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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 26,541 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	6 Nov 2024 17:21
	I was just searching for an old thread, where I remember posting and so put a place name in the Search box. Up came pages and pages of 'hits' In the first 7 pages, there were over 100 for the same thread :-S Is there a way of refining this, so that I don't have to trawl through so many unnecessary matches, please?
Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 2,702 Send Message	Andysmum	Report	6 Nov 2024 17:43
	I've had the same problem and there doesn't seem to be a simple solution. You can narrow it down a bit by using "my threads" but the best results I have had have been pure luck - by using Google! :-) Good luck.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,695 Send Message	greyghost	Report	6 Nov 2024 18:40
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,695 Send Message	Go to My threads and then choose either My threads - started by me or My threads - 'contributed to. May narrow it down a bit
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 26,541 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	8 Nov 2024 10:40
	Thank you for your thoughts and observations. I really can't see why the same thread has to feature so many times in the search :-S Having been here so long, there are quite a lot of My Threads to go through too, so finding what I want is probably going to be through perseverance or chance ;-)