Uncle DaveO, the thread number appears in the address on my desktop; this one says 79013&messages17 (the number of posts).
A little Mudcat trick-
Open another window.
Get a Mudcat thread
Insert the number of the thread you want to get, and delete the thread number that is there.
ENTER
Voila, you have found the thread!

I assumed every mudcatter knew this. I put the thread number as well as the link in most cases, but, stewing over the closing of a perfectly good thread, I forgot to put the links for you and Beccy.

WYSIWYG, and Amos, I read DaveO's post, and jumped to my blank. Both of you had already said the same thing, but more elegantly.

Link to Beccy's cornbread 57460- Beccy
Link to DaveO's cornbread 72661- DaveO

(At least I hope that's right)