How do I mport address book from thunderbird?

my yahoo email was hacked and my address book entries deleted. I have many of these on Thunderbird but do not know how to import directly from Thunderbird. (When I convert the Tbird address to an csv file and then try to import - nothing happens for hours.) Is there a better way - other than a manual typing of all the address entries?
I tried to import the csv file (now an excel file) three different times on two platforms - Windows 7 (64 it) and Windows XP Pro

Open your Gmail account on the webpage, select Contacts in the upper left, click More/Export..., select vCard format, Export, and save the contacts.vcf file.
In TB (or Address Book), Tools/Import...Address Books...vCard file...select the contacts.vcf file. You may have to close and reopen Address Book for the new contacts address book to show its contents.

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