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Re: the Ford model T

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Rod Speed wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:57:28 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> What is the point of copying the link from the browser url bar when
> you have clicked or tapped on the link in the usenet client ?

I'm just saying the original link that didn't work for you was copied 
from the FF url bar and pasted here

>
>>>> 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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