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Halvor said:
whats a thread ??????
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A thread (sometimes called a topic) is a collection of posts, usually displayed from oldest to latest, although this is typically configurable: options for newest to oldest and for a threaded view (a tree-like view applying logical reply structure before chronological order) can be available. A thread is defined by a title, an additional description that may summarize the intended discussion, and an opening or original post (common abbreviation 'OP', which can also mean original poster) which opens whatever dialogue or makes whatever announcement the poster wished. A thread can contain any number of posts, including multiple posts from the same members, even if they are one after the other.




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You just started one ... it is the discussion and posts that follow an initial question on a forum.
 
Your initial message and the responses to it are "posts." Sometimes, a post on a thread will generate a group of responses totally unrelated to the initial thread.
 
THANKYOU LANNY !!!!!!! For defining the "thread" Your definition belongs in Ryans glossary for relative newcomers like myself....a reference, if you will, to keep up with all you on the "A" team (since I'm still on the "B" team) I just get nervous as a frog on a freeway when I have to ask the dumb Q's ! Thanks again ! The "Barn" is great ! D.B.
 
"THANKYOU LANNY !!!!!!!"

See there, Pete ... we're chopped liver.

Edit due to post by Bassman:

"The only dumb questions are the ones left unasked."

Halvor's question is not a dumb question, BUT, to be honest, I HAVE heard some dumb questions asked on old car forums. Better yet, I have heard some really DUMB ANSWERS.

The idea is for guys to get over their shyness AND to be able to contend with some humor.

(Some questions have caused me to blow beer up through my nose ... and drop cigar ashes in my lap.)
 
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I've started a couple of threads that have taken off on totally different tangents. I felt that those threads were "highjacked" or "stolen."
 
PeteVS said:
I've started a couple of threads that have taken off on totally different tangents. I felt that those threads were "highjacked" or "stolen."
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Or the orignial question and answers ran it course and just like if you're sitting around in someone's garage another topic/subtopic comes up therefore continuing the conversation just not in the same direction. Nothing wrong with that, it's life on a message board forum.
 
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