That is indeed the case. ezBoard's great crash lost us the contents of a large number of threads except for their first posts. They remain partly because of inertia on my part, partly for historical reasons, and partly because in many cases the first posts are still of use/interest.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.