# only on the weekend?!?!?!

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**Created:** [October 12, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-on-the-weekend/206942 "2003-10-12T02:05:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-on-the-weekend/206942/1 "2003-10-12T02:05:57Z")

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I did try and make sure this problem has not been mentioned yet, and I didn’t see it…didn’t look at every thread…cuz there are lots.

I am apparently only able to access the message boards on the weekend. All other times I end up with the “this page cannot be displayed” page. I see that other people post during the week so this can’t be a common problem.

Or can it?

:dubious:

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-on-the-weekend/206942/2 "2003-10-12T02:37:48Z")

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Well, it could be (a) coincidence or (b) that there is way more traffic during the weekday, particularly between 8a - 5p, USA eastern and central times. Many of our community post from work.

If you’ve not been around long, there is a long and illustrious history involving the hamster-driven server at the Chicago Reader. On any given week there is likely a thread or three about how slow the server is and getting “page not found” errors.

Just be patient. We’re worth the wait. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-on-the-weekend/206942/3 "2003-10-12T18:47:43Z")

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> I see that other people post during the week so this can’t be a common problem.

In fact, those folks _are_ the problem. We’re too big for our britches. And every time we get new britches, er, servers, we outgrow them, too. I’m sure that parents of young children can sympathize.

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**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-on-the-weekend/206942/4 "2003-10-15T00:46:23Z")

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It seems to work fine now. Eh. Thanks to all who gave my impatience a…uh…patient response.