Rosefolly, was this here (RP)? I don't think that has happened to me, but then I don't contribute to other forums. Could it have been caused by the placement of words that either upset the so-called 'moderator' either human or computer driven? Is the site of a very po-faced disposition? Does it take offence at use of certain words or what you in the US might call un American comments? I asked DH about this as he does some quite minor bit and pieces of publishing and he said even eg's such as copyright laws could pick up on something written, however unintentional, but enough to get work deleted.

Could you try and re-write some of it just to get the words in a different order to see if that makes a difference?

Let us know how you get on. If we don't hear back we will know you have been sent to the whirling teacups of Disney!

One of Vee's posts disappeared recently! I read it as it was a follow on to one of mine and then it vanished!

I have never started a thread so this has not been a problem!

I have a worry of my own regarding postage stamps. I can get concession ones for local postage but rarely bothered. I don't send local mail these days when I can email. After needing a stamp for sending an actual document I decided to get a booklet of five and was told that someone else has used my allowance of 60 for this annual period. Who and how? I needed to show my Government Age pension card to access the right to buy and in person at the Post Office. The assistant gave me a number to call about this fraud.

My Eldest GD is checking this out on my behalf. I haven't lost money but can''t get the stamps I am entitled to now. I can't close my stamp allowance account until I am dead, I was told!

Vee, yes, it was here on Readers Paradise. If it had only happened once I would think I got distracted before I finished posting. But it happened twice with the same post. It most definitely was here, at least briefly.

Ann, that does sound very odd, and certainly very frustrating. Stamps work differently here in the US, so I don't have any ideas how that happened. It does sound like fraud, doesn't it?

Yes......for no good reason.

I've had a couple posts disappear; they were innocuous but also trying to start a thread; I think one was an end-of-year-reading post which showed up again a few weeks later, to which others subsequently posted replies. Since then, I haven't tried to start another thread. :) I don't think I've lost a post that was a reply to someone else.

I'm sorry it happeded to others, but in a way it is comforting. I don't feel singled out!

At least you are allowed to start a post. I can't; mine just goes to the garden site.

Sorry to hear that Carolyn. That sounds very frustrating, right up there with Ann not being able to buy stamps. Unfortunately we can't do anything for Ann, but maybe next time you want to start a thread, maybe one of us could start it for you. Call it "Carolyn's Post" in the subject line, and then you take over.

Thanks, Rosefolly, but I've done very well playing Folllow the Leader whoever that may be.

I think I will try once more, breaking the post up into smaller pieces.

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Nope. It didn't work.

Rosefolly, how about you try starting a new post, anywhere on this RP site just to check if it is the content of the post or some glitch in the system that doesn't recognise your address/user name . . . whatever. IF it does appear 'onscreen' you can always delete it afterwards.

I remember there used to be a practice site here (pre Glyphs days) where people could for eg, have a go at adding a photo, using Bold Italics etc before it became more streamlined.

I have found the card I needed to buy concession stamps with an introductory welcome letter and five free stamps dated from 2014! I put this away with some paperwork and forgot about it.

I was going to take it to the Post Office yesterday, when I got a replacement card sent in the mail! The helpful postal worker had ordered one for me. I will try to buy these stamps again! The weather has been too dire for me to go out though.

This shows how few local letters I write if I made do with the five free stamps that came with the 2014 welcome letter and a few at the normal rate I had on hand from 2014! I mostly email or post to some overseas correspondents.

Thanks for the interest!

Rosefolly, was that the same one you posted on FB about reading? If so, I didn’t see anything in it that would get it removed.

Ann, I am happy to hear it was not fraud after all!

I am relieved too! It made me feel very uncomfortable thinking someone had access to my account. It made no sense either. The gain from discounted local postage stamps would be minimal! However, I am on the alert for possible scams which was why I chased this matter up.