# Let's make a record of boars slowdowns.  Reason contained in post

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 16, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-record-of-boars-slowdowns-reason-contained-in-post/364681 "2006-07-16T01:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-record-of-boars-slowdowns-reason-contained-in-post/364681/21 "2006-07-16T18:17:57Z")

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> [@Ice Wolf](#):
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> I would think if the boars slowed down, they’d quit scaring the hamsters. But the ways of Mother Nature are strange …

Well that’s obviously what happened. The boars slowed down, the hamsters rlaxed and took a little break, and the server powered down.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-record-of-boars-slowdowns-reason-contained-in-post/364681/22 "2006-07-16T18:28:22Z")

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I had a slowdown–unable to load a “new post” page–at 11:22AM PST.

-Kris

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-record-of-boars-slowdowns-reason-contained-in-post/364681/23 "2006-07-16T18:53:48Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> The boars around here are pretty quick and are easily able to outrun a man.

Maybe so but most of the time they probably just take their own sweet time. I wouldn’t recommend poking them to get them to speed up.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-record-of-boars-slowdowns-reason-contained-in-post/364681/24 "2006-07-16T19:35:42Z")

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Personally, I ain’t hangin’ around where there are any boars to find out when they might slow down. Slow down from what anyways? I’m pretty sure that boars, being wild and all, don’t exactly have schedules so they have busy times and slow times.

Why do you need all this wild boar data anyways? Is it for a research paper? Isn’t there a rule about not posting for help with homework or something like that? Go research your own boars young man or lady! You’ll learn more that way.

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-record-of-boars-slowdowns-reason-contained-in-post/364681/25 "2006-07-16T20:28:00Z")

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> [@Frylock](#):
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> If people are all having slowdowns at the same time, then the problem is with the server. Otherwise, otherwise.

I’m sure your intentions are good, but we already know the server can get overloaded at times. We’re aware of it, the Reader is aware of it, and once the Reader gives us something to pass along to everyone in the way of news, we will.

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