I couldnt stand that i couldnt get the 99 in there, so i kludged a patch in.

I put in two bolds in, then extract them using a replace.

Code:
alias stripbg {
  var %a, %b = $regsub($$1,/(\03\d\d?\54)\d\d?/g,\199,%a)
  return $replace(%a,$chr(44) $+ 99,$chr(44) $+ 99)
}


Note : the  character if it doesnt come through is ctrl-b

PS: anyone who says i could just use a $remove(%a,), well u could but that might be in the line already for some specific reason (i infact use them to mark hotlink spots), the chance of a ,99 being in the line already is pretty unlikely tho.