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Is there a dead posts society?

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Why is it that you painstakingly type out a post , only for it to vanish into the ether never to be found again ?

So frustrating .

Pp

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Clutter

PP, and Murphy's Law makes sure it's only long posts which disappear into cyber space :(

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Treepie in reply to Clutter

Murphys second law says if it it goes wrong it will go wrong in the worst possible way. This disappearing script I thought was me tapping something by mistake.

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Pinkpeony in reply to Clutter

Haha Clutter

Glad it's not just me.

Can't be bothered to do it again 😈. Pp

Haha ... that's because when we are very hypothyroid everything is soooo difficult and it is soooo easy to believe EVERYTHING & the UNIVERSE is against you. ! ! ...

It took me THREE tries of an email to get a request off to my endo ! ! !

What is going on ... ? ? / ! ... Lol.

Flower

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Pinkpeony in reply to

Yes Flower .

Happy Days .

Pp

in reply to

You are certainly not alone.

I find that because I think as I write......by the time I get to number 3 it's nothing like the first one!!............certainly Hypothyroid!!

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Pinkpeony in reply to

Marfit74

Do you think we are in an exclusive club?

If so it's one I would prefer to opt out of 😱. Pp

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK

Always too late, but I'd recommend typing posts in any of the numerous text editors or word processors available - such as Notepad, Word, etc., and saving it locally. Save often!

Then copy from that document and paste into the box.

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Pinkpeony in reply to helvella

Helvella , in a perfect world I would be able to do this.

I'm afraid cut and paste is outside my remit.

😕. Pp

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK in reply to Pinkpeony

If you were here right now, I could explain fully in five minutes. But trying to do so by posts or messages just isn't going to work. :-(

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Pinkpeony in reply to helvella

Will have to have to ask a son I think.

Pp

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Helvella .. If we were all HERE in the right NOW ... we wouldn't NEED it explaining coz we would have ALREADY done it ALL. ! ! ...

The NOW being history by the time we talk about it...! .,

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shawsAdministrator

I think we're concentrating so much on typing out and when we come to the end we omit to press the submit reply button particularly if it's not in sight.

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Pinkpeony in reply to shaws

shaws I did press it, and I did see it post .

The thing I do find awkward is the close proximity of the cancel button to submit when replying to post.

I'm tired I guess.

Pp

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greygoose in reply to Pinkpeony

Oh, exactly! How many times have I clicked on Cancel instead of Submit reply!!! It's so easily done.

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Pinkpeony in reply to greygoose

I did reply to you Grey but it seems to have gone awol again .

Glad it's not just me.

I have shaky hands this last few months and I can't blame it on alcohol lol .

Pp

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greygoose in reply to Pinkpeony

:) x

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shawsAdministrator

I've forgotten a few times particularly if I've also put in quite a long excerpt/link.

in reply to shaws

Yes .. Only to come across the post//answer several hours later ... Or even the next day .. ! !

What must people think ? ? ...

Lol

F

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shawsAdministrator in reply to

I think we all make allowances for each other as we understand one another :)

in reply to shaws

Thank goodness .. :o) ..

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Fruitandnutcase

That happens t me too. I think it's because of some of the things I'm doing - like if I edit to get rid of the typos that appear after I've checked my reply and found none - then I think I must hit the cancel button by accident.

I think a few people compose off line then cut and paste - you will need t get your son to show you how. It's quite easy once you know.

I also go through spells - usually after I have lost a long reply or post - where I click on 'select all' and copy before I send it off but then I have a run of nothing happening and gradually stop doing that - then of course it dies it again.

What is really annoying is when I lose the same post two or three tes - then I'm afraid I just give up. 😕

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Pinkpeony in reply to Fruitandnutcase

Glad we are all in the "same boat " so to speak Fruitandnutcase .

I don't feel quite so barmy lol

Pp

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thyr01d

Well, how lucky am I then becaue I've never seen this mysterious cancel button you all refer to

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK in reply to thyr01d

If you replied to a specific response on a thread - using the Orange [ Reply ] button, you get [ Submit reply] and [ Cancel ] buttons.

If, however, you just reply to the original post using the black [ Reply ] box at the end of the whole thread, you do not see a Cancel button.

Your response appears at the end of the thread, not threaded properly, because you don't use the Orange [ Reply ] button.

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Pinkpeony in reply to helvella

Helvella I was actually submitting a new post.

I posted and saw it on the page and when I went to check for replies it was nowhere to be found.

I know about the submit reply button , my only complaint is the two cancel and submit buttons are so close.

Pp

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK in reply to Pinkpeony

Pinkpeony,

Yes - I understood that. But I was specifically explaining why thyr01d was NOT seeing the [ Cancel ] button. :-)

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Pinkpeony in reply to helvella

Sorry Rod

Getting near my bedtime

Pp

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Pinkpeony in reply to thyr01d

thyr01d

It is below the Orange submit button

Pp

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thyr01d

Aha - so you're not all seeing ghosts!

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punkyb

I hate it when that happens!

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Pinkpeony in reply to punkyb

Me too because I usually can't be bothered to type it again !

Pp

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