You are right - the smilies used to be on the same screen for me and clickable, if i remember correctly - now i have to edit my post to add one, after i look up its spelling. You hardly ever see good posting or funny post anymore, whereas we used to see them more. Now people use thanks to acknowledge a joke, and the humor is usually more subtle. You can ALWAYS say thanks - one time my nephew told me i had a chubby butt - i said, uh, thanks!