why does it always happen to me?

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/06/2008 07:15:59 AM · #4

Originally posted by taterbug:

I've had that, or various crashes, etc. happen too. I started to make a habbit out of, if I write any kind of long post, or anything, I highlight and copy it before I hit 'post'. Then if I lose it, I can just go back and paste it in.

Me too, and meee toooo.

pamelasue

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

01/06/2008 11:12:43 AM · #5

ditto ... that's so frustrating I always copy my larger posts!

Apple iPhone 5

01/06/2008 11:45:22 AM · #6

On Windows hold down CTRL then press A then C to copy the whole lot to the clipboard.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

01/06/2008 11:48:11 AM · #7

When I am making long, detailed posts, I do them in Word and then copy/paste to DPC. Saves a lot of aggravation, and you have spell-check too :-) Plus that way I can go back months later and resurrect the content if I need it again for another thread.

R.

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

01/06/2008 12:30:08 PM · #8

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

You find some threads that are so redundant that you save canned responses??????

How can this possibly be??????

ROFLMSOAO!!!

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

01/06/2008 02:23:24 PM · #9

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

How can this possibly be??????

ROFLMSOAO!!!

Probably it is because Rob posts in EVERY existing thread... :-P

01/06/2008 03:18:21 PM · #10

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
When I am making long, detailed posts, I do them in Word and then copy/paste to DPC. Saves a lot of aggravation, and you have spell-check too :-) Plus that way I can go back months later and resurrect the content if I need it again for another thread.

You find some threads that are so redundant that you save canned responses??????

How can this possibly be??????

ROFLMSOAO!!!

No, it's not that... Some themes are very cyclic, we keep coming back to them as newer members or non-forum readers post new threads on the same topics. And since I write a fair number of lengthy discourses on technical issues, I have those saved. I can go back and see what I said a year, or two years, ago, and add to it/expand on it/whatever. I don't always bother, sometimes I just freebase the same question over and over, BUT in an earlier incarnation where I administered a site with 35,000 members I got in the habit of doing it this way. Saved a lot of time back then.

And anyway the main point is if you work that way then you always have something down you can salvage even if the 'net farts on you before the post goes up.

R.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

01/06/2008 03:20:01 PM · #11

Originally posted by eyewave:

Probably it is because Rob posts in EVERY existing thread... :-P

Like hell I do... I'd be surprised if I post in more than 10-15% of threads, week in and week out. There are even longstanding threads I have never posted to and doubt I ever will. Believe it or not ;-)

R.

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

01/06/2008 03:56:39 PM · #12

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by eyewave:
Probably it is because Rob posts in EVERY existing thread... :-P

Like hell I do... I'd be surprised if I post in more than 10-15% of threads, week in and week out. There are even longstanding threads I have never posted to and doubt I ever will. Believe it or not ;-)

R.

But it FEELS like you do...
j/k

BeeCee

Nikon D40

01/06/2008 04:44:10 PM · #13

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Yeah, I don't believe he's ever joined us in the bar...*pout*

Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED

01/06/2008 04:50:03 PM · #14

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Yeah, I don't believe he's ever joined us in the bar...*pout*

A Bear in a Bar is not a Pretty Sight. I remember the last time I went in a bar, and the barkeep threw me out, accusing me of drug use. I said, what? No way! And he said "Yeah: that was a bar bitch you ate."

R.

Jimbo_for_life

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

01/06/2008 07:57:59 PM · #15

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

he only posts in the threads that catch his attention, as do i, my favorite ones are "can someone help me with restoring this photo?"

BeeCee

Nikon D40

01/06/2008 08:04:55 PM · #16

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by BeeCee:
Yeah, I don't believe he's ever joined us in the bar...*pout*

A Bear in a Bar is not a Pretty Sight. I remember the last time I went in a bar, and the barkeep threw me out, accusing me of drug use. I said, what? No way! And he said "Yeah: that was a bar bitch you ate."

R.

Lol, that's baaaaddddd.