I'm definately not taking credit for this. But this was discussed in the suggestion forum, and I installed it, and thought I would try my hand at 'writing it up' so the real geniuses that figured it out and created this can keep writing great hacks.
Mod Name / Version - Sticky Threads 1.0
Description - Adds a "pushpin" type graphic next to posts that are "sticky".
Screen shot - []
https://www.ubbdev.com/threads/php/uploads/52695-stickypic.jpg[/]
Pre-requisites - none
Author - JustDave, Lisa_P, caymuc
Credits - canvey, garderner, JoshPet, crescendo
Files Altered - postlist.php
Database Altered - no
New Files - pushpin.gif
Any other info - this is a simple tweak