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Subject: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 16 Feb 12 - 10:50 AM Several times I have posted on various threads fairly (IMO) innocuous comments, only to have them disappear and never arrive on the thread. Now this morning, on a thread entitled 'Cats', I replied to a lady concerned about having bought a pedigree kitten. I replied at some length, as I felt I knew a lot about this subject. (I have owned and shown British pedigree cats with the GCCF) It took me quite a while to compose this, but my post vanished, and so did that of the Guest who asked for advice! Why? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Mr Happy Date: 16 Feb 12 - 10:58 AM Eliza, It's one of those peculiar idiosyncracies of Mudcat. I've experienced similar over last few weeks Its best to copy your post & keep re-submitting 'til it takes |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,999 Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:03 AM I have done it as follows: Type the post and COPY it. Try to post. If it doesn't take, I leave Mudcat and re-enter. Paste the post to the correct thread (almost all the time) and it usually takes. If that doesn't work then you will need this little item for your wall. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:05 AM It's rather frustrating. And the lady's enquiry appeared then vanished. It reminds me of when my husband and I used to communicate by email when he was in Africa. The poor man only had a primitive 'cyber' with Noah's Ark computers, and sometimes he'd compose a lovely long letter, only to have it mysteriously vanish from his Draft Box. Much grinding of teeth! But the dear soul used to patiently write it all again. I'm afraid I haven't got such patience. (Hi there Mr Happy, by the way. Thank you for replying. Kind regards, Eliza.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:08 AM LOL 999! I think I ought to have that permanently on my wall. Things are a bit ropey for me at the moment, a good head-banging session would probably be the best remedy! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Jeri Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:09 AM Eliza, your post never made it, but the post from the 'blue' person is in the "I Need a Lawyer" thread. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Mr Happy Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:09 AM GUEST,999 LOL!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Jeri Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:11 AM I think the disappearing post trick has happened to us all. If the back button on your browser doesn't let you get back to your post, I recommend pasting it into a text file until you see it in the thread. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Rapparee Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:12 AM If it doesn't post, go "back" and copy what you wrote. You can tell if it made it because if it didn't the post won't be at the top (if it was you can check it). Go back to the post and open it, but immediately click on "Post To This Thread". Paste in what you wrote and submit. Works all the time for me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: John MacKenzie Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:19 AM I'm 100% sure that many people out there will agree with me, when I say. Too many of my posts DO get through. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:19 AM I'm afraid that things like 'paste' and 'copy' are not skills I possess! I can just about turn the computer on and type! Also, we only get a tiny bit of a signal (or whatever you call it) in this village, 'Half a Megabyte' it says in the Parish magazine. So often a sign comes up saying 'Not Responding' and the blue light changes to orange on my BT thing. Maybe the fault is at my end, and the posting doesn't reach Mudcat through lack of strength. But I so enjoy Mudcat, I'll keep persevering. I feel I know quite a lot of people now, in a virtual sort of way! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Chubby Cheeker Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:19 AM not discounting occasional arbitrary over-officious Mod deletions. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Ebbie Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:31 AM Eliza, when you compose a document on Microsoft Word or Works or OpenOffice or whatever is on your word processor, when you are finished you can 'click' on EDIT of the row above. SELECT ALL will appear. Click- and your whole document will turn color. Go back to EDIT, click and find COPY. Now you are ready to PASTE on the REPLY box of the Mudcat. Just 'right click' on your mouse and find PASTE. Please excuse this if you are way ahead of me. (I'm glad you are here.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: maeve Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:31 AM Eliza, I think I see the post you thought was lost the "Need a Good Lawyer" thread along with the matching Guest's cat/contract posts. Sometimes posts are moved to a thread that is seen as a better match, content wise. If you were signed in as a member 'Catters could answer your how-to/where is questions privately. Only the other day I was wanting to send you some information, but I couldn't. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Nigel Parsons Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:33 AM I think Guest 'Chubby' has it. I saw the two posts in the 'Cats' thread & was going to comment on the pointless duplication in the 'Lawyer' thread, but the posts in the 'Cats' thread had disappeared (much like the Cheshire Cat). Cheers Nigel |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:39 AM How kind of you all! Thank you (Big Smile) Have now found the cat postings on the Lawyer thread. I will have a go later at this clever copying and pasting, Ebbie. I fell very cheered-up now! (One of my cats is at the Vet's having an op, and I'm rather worried about him.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Stilly River Sage Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:44 AM Control A = select all Control C = copy Control V = paste I use the back button all of the time here, and still get caught occasionally with things missing. If it won't post the first time it won't post of you continue to hit submit message, so you need to save it in a text file of some sort (or just on your clipboard, after the Control A and Control C moves) then refresh the thread. (Look for the little circular arrow somewhere on the top of your browser screen). Then try pasting it and sending it again. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Mr Happy Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:45 AM Hope your pussy goes on ok, we've had numbers of moggies over the years & they become part of the family |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Bill D Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:58 AM Look at the last few posts on the 'newcomers guide' for some explanation. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,999 Date: 16 Feb 12 - 12:02 PM Cats. Blaaah! But I do hear both of you about how they can work their way into your life and make your heart their home. Eliza, I agree with Ebbie as a btw. Take her advice. Do you have a mouse with a single or a double thing to click? (Usually your forefinger and your political finger, located between the forefinger and the ring finger.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST Date: 16 Feb 12 - 12:33 PM Political finger; I like that :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Seayaker Date: 16 Feb 12 - 12:36 PM Sorry, that was me. Must get that cookie sorted. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 16 Feb 12 - 01:28 PM 999, yes my mouse has two switches to click and a little wheel in the middle. Mr Happy, have just collected my pussy from the Vet, He seems OK but very sleepy. Fingers crossed! By the way you made me giggle. A colleague on the staff where I taught was mad about cats. She came into the staffroom one day and asked (like Mrs Slocum) "Does anyone want to see a photo of my pussy? It's Ginger" One of the men said "I thought it was" (She had red hair!) We giggled right through Morning Assembly. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: gnu Date: 16 Feb 12 - 02:14 PM Rap... "If it doesn't post, go "back" and copy what you wrote. You can tell if it made it because if it didn't the post won't be at the top..." Gotta do one more thing. Open the thread and see if your post took because if two people submit at the same time, it might not take. At least, that is my only explanation. ? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Ebbie Date: 16 Feb 12 - 02:45 PM Or perhaps, as Alaska's Senator Ted Stevens intimated, the tubes got clogged. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,999 Date: 16 Feb 12 - 03:12 PM OK. Eliza, highlight a phrase or paragraph. That you do with a left click (hold it down as you do so). Next, put the cursor somewhere on the blue colour that covers the line of words you've highlighted. Next right click. That will bring up a menu. You will see a list of stuff available to you. If you click 'copy', your computer memory will hold that for you even if you sign out of Mudcat. When you want to put that somewhere (say in a post), right click again. That will open up the menu you had and it will give you a 'paste' option. Left click and boom, Bob's yer uncle. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 16 Feb 12 - 03:18 PM Well I never, 999, it doesn't sound too complicated! I'll try it tomorrow, and thank you again. (Have to get a tablet down my poor little cat now, always a battle!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,999 Date: 16 Feb 12 - 03:21 PM The only way to get a cat to eat mustard is to put a dab just underneath his tail. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: gnu Date: 16 Feb 12 - 03:24 PM Anyone ever show you how to do the cat-pill thing? Simple. Kinda hard to put into words but it's pressure on the rear of both sides of the jaw. I'll bet it's on You Tube. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: gnu Date: 16 Feb 12 - 06:40 PM Of course, there is always grinding up the pills between two spoons and putting it in "treats". Depends on what ya got fer treats. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: gnu Date: 16 Feb 12 - 06:43 PM 9... missed that mustard post. Good one. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: number 6 Date: 16 Feb 12 - 07:14 PM Reload and use only Windows 3.1 biLL |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Feb 12 - 07:22 PM Eliza......You might try to skip the pill and try this instead. 999 learned this from me and has suggested it too......surprised he didn't pass it on to you Actually, I myself once had a cat who needed pills for a problem he was having and giving a cat a pill is the worst! I have a vet who also uses some old time home remedies and said to give him a half teaspoon of gasoline instead. I admit that I thought the guy was nuts, but it did work, sorta'. Now it ain't too easy to get a half teaspoon of gasoline down a cat's throat either, but when I did, he liked to tore me to shreds getting away. He blasted around the room about 3 or 4 times, ran up the hallway, up the stairs, back down both, and into the den, leaped on the drapes and ran to the end of the curtain rod. From there he leaped down and ran right to me and instead of biting, licked me for 3 or 4 minutes. Suddenly he stopped and fell on his side on the floor, lying very, very still......... I thought I'd killed the poor thing, but it turns out he'd just run out of gas. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Joe Offer Date: 17 Feb 12 - 02:11 AM Here's the solution I posted in the FAQ. "Copy" and "Paste" are very basic computer functions. You can do them, Eliza, if you convince yourself that you can. Just remember The Little Engine That Could, and say, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can." The main thing is to press your F5 key before posting if you're having trouble getting messages to "take." That clears the old, stored page from your computer and loads a fresh one. Then type (or paste) the information into the message box, and submit. Oh, here's the instructions:
BillD discovered the solution to this. What happens when your message doesn't post is that you were posting on a copy of the thread that was saved by your browser, not a fresh copy. To force your browser to download a fresh copy, click the "reload" button on your browser (usually a circular-arrow icon) - pushing F5 usually works, too. THEN you can post, and it almost always "takes." Getting your lost typing back is another matter. It will sometimes come back if you use your "backspace" key or the "back" button on your browser, but not always. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. When posting long messages, here's a good thing to do before hitting the "Submit" button: -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 17 Feb 12 - 02:22 PM Thank you very much indeed, Joe. I don't 'blame' Mudcat, I just wondered what I was doing wrong. I will certainly try to do as you suggest next time! Regarding the cat's pills, the poor little chap had damaged his jaw, hence the operation. They also had to take out his front teeth, so I didn't want to seize his mouth and pull it open as I usually would when giving a tablet. In the end, my husband (who adores Minty) suggested tuna mashed finely with the contents of the capsule sprinkled on and mixed in. It all went down a treat. Five more days of the pills. He seems to be OK (the cat, not my husband!) Isn't it just awful when your pets are poorly? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: catspaw49 Date: 17 Feb 12 - 03:35 PM Try a shot of the gas........... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: GUEST,999 Date: 17 Feb 12 - 11:11 PM Thank you, gnu. Something I read somewhere. Eliza, listen to Spaw. If there's one person on Mudcat who knows about gas, it's Spaw. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: freda underhill Date: 17 Feb 12 - 11:23 PM I've had a lot of trouble with disappearing po |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disappearing posts From: Paul Burke Date: 18 Feb 12 - 08:14 PM Now here's an oddity. I posteed to an old thread about French folk songs, but it didn't appear. But it's there in the old thread. |
