[MetroMPG]

Sorry about that. Unfortunately, you found out the hard way one of the side effects of not using the "keep me logged in" feature (checkbox on the login form).

Most old-timers here will tell you they copy the text of a long reply before submitting it, just in case something -- anything -- goes haywire. Then you at least have it in your own computer's memory and can paste it into an application for safekeeping until the problem is sorted out.