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Michael A. Terrell

wrote:
On Sun, 28 May 2017 23:31:40 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Sorry, I don't go to "tinyurl"s anymore. Post the real URL if you want anything from me.

That's not possible. Most URLs are too long and my news provider will
not allow lines that long. If I break them up, then you will have copy
and paste each and every line into the header, and no one will do
that. (I wont). Tinyurl is the only way I can post them.

This one is an Ebay item, those sometimes are so long that if I copy
them to notepad, they are 5 lines long. (Damn near a whole paragraph).

There is a way to PREVIEW Tinyurl links.

Learn how to edit out the crap from an Ebay link. For instance:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIM808-GPS-GSM-GPRS-Quad-Band-Module-Shield-with-3M-Antenna-for-Arduino/182633887502?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkpa rms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D 41376%26meid%3D3a1099ab42b54d929397e17d018abafd%26 pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D13216004387 9

can be shortened to :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIM808-GPS-GSM-GPRS-Quad-Band-Module-Shield-with-3M-Antenna-for-Arduino/182633887502
by trimming everything after the listing number. It can be trimmed even
more, like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/182633887502 by removing the
description part:
SIM808-GPS-GSM-GPRS-Quad-Band-Module-Shield-with-3M-Antenna-for-Arduino/
from the link so all you need is the link to Ebay, followed by /itm/
then the listing number.

All three methods will display the same item.

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They don't get mad.

They don't get even.

They go for over unity! ;-)