[Gene Eric]

As a test, grab current the URL from your browser’s location widget, and then past it as a response to me without any markup. The result should be a click-able link similar to this:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3526613/posts?page=108#108

[Repeal The 17th]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3526613/posts?page=109#109
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This works because there is no HTML involved.