Dutchess - Of course you may use it - I don’t know how to get the link for one post but Billie or Amy may know.
Conor & dutchess, to get a link to a particular comment post, just right-click on that post number, select properties, and then copy that whole url.
To MAKE that link clickable, the html code looks like this:
<a href= http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2283051/posts?page=1714#1714>whatever you type here will be clickable </a> (the </a> turns off the hot link command.