[editor-surveyor]

"Just seconds before I hit the "post" button, my PC locked up, and I lost the entire essay."

Clue:
Use 'notepad' or your word prosser to compose long posts, and then 'clipboard' them over to the posting window.

[the_doc]

Thanks for the tip.

I usually do that when I know in advance that I have a difficult post, but sometimes I forget to do this. (I like to live on the edge, I guess. [I already know that I need a new hard-drive.])