Looking up pms.

I don't know of any other forum where you can't edit what you've said, so I don't understand that. I feel we should have some sort of control over what we say and have the right to amend it if we feel we have written something incorrectly. Why would it cause havoc to be able to do so?

Why can't you preview first. If you're really that worried.

Doesn't everyone delete PMs once you've read 'em? Seems easy enough to me.

It doesn't take long to preview a post. Apart from the really, really long ones.

If you get so many PMs with important information, surely it would be better to print them (or copy and paste them into a document then print them) and put them in a ring binder.

If your PC crashed they'd all be lost otherwise.

I don't have a printer.

How would PMs be lost if your PC crashes?

Couldn't you use ordinary email for important things?

Greatnan you could copy and paste your PMs into a word document as Ana suggests, but no need to print them, just save them in Word. You could put them all in one folder or have separate ones for different people. (I think)

Riverwalk, I realised that was wrong shortly after I posted it!

I don't always know they are important when I first get them. For example, somebody might tell me something about themselves when we are chatting and some time later I want to remind myself what they said before I talk to them again. It may just be the names of their children but I like to get it right.

I thought you kept a notebook containing such information, Greatnan.

Blimey!

You take such an interest in me, Ana, it is quite touching.

I still wish that each thread showed the name of the person who started it and the date!

Not impossible, BMC used to do it.

Bet she doesn't keep a dossier!

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You're getting a twitch phoenix!

I'd like the edit facility. It's available on all the other forums I use. Why would it cause chaos ?
I do always preview but sometimes just as I've pressed send I'll think of some additional point I could have made which then means a separate post.

And what's wrong with a separate post? You can have a whole thread of 'em if you like.

I just have a very good memory, Greatnan.

But why should you even bother to remember all my posts, Ana? I can't say I return the compliment. Do I loom very large in your mind?