Originally posted by BigMackCam I imagine those who wrote several lines had their posts ready prepared and just had to hit the send button
There was more to it than 'just' hitting the send button. First was a careful consideration of the text to post, knowing that it could
be edited later but nonetheless knowing it might be read by someone. I knew the text must be of a minimum number of characters,
so "In!" wouldn't do. I contemplated pasting a VERY long text for laughs but worried that might actually delay my response as the
server choked on _War And Peace_. So, a short paragraph from Wiki fit the bill.
Next, a few practice runs. Refresh screen, note where "Post Reply" button will be. CTRL-V, scroll page, Submit Reply. Repeat
practice a few times to minimize any uncertainty.
Deep breaths, relax. Watch the clock. 06:59:08UTC, stop watching clock and start refreshing. I didn't go spazzy on the refresh.
I let the screen completely reload each time and gave it a good second before hitting refresh again. Relax. I knew when the Post Reply
button was coming because of the pause on the refresh. CTRL-V, scroll page, Submit Reply. Loooooonngg pause............. Finally
the screen reloaded. That was really the worst part.