Most valuable advise a newbie can get!

And some not so newbies

Read the archives, take the long view, drink lots of H2o, yadda, yadda, yadda…

This is the real deal! Included in the main forum because it will enhance your PE experience and your posting at Thunder’s more than any other thing you can do!

If you are writing a long, witty, or involved post…
wait for it…

Always do it in word in case you hit submit and it doesn’t take! If this happens you will end up back with a blank screen having to retype the whole damn thing! Umm, at least that’s what I have heard, not like it’s ever happened to me.

iamaru,

Yeah, I’ve heard of that happening to people. Must be a real bear. I have always used my WP for my posts :hide: Great advice iamaru. This should be a sticky…

You can just mark the text, press CTRL+C to store the text in the clipboard an then hit the button. If it didn’t work you can paste the text with CTRL+V in another window/word/wordpad/textfile.

Estatic,

You mean, like, learn to use my computer????

Just highlight the text, right click and click on copy before you try to post.

Then if you lose the page, when you get back to the thread and the reply section, just right click and paste, voila.

I’ll second that H2O suggestion. Proper hydration means that all the cells are mobile and in easier contact, which enhances repair and transfer of everything (be it signals, nutrition or whatever).