lost messages

Used my blinkie LED red badge for the CAO transit of Mercury event. And I was not happy. When I applied the magnetic clip from the inside of my jacket to the back of the badge, they snapped together. That was not surprising given the strength of the magnets; what I was not excepting is that the memory locations would get wiped! Damn! The thing is a pain to program... Oddly, the "Welcome to the" message was still working. But all the others were gone. I quickly [sic] added "CAO" and gently attached it. Crikey.