# Posting after the board is down for maintenance. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483 "2003-08-25T09:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/1 "2003-08-25T09:39:44Z")
Gawd, I love being on the board just after seeing “There seems to have been a slight problem with the database” message. The hamsters must have been refuelled on dexamphetamines or something because it is sooooooooooooooo fast. Heh. Shame there’s no-one else here to share it with me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/2 "2003-08-25T09:49:42Z")
Heh Heh back atcha! I’ve learned to make wise use of my pregnancy-fueled insomnia by hanging out here @ 4:00 a.m. CST. It’s amazing how much quicker the dang thing runs (though I’m never “in” on the conversations - not that I was before, anyway). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/3 "2003-08-25T09:54:00Z")
Nah, you are not alone: of course, in my case I have to blame a case of food poisoning that has kept me out of action all this weekend, and now it has keep me up until this time; but I am getting better, at least I can say good night now… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/4 "2003-08-25T10:00:24Z")
Bugger. I THOUGHT it had slowed up…go to bed all you insomniacal Merkins. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/5 "2003-08-25T10:40:52Z")
I know I am not the only pathetic one who plans my posting habits around the time that the board goes down… ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/6 "2003-08-25T11:27:50Z")
Most of the posters are from America. I’m in England so when I’m up and posting you lot are in bad due to timezones. The board nearly always runs at a good speed when I’m on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/7 "2003-08-25T11:32:42Z")
I enjoy this speed every morning too. Also, we can talk about the Americans behind their backs while they’re still asleep… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/8 "2003-08-25T11:42:48Z")
This sorta speed is all I know. To me, the SDMB is the fastest website in my favourites 😉 So you’re not alone today, and you won’t be for a while. Well, not until I leave Southeast Asia. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/9 "2003-08-25T11:47:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*I enjoy this speed every morning too. Also, we can talk about the Americans behind their backs while they’re still asleep… 😉 \*\* Of course. Thats the only reason I’m on this messege board. 😉 hee hee hee! ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/10 "2003-08-25T12:52:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AngelicGemma \* > \*\*Most of the posters are from America. I’m in England so when I’m up and posting you lot are in bad due to timezones. The board nearly always runs at a good speed when I’m on. 😃 \*\* I’m always in bad. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/11 "2003-08-25T13:01:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mikie \* > \*\*I’m always in bad. \*\* Damn typos! That would be _bed_ not _bad_. Of course the two can go together… 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/12 "2003-08-25T13:07:36Z")
I’m often bad when I’m in bed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/13 "2003-08-25T13:28:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*I enjoy this speed every morning too. Also, we can talk about the Americans behind their backs while they’re still asleep… 😉 \*\* Nice try, but some of us Americans work night shift. In addition to getting paid to surf the web all night 😃 , we keep an eye on you [outragish French accent] English types [/oFe] and write up a report on what you said while everyone was sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/14 "2003-08-25T13:53:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fugazi \* > \*\*write up a report on what you said while everyone was sleeping. \*\* Damn, I _wondered_ how the mods were finding out about all the rude things we were saying. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/15 "2003-08-25T15:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fugazi \* > \*\* we keep an eye on you [outragish French accent] English types [/oFe] and write up a report on what you said while everyone was sleeping. \*\* Damn it! And I thought it was a secret!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/16 "2003-08-26T06:10:40Z")
Yeah, I like posting then, except that it is so dead, and it is 5:30 in the morning here. But the boards are speedy. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/17 "2003-08-26T10:18:09Z")
Go to bed? I just got up and killed time until the hamsters finished their breakfast. Besides, someone’s got to keep the Yorkshiremen (ok, women) from taking over the board! CJ (Lancashire by heritage, if not quite birth) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/18 "2003-08-26T10:19:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*I enjoy this speed every morning too. Also, we can talk about the Americans behind their backs while they’re still asleep… 😉 \*\* Ah _ha!_ Caught you! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-after-the-board-is-down-for-maintenance/197483/19 "2003-08-26T15:50:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Siege \* > \*\*Besides, someone’s got to keep the Yorkshiremen (ok, women) from taking over the board! \*\* Not only will the Yorkshire woman take over the board, but we shall soon rule the WORLD! WHA HA HA HA HA!!!