Is there a dead posts society?

[Pinkpeony]

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

[Clutter]

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

[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.

[Pinkpeony in reply to Clutter]

Haha Clutter

Glad it's not just me.

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

[Hidden]

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

[Pinkpeony in reply to Hidden]

Yes Flower .

Happy Days .

Pp

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

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!!

[Pinkpeony in reply to Hidden]

Marfit74

Do you think we are in an exclusive club?

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

[helvella Administrator]

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.

[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

[helvella Administrator 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.

[Pinkpeony in reply to helvella]

Will have to have to ask a son I think.

Pp

[Hidden in reply to helvella]

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...! .,

[shaws Administrator]

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.

[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

[greygoose in reply to Pinkpeony]

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

[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

[greygoose in reply to Pinkpeony]

x

[shaws Administrator]

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

[Hidden 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

[shaws Administrator in reply to Hidden]

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

[Hidden in reply to shaws]

Thank goodness .. :o) ..

[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. 😕

[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

[thyr01d]

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

[helvella Administrator 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.

[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

[helvella Administrator in reply to Pinkpeony]

Pinkpeony,

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

[Pinkpeony in reply to helvella]

Sorry Rod

Getting near my bedtime

Pp

[Pinkpeony in reply to thyr01d]

thyr01d

It is below the Orange submit button

Pp

[thyr01d]

Aha - so you're not all seeing ghosts!

[punkyb]

I hate it when that happens!

[Pinkpeony in reply to punkyb]

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

Pp