but even Obersturmbannführer Phmode has managed to do something similar and he knows his way round the forum as well, or possibly better, than anyone else. Coul a clever techy person please find a way of ensuring that new posts cannot be added to existing posts and quoted comments?
The case where I added my comments IN your post was most definitely finger trouble on my part Steve! As an admin (or mod) when I read your post I have additional options over and above what you or another non-admin member has. One of these is the ability to 'modify' anyone's post, not just my own, which is all you can do.
Particularly on an iPad, where I live most of my life, it is merely a few mm of finger error and I am modifying your post instead of replying to it. That becomes obvious when you 'review' the reply prior to sending it. In the case where my big boots trod all over your words, I didn't review the comments before I hit 'post'.
I think part of the problem is caused by someone 'quoting' a person but not wanting to include the whole of the original post in the quote, so they edit it down to the relevant bit and sometimes remove the end quote mark like this [/quote]
If this happens you can also get your comments mingled with the original but I'm sure in that case, the blue 'quote' box disappears.
The nearest thing we have to an intelligent techy type person at the moment seems to be Richard (rich-tea) who is up to his earlobes trying to get us our original smilies back and also claims to have a life, which means he isn't really a techy type person but is still very intelligent
Brian (who just joined an admin forum in a vain attempt to learn something useful
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