Well, the ones like this:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=222850#222850

come from the "Copy Shortcut" link beside the post - which is a very easy to grab a shortcut to a post, which is why I usually use it. The ones that look more like:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=222839;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

come from someone copying and pasting the URL from their address bar.

The "cool" ones - like:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/forum/Gossamer_Forum_C7/Products_C7/Discussion_F22/using_GForum_at_a_news_site_P222839/

take a little more work as I'd have to piece it together manually, and then I'd still have to try to figure out the exact post ID to tack #<number> on the end. So, really, it's out of laziness .

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Jason Rhinelander
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