# Checking something out **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 17, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090 "2021-02-17T05:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090/1 "2021-02-17T05:41:32Z")
just testing something. everyone ignore this. ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090/2 "2021-02-17T09:33:27Z")
Did it work? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090/3 "2021-02-17T09:37:43Z")
> [@Enjoy\_Slurm](#): > > Did it work? - \< checks bottom of shoe \> Nope. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090/4 "2021-02-17T12:07:51Z")
Well, that was disappointing ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090/5 "2021-02-17T12:25:00Z")
Seems a pity to [give it up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost#Loss_aversion_and_the_sunk_cost_fallacy) now after all the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090/6 "2021-02-17T13:34:33Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > everyone ignore this Well that’s a sure fire way to get people not to ignore this. What are we not ignoring anyway now that you brought it up? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090/7 "2021-02-17T17:04:28Z")
The reason for this topic was to see if making another post would get a failed post out of limbo. It didn’t work. The failed post was due to my connection with the router going down while I was writing one. I wasn’t sure how to get back to it, because I didn’t think of the Drafts section of the user control panel or whatever it’s called on Discourse. Anyway, when I started this topic, it seems to have lost the other post, even though I told it not to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-something-out/933090/8 "2021-02-18T03:53:46Z")
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