximum date range is 5 years. Newer than X Older than X formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: losing my ~bles #154058 01/20/06 07:32 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Eta: Aha thank you As it turns out, there are two different search pages. One of these pages requires you enter the date range but the other does not. One never knows which one he will get when he clicks on the Search link. I always get the wrong one Forgive an old non-geek stumblebum not familiar with the labyrinth of Bill Gates and his elves dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: two different search pages #154059 01/21/06 12:53 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Em--to repeat myself, nearly: Um--a word, just in case there are some people who haven't realized this: the Search in this line About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us is for the Word A Day section. The Search in this line Control Panel · My Home · Main Index · Search · Active Topics is for this discussion board. When you use the second one, you should get either that nothing was found, or a list of posts that contain that word or phrase. I've never gotten anything else. I will say that I have never checked the Show a preview of post body with results. option--perhaps that would help? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: two different search pages #154060 01/21/06 01:26 AM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Jackie thank you for the rundown; one of these days I'll catch on to it all Perhaps when I'm 97 For further discussion of playing marbles: http://www.wordwizard.com/ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18650 dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 475 guests, and 5 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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