forum down this afternoon

[Roger Chandler]

SMC was down since around 3:30pm - page would not load - what were the problems?

[Mike Minto]

don't know, but it happens ALOT.

[Roger Chandler]

don't know, but it happens ALOT.

Thanks Mike.......Just glad to know it wasn't only me!

[Keith Outten]

C'mon it doesn't happen ALOT, just once every now and then

I had to reboot the server, it is getting old and tired like me and needs to rest more often than it used to

I have begged Aaron to put the new server online before I go to IWF in Atlanta.
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[Roger Chandler]

C'mon it doesn't happen ALOT, just once every now and then

I had to reboot the server, it is getting old and tired like me and needs to rest more often than it used to

I have begged Aaron to put the new server online before I go to IWF in Atlanta.
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Appreciate the info Keith! I understand "old and tired!" Sometimes I resemble that remark!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Keith I know about old and tired. A 15 min power nap works wonders.

[Harvey M. Taylor]

I never worry when the forum is down. I know something is being fixed or something new and better is being installed. Great site, great info, great friends all around. My 'take' on the matter. Max

[John Keeton]

I never worry when the forum is down. I know something is being fixed or something new and better is being installed. Great site, great info, great friends all around. My 'take' on the matter. Max

Now, there is a great attitude!! Thanks, Max!!

It does amaze me at times that folks take as a personal affront the creek being down at times - kinda of like "why are they doing this to me?" Rest assured that when SMC goes down, Keith is far more frustrated than anyone else may be!

[Mike Minto]

It does amaze me at times that folks take as a personal affront the creek being down at times

ping! zing! yeow! fronk! zap! yikes! gee, john, are you referring to my comment? go ahead and say so, if so. making a remark/comment become against the rules here, now, and demand refuting/criticizing? was only a matter of time, i suppose. (oh, and i don't take it as an affront - again, it's just a comment, made in a free country on a private enterprise forum).

[Brent Smith]

Geeez.......I just look at forum down time as more time to spend in the shop .

[John Keeton]

ping! zing! yeow! fronk! zap! yikes! gee, john, are you referring to my comment? go ahead and say so, if so. making a remark/comment become against the rules here, now, and demand refuting/criticizing? was only a matter of time, i suppose. (oh, and i don't take it as an affront - again, it's just a comment, made in a free country on a private enterprise forum).

No, Mike, I was not referring to your comment. There have been multiple threads on SMC on this subject - largely in the other forums. Most are not as understanding as are you and the other turners. I guess I should have been more specific in my comments.

Mike, we know each other only on this forum. I enjoy seeing your work, and I enjoy your posts. You seem to be genuine in your comments.

Please understand that I do not harbor some ill will toward you. I am never afraid to be very pointed in my comments (it is what I do daily!) I never use innuendos. Had my remarks been intended for you, you would not have had to read between the lines.

You are making me gun shy of commenting in your threads!! Or, maybe it is just me?!?!

I apologize, again, if I have somehow offended you.

[Roger Chandler]

Mike and John K.

I am sorry I mentioned the forum being down ...........my only thing is that when it is down, we do miss it, mostly because of the fine folks we have come to "know," if only virtually.

That being said our common interest [woodturning and things related] makes us value one another, and the medium we have come to rely upon in order for those relationships to flourish, which is the SMC-Turning forum.

It was only meant as a "gee, I miss not being able to communicate with folks I have learned to appreciate about the subject we all love - wood turning!"

[Josh Bowman]

I wish my AT&T DSL internet was up as much as SMC's server! I don't have a clue how SMC is owned". But I suspect it's an individual with a passion to share, (Kieth) that owns, operates, fixes, frustrates over it. When I see it's down and know it's during working hours, then someone had to sacrifice their work time to fix it..

[Mike Minto]

I wish my AT&T DSL internet was up as much as SMC's server! I don't have a clue how SMC is owned". But I suspect it's an individual with a passion to share, (Kieth) that owns, operates, fixes, frustrates over it. When I see it's down and know it's during working hours, then someone had to sacrifice their work time to fix it..

Josh, it's 'owned', just like any for-profit business, I'd guess.

[Mike Minto]

Mike and John K.

I am sorry I mentioned the forum being down ...........my only thing is that when it is down, we do miss it, mostly because of the fine folks we have come to "know," if only virtually.

That being said our common interest [woodturning and things related] makes us value one another, and the medium we have come to rely upon in order for those relationships to flourish, which is the SMC-Turning forum.

It was only meant as a "gee, I miss not being able to communicate with folks I have learned to appreciate about the subject we all love - wood turning!"

Roger, I think it's no big deal that you brought it up - although some folks here seem to. I just made a comment to yours - and then brought up a subject some people here seem to have a problem with. $. And I said in the past, in another thread, that someone making money off running this forum is a fine thing. The forum probably would not exist otherwise. It's just that some people will look at a thing (ie, this thread) and not know everything about the subject at hand before commenting.