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Old 07-20-2010, 09:49 AM
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I wanted to search for the UP Big Boy thread. Here is how it went:

Search for: big boy

Sorry – no matches. Please try some different terms.

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : big, boy
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Search for: “big boy”

Sorry – no matches found. (search keyword block has changed to “big*boy”)
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Search for: 4-8-8-4

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Search for: “4-8-8-4”

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Search for: “4-8-8-4”
Find threads from: Yesterday (was posted on 7-19-10, according to email)

Sorry – no matches found.
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Where did I go wrong??

PS I did find it, "Union Pacific BIG BOY 4-8-8-4 1/25 Scale (Engine)" but not with search, just hunt the threads.
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Old 07-20-2010, 10:00 AM
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vBulletin search can be limited at times. Sometimes when it fails, you need to use google using the following search terms:

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site:papermodelers.com "big boy"
The thread you were looking for was the first hit.
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