Don't know about Ben, but when posting I frequently get a message about a time out and helpfully I'm left with an empty message box with the subject filled in.
At this point the only way to post is to press the back button which re-displays whatever I typed, shutdown SeaMonkey (I have session restore enabled so the posting box is still populated on restart) and reboot. And yes the hi-res timer is turned off. Very irritating and if I didn't know the trick of going back, it would really be irritating.
Next time it happens I'll get a screenshot.