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Re: the Ford model T

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Rod Speed wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:34:06 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
>
>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:04:03 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:59:59 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:47:12 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1927%E2%80%931932)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That link doesn't work
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A
>>>>>>> does and then select the bottom one
>>>>>
>>>>>> it works here,
>
>> I copied the link from the url bar,
>
> There is no url bar with any usenet client I have ever
> used, I just click/tap on the link in the body of the post

no, the browser

>
>> which showed the later part as: Ford_Model_A_(1927–1932)
>> Thunderbird must have put the html code in
>
>>>>>
>>>>> What matters is whether it works everywhere
>>>
>>>> I don't know why it wouldn't.
>>>
>>> Its clearly the bit in brackets that stops it working
>>> although in this case the trailing ) does make it
>>> thru to the browser. That is often the problem
>>> when it doesnt
>>>
>>>> what browser are you using?
>>>
>>> Chrome, but I am using Opera as a usenet client
>>> and that's significant because that's what cuts
>>> the link from the post when you click on it
>
>> seems that's what's causing the problem
>
> Doesn't work properly in NewsTap on an iphone either
>
> In that case it just drops the trailing ) and wiki asks
> if the full link with the ) included is what I intended
>
>>>
>>>> I used FF
>>


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Re: the Ford model T Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-08-26 07:34 +1000
  Re: the Ford model T "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 09:06 +1000
    Re: the Ford model T Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-08-26 12:57 +1000
      Re: the Ford model T "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 13:31 +1000
        Re: the Ford model T Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-08-26 15:39 +1000
          Re: the Ford model T "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 16:01 +1000
            Re: the Ford model T Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-08-26 17:05 +1000

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