Re: the Ford model T

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.cars, aus.computers
Subject	Re: the Ford model T
Date	2026-08-26 09:06 +1000
Message-ID	<op.3umvsukvbyq249@pvr2.lan> (permalink)
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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

> 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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