I TYPED in a very long article in a forum and touched the wrong thing on the key board and "ZAP" it was gone. Is there a way to retrieve it? I was so upset, I ate ice cream right out of the carton last night)
Thanks for any help you can give. I appreciate your answers
                                                                    Dr EllingsworthDoc

Chances are you did what I have done a few times - go to use shift for a cap letter but hit ctrl and that letter!!!  Annoying huh!

Sometimes a back button hit will get you back to your reply box and the text - if not tho I suggest two options.

1) - after a chunk of text - select and place it on clipboard.  repeat that process until the end - then even if submit fails you have your text.

2) - Even safer - keep notepad or your fave text editor HANDY and write in that then copy and paste - fill in for smilies if needed as last stage.

This approach will cut down on your ice cream consumption!!  If you use Firefox, this add-on will save you in the FUTURE: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1046press the Backspace button (only works if you have CHANGED web pages by misstake). if the web BROWSER is closed it wont work sorry.