Quick Fixes for “Retrieving Data. Wait a Few Seconds” in Microsoft Excel Wait for a Moment and Try Again: The most immediate and sensible fix would be to give Excel a second or two to breathe.

Vince Benenati, who already has some rock-star credentials, still had to wait outside a downtown Toronto rock club starting at 7 a.m. yesterday, just one of the hundreds of would-be superstars ...

This post will help you if you see a message in Excel, saying Retrieving data, Wait for a few seconds, then try cutting or copying again.

But one Florida wildlife enthusiast and conservationist doesn’t wait for the yearly challenge to “yoink” these swamp monsters from the Everglades and is hunting for a rumored 20-foot python.