A habit i have picked up is to open the 'reply to' link in a new browser window. Before i hit submit - i hit talk in the CB of the original page to reload it and see if anyone has 'beaten' me to my comment. If not, then i go ahead and submit my comment. This has worked very well for me.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)