Could someone please give me a lesson on how to link a previous thread into the message body. Please include a how to on linking a website: I know how to cut and paste but just cant seem to get that direct link on her that you can just click on.

Simply find the thread to which you want to link, right-click on the link, select "Copy Shortcut", and paste it into your message body.  For example, here's a thread about this very topic:  http://theeroticreview.com/msgBoard/viewmsg.asp?MessageID=55262&boardID=12&page=1

To add to previous information, when you are viewing any page on a website or any message here, right-click on the page and then select "Properties".  You will most likely see a section that shows "Address (URL)" starting with http.  Highlight the entire address, then right-click, then select "Copy".  You can now "paste" the link into your message.

Link, for some reason when I got a cheap puter and installed Win98SE, I can't copy from the properties window anymore.  I can still highlight the text, but when I hit CTRL-C, it doesn't copy it.  Anyone know how come?

Instead of CTRL-C, try right-click and "Copy"