Rusty, it takes time for those icons to download, but they are there. A shortcut is to move your mouse arrow over a rainbow in someone's post for example, and then later in your post, type in the exact text that appears. A rainbow is 2 beginning parentheses then "r" then 2 closing parentheses.

Glad to have you aboard, Rusty - now...show us what you've got...

I BEG YOUR PARDON ????

JohnD, when I move the pointer over a rainbow I don't get nuthin' !!!

Rusty - "show us what you've got" means in terms of emoticons, silly boy!!!

Randy try looking at your keyboard where the number keys are above qwertyuiop. Hit shift and 9 for beginning parenthesis. Hit shift and 9 again. Type r. Hit shift and 0 (zero not o) for close parenthesis. Hit shift and 0 again.
That's a rainbow in code. It only appears as a rainbow when you preview or post your reply in the Fodor's window. It does not work outside of Fodor's.

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