How do you make a link like that?
Unless you explicitly write in in html, a “copy and paste” link won’t work in post #1 but it will work as a functional link for all other posts.
I just copy and pasted your post #1 into my post #2.
Go ahead try it. Copy and past the link in a reply to me and it will work without html.
You can copy/paste any link from the link on your browser bar at the top of the page you are viewing.
Here is the link to this exact page you are on now, copied from my browser bar...
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2933826%2C4