# Damn good job, Jerry! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2002, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497 "2002-11-19T11:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/1 "2002-11-19T11:32:41Z")
Hats off to you. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/2 "2002-11-19T11:36:28Z")
A ā€œHear, hearā€ from just a little to thā€™ side oā€™ Down Under. So far, things have been running extraordinarily well. I hear the sound of thousands of elated Dopers. Not sayinā€™ _what_ sound that is, but itā€™s a goodā€™un! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/3 "2002-11-19T11:42:47Z")
What exactly did he do, I wonder? Cause it looks the same to meā€¦ \ ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/4 "2002-11-19T12:19:18Z")
About this time of night most of the site starts timing out for me when everyone in the US starts logging on. So far, itā€™s running sherfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/5 "2002-11-19T16:44:09Z")
Itā€™s now pushing noon eastern time and things are still running smoothly. Usually by this time, Iā€™m timing out or the pages are running to slow to even attempt it. Thanks Jerry.šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/6 "2002-11-19T16:50:00Z")
Hereā€™s to you, Jerry. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever seen it so responsive! ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/7 "2002-11-19T17:16:02Z")
Itā€™s been really fast since yesterday at least. Thatā€™s when I started noticing anyway. Muchos kudos, Mr. the Tech God! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/8 "2002-11-19T17:47:09Z")
Heartily concur - at this time of the evening, Iā€™m usually getting logged out, timed out, and generally made to look at error messages a lot. But right now itā€™s smooth as silk. Well done, sir! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/9 "2002-11-19T20:14:47Z")
I hope by mentioning it, yā€™all donā€™t jinx it. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/10 "2002-11-19T21:19:52Z")
I`m loosening the hang man`s noose that`s been around my neck for the last two months. Dare I hit the submit buttonā€¦here goes. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/11 "2002-11-19T21:37:55Z")
Well done I say, and well done again. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/12 "2002-11-19T21:40:12Z")
What the heck are you guys talking about? ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/13 "2002-11-19T21:52:12Z")
swEEt! I had almost given up hope that I would be able to post ever again. Great job Jerry! and Thanks! BTW What did you do? New Hamsters? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/14 "2002-11-19T21:54:25Z")
Gazelle, they are talking about the board running faster. It was a delight to spend all my time on it! ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/15 "2002-11-19T21:56:08Z")
Thanks **Carine** , but who is Jerry? I notice how sweet itā€™s running, but had no idea to whom to attribute it. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/16 "2002-11-19T21:59:08Z")
This seems as good a place as any to ask . . . Whatā€™s up with the field of yellow-and-blue vBulletin logos to the right of the Straight Dope banner? Looks a little bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/17 "2002-11-19T22:11:30Z")
**GfH** , Jerry is the administrator **jdavis** , AKA Jerry the Tech God. Heā€™s the keeper of the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/18 "2002-11-19T23:12:30Z")
Hey, also today I noticed some weird icons in place of the ā€œprofile,ā€ ā€œe-mail,ā€ ā€œsearch,ā€ etc. buttons. Not in all threads, though. I donā€™t recall which threads, but one had a post by **FairyChatMom**. There were horizontally stretched out šŸ˜ƒ faces for the WWW link, and what looked like a printer for the Search link. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/19 "2002-11-19T23:23:47Z")
**jerry, jerry** heā€™s our man, If he canā€™t do it noone can! Dude, itā€™s like you fine tuned the right dilithium crystals or something. Thank you!! Tripler Now the War on Ignorance can be fought even faster! ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497/20 "2002-11-19T23:30:24Z")
Very, very, cool. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-good-job-jerry/137497.md?page=2)