I will have to write that one again

@Rollo1 (16679)
Boston, Massachusetts
November 5, 2015 9:28pm CST
Well, I did the unthinkable. Even though I know the trick for getting my partially-written post back if it suddenly disappears from my screen, there are times when that trick won't work. Like, if I close the tab and the whole page disappears. Yep, I did that. It was a good discussion, too. I knew I was too tired to continue. I should have been in bed half an hour ago. Never myLot when you are too tired to keep your eyes open. Youmight close the wrong tab. Well, guess I will just have to write that one again. Happens to everyone, right? But isn't it worse if do it through my own mistake than if I could blame my computer, my ISP or the website?
30 people like this
30 responses
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Nov 15
That's why i always write my post in word first . Then copy and paste it here . After i have submitted it , i will also copy the link and paste it to that discussion . At least i have a copy with links of all that i write here . I even do that with the other site .
5 people like this
dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
6 Nov 15
You are very wise.
1 person likes this
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Nov 15
@dpk262006 Thank you . I am just making sure that if ever it doesn't submit , i can copy and paste it again . And copying the links would be also easy for me to locate them , if ever .
1 person likes this
dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
6 Nov 15
@SIMPLYD - Yes, it is always better to be safer than to feel sorry later. You and me are on the same page.
Anna
@LadyDuck (460063)
• Switzerland
6 Nov 15
Anja blame yourself, I always write my text in a text editor, it's also a way to keep all of them in a folder, just in case.
4 people like this
marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
6 Nov 15
I also write mine in a text editor and save it.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Nov 15
I am not normally interested in keeping them, there are just a few that I would want to save. But I do run that risk of losing them, and so I blame myself.
2 people like this
dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
6 Nov 15
To avoid such kind of glitches I prefer to write my new discussions in a word file. I use copy and paste method so as to avoid any mishap. I know it feels very disappointing if we lose our contents by wrongly closing a tab.
2 people like this
marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
6 Nov 15
also use the copy and paste feature.
dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
10 Nov 15
@Rollo1 The point here is not exactly about saving the discussions. Even if you start a new post on the spur for the moment, you could simply open a word file and write down your post and then copy and paste it, it will not take more than few minutes. However, it could save you from an unexpected and sudden glitch, which happens on this site.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Nov 15
If I wrote anything of importance I would do that, but I don't use Word. And most discussions are just spur of the moment. I don't wish to save them.
1 person likes this
jaishankar
@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
6 Nov 15
@Rollo1,This has never happened with me.If it happens,then I will copy paste my discussion on a word file,as @dpk262006 does.Hope,it will work.
2 people like this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Nov 15
I am not writing anything important on myLot, so saving it in a word file seems like a lot of work to me. I like to live life on the edge.
2 people like this
Val
@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
7 Nov 15
@Rollo1 I too can't see any point in saving my myLot pieces. Thoughts come and go. Mine are often not relevant several hours later
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
7 Nov 15
@valmnz Sometimes I see notifications on older posts and think "did I write that?"
1 person likes this
Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 Nov 15
the mouse did it! It moved on you!
2 people like this
Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
6 Nov 15
I often find my posts are better if I lose them and write them again. But I don't do it on purpose.
2 people like this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Nov 15
I suppose it is often true that the second time around you write a better post. You've had more time to organize the thoughts in your head. I read once that Robert Louis Stevenson threw his first manuscript for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on the fire and he had to write the entire book again.
patgalca
@patgalca (18188)
• Orangeville, Ontario
6 Nov 15
Do tell how to get a partially written post back? There are many times when I will hit something (2 keys of which I don't know what they are) and the whole paragraph I was working on disappears. I haven't been able to figure out an "undo" to bring back what I just accidentally deleted.
1 person likes this
patgalca
@patgalca (18188)
• Orangeville, Ontario
7 Nov 15
@Rollo1 Pencil icon? Is that just for this site?
Bluedoll
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
6 Nov 15
So it happens to you too. Good to know. Though not happy you lost your post. I know how it feels. When it happened to me, I didn't have such a good attitude. I slammed off the computer and went to the cupboard.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
7 Nov 15
I didn't have anything good in the cupboard yesterday, but today I got to eat ice cream
Bluedoll
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
7 Nov 15
@Rollo1 That is one of my favorite treats. I suggest not keeping it in your cupboard though. Mine goes into the freezer but it never last very long.
Val
@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
6 Nov 15
I tend to have those disappearning acts on my tablet. I have no idea what I do, but suddenly the near completed post vanishes and the screen goes white. Those ones I can never find again.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
7 Nov 15
I don't even try to write on the tablet for that reason. It's too easy to swipe the wrong things.
1 person likes this
Val
@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
7 Nov 15
@Rollo1 I share the computer with my husband, it's really the business computer, so most of my discussions and interaction are done on the tablet.
M.-L.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
6 Nov 15
This happened to me only once some years ago with a very long travel report. Since then I've saved even the shortest pieces.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
7 Nov 15
I get away with it more often than I lose things, but when I do lose something, it's usually something that will be hard to recreate.
Robin Lamb
@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
6 Nov 15
Oops...but I guess we've all done that. It seems most likely to happen when you're just about finished...
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
7 Nov 15
Of course, it wouldn't be so heartbreaking if it didn't wait until you were almost done.
1 person likes this
vh
@the_thinker (340)
• India
6 Nov 15
@Rollo1 Ma'am, you can type your post / comment in word and copy paste the same. It works.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
7 Nov 15
I don't use Word. I simply can't be bothered with all that so I have to take my lumps.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326648)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Nov 15
This kept happening to Vince on his tablet when he was trying to write his blog. After an hour or so's work the whole lot might disappear.
1 person likes this
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326648)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Nov 15
@Rollo1 Autosaving sounds a very good idea.
E Peel
@JustEmm (148)
• United States
6 Nov 15
Yep and seems like it is always the important window we close.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Nov 15
Of course, that is the way it always goes.
1 person likes this
E Peel
@JustEmm (148)
• United States
6 Nov 15
@Rollo1 Sometimes I find I may have another tid bit to add or perhaps delete LOL.Happy Writing!
marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
6 Nov 15
I have done that also because of being to tired and not paying attention to which button I hit then the next day I go back and have to type it all over again.
1 person likes this
Wendy
@jerzgirl (9234)
• United States
7 Nov 15
That's definitely a killer. I did learn that most of the time, backspacing will get you back to where you were, but that doesn't always work depending on what caused you to lose your page or what site you're on. I know of people who used to write their discussions in Word and then copy and paste them here to prevent just that problem.
1 person likes this
Hope
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
7 Nov 15
Done that and got caught too and especially if it was a long post. What a waste of time to have to totally try to remember and redo it.
1 person likes this
slund2041
@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
7 Nov 15
I hate when that happens. It got where it was happening more and more on Bubblews.
1 person likes this
sofs
@sofssu (23662)
•
6 Nov 15
Done it a few times here.. i just write another one.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Nov 15
Yes, I rewrote it this morning. Probably it's better the second time around.
1 person likes this
Fleur
@Fleura (29264)
• United Kingdom
6 Nov 15
You know it's time to go to bed when things like that happen.
1 person likes this
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Nov 15
Definitely.. I get too tired to think, why do I think I can write?
1 person likes this