I've tried 4 times to post a lengthy thread, but each time It dissapears, !! anyone?

jeni what are you saying!!

Yes, they keep borrowing our Threads....

No, but the Borrowers do...

Hey folks, tech really exists!
Perhaps father Christmas and the tooth fairy do as well?

Sometimes it remembers me, sometimes it doesn't!

To prevent frustration, better highlight it all before you press control C!

lol we live and learn al sorted now

Suggest you write long posts in a separate word processing programme, or an online notebook, save it, select it all, copy it, and then post it on GN. If it disappears you'll still have the original and can try again, and again, and again.....

until you give up.

Just a thought, if this happens to you once, the next time before you 'post' it, press ctrl C and then it will be on your clipboard ready to copy back if it is lost. To copy it back press ctrl V. I think with Macs it is the special mac button instead of ctrl but I'm not sure. Good luck

There seems to be a pattern of us being thrown out around about 7.30 am. It happened to me again this morning.

Yesterday, I wrote the most brilliant, succinct comment but alas, it was obliterated by the MACHINE. Bravely, I tried again and almost recreated my little gem but alas again, even this glass diamond was snatched away. Now, my muse has gorn and I am back to my normal drivel. Nevertheless, I tried again this morning but not only was my miserable contribution spurned, I was logged out for my pains. I am writing this on my own PC and will cut and paste until my views are heard. We must copy and copy again! We must not let the MACHINE win.

Kind regards, Frankel x

I do that with log posts, Nelliemoser especially if it is one I've lost once. Second time I do it on word.

If its a long one I find it much easier to write it on my computer in a word processing format first and then cut and paste into a forum post. Being a tad dylexic. I am not good at typing accurately or noticing mistakes. Writing by hand is even worse it seems my head can spell but my hands dont quite write it properly.

now then!! that msg went with no problem!

hi Grannylin Its funny you should mention the "time limit" as it was taking me a while to write it..I don't really know but it maybe yes.
I wrote it 5 times" grrrrrrr... and 5 times it dissapeared...the 5th time like you lol I typed it as fast as I could but then was called away from the computer (DH) ! I was then going to compose it by hand, but after writing it 5 times I was loosing a little patience..
in the end I wrote it in my email, then copies it to notepad or wordpad then pasted it into the gransnet thread and crossed my fingers..and voila!!! I jsut had a horrible feeling that then all of my 5 posts would appear lol. and every one would read the same views but in a different order, phewww! I'm ready for a stiff now lol.

Sometimes my iPad does away with the page numbers of a thread and it all appears as 1 of 1. So I have to scroll though hundreds of post if I need to find a specific post. If I come back later it has usually reinstated the page numbers. The worst thread for this was the 'god' one.

That's just what happened to me biker last night, then I couldn't 't remember for the life of me what I 'd written! In the end I hand wrote it and copied it as fast as I could! Think it must have some sort of time limit on an IPad....is it doing it on a PC?

wordpad yes I can posta normal post and it posts ok!! I am puzzled...is it because it is a long thread....I wonder?

so frustrated!!! I have written my review for the Hoover Globe 5 times now...and it just dissapears as soon as I have pressed either the review post or post message....I have tried writing it in wrodpad and pasting it but not able to..

Yes they are!

Threads are still disappearing!!

ok thanks...I have emailed Gransnet will see if I can find a solution thanks

I think Frankel (?) was having the same problem on another thread!