you are mixing up TOPIC_ID and POST_ID
for example, the url to THIS topic has ../topics/238341/...
in it..
that doesn't mean it is the topic id.. it is really the POST_ID for Ruben's last post.. that i am replying to
so to exclude a specific topic, you really want to look @ the 1st post in the topic (#238240 - Tue Jul 27 2010 02:11 AM -- for this topic)
and change the query to
t1.POST_ID NOT IN (bla, bleh, blah)...
the ubbt_TOPICS table stores the POST_ID of the 1st post in it, so bada bing... ca ching
