It's not really possible to get around this restriction, and it actually makes some threads/posts almost impossible to find. Is there anything you can do about that?
In fact, while I'm here, I have to say I've found this forum's search function pretty useless in general.
It would be very helpful to be able to search title and content of OP only, since that would allow us to pull up threads without perfect recall of the title, but also without having to wade through every post anyone's ever made with X word in it. The fact that threads older than a certain period are not searched/displayed also makes finding old content quite difficult.
Edited by Belisarius1, 14 August 2012 - 07:22 PM.