# Missing Posts and Other Malfunctions

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**Created:** [June 1, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts-and-other-malfunctions/178951 "2003-06-01T15:44:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts-and-other-malfunctions/178951/1 "2003-06-01T15:44:19Z")

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**Tuba Dive** , (or any other mods) what is going on? These boards are gobbling posts and cocking up other parameters as well. Any reason for this?

GQ’s Turn on a Dime shows zero replies and has two of them.

What does “turn on a dime” mean? ohlssonvox 0 6 06-01-2003 08:17 AM  
by ohlssonvox

Real time = 8:31 AM  
My post to Scylla’s Salsa thread has disappeared.

My post to a Cafe Society Barbecue recipe request is missing.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=183700](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=183700)

You can see a response to it.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/editpost.php?action=editpost&postid=3432099](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/editpost.php?action=editpost&postid=3432099)

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> _Originally posted by The Gaspode_  
> Would that be gravlax\* or Sveedis Meeetbools?
> 
> Thanks Zenster and all others. This thread is getting close to poetry. Problem now is where to start with all these great ideas.
> 
> \*actually - gravlax is very easy to make yourself and if you don’t want to eat it as it is, it’s perfect for BBQ, too.  
> Holler if you want suggestions.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts-and-other-malfunctions/178951/2 "2003-06-01T18:02:09Z")

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Salsa is bad for hamsters, maybe?

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts-and-other-malfunctions/178951/3 "2003-06-02T06:09:04Z")

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So it might be **Troy** , but we all know how much hamsters _love_ barbecue!

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts-and-other-malfunctions/178951/4 "2003-06-02T11:40:00Z")

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Not sure what happened to your post.

Haven’t had this particular problem in a while, in fact I can’t even remember the last time it’s happened.

I also note this morning the system is slow and wonky, so we may be in need of a reset at the least.

I’ll notify Jerry the Tech God. This does not necessarily mean we will know right away what’s going on – and I’m afraid your post is lost in the ether, sorry to say.

BTW, if you serve gravlax at a barbecue, does that come with longneck aquavit? Just asking.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts-and-other-malfunctions/178951/5 "2003-06-04T05:59:55Z")

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Just lucky, I guess.

Thanks Gal,

Chris

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts-and-other-malfunctions/178951/6 "2003-06-05T11:23:46Z")

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Jerry reset the server and things seem to be okay.

Please let me know if you find any more of these little mysteries, with as much attendant information as can be found.

As I’m sure you know all too well, intermittent problems are the hardest to troubleshoot.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator