# Scheduled maintenance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scheduled-maintenance/1067>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 4, 1999, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scheduled-maintenance/1067 "1999-08-04T21:39:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 1999, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scheduled-maintenance/1067/1 "1999-08-04T21:39:00Z")

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The Reader technical staff has told us this board will be down for a couple of hours tomorrow morning (Thursday, August 5) for scheduled maintenance.

If you sign on while the board is not operational, you should get a message saying it’s being worked on.

We’ll be back up and working as soon as possible.

They assure us it won’t take more than a couple of hours.

Thanks.

your humble TubaDiva/SDStaffDiv  
for the Straight Dope

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**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scheduled-maintenance/1067/2 "1999-08-15T10:21:00Z")

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Darnit! I forgot to complain about this when it happened. Here’s my retrocative “I’m completely against it.”

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scheduled-maintenance/1067/3 "1999-08-15T16:00:00Z")

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Here’s MY retroactive “When will it be back up? I’ve been waiting for HOURS!”

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 1999, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scheduled-maintenance/1067/4 "1999-08-16T00:45:00Z")

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It’s just another example of Board Management trampling all over the rights of us decent little folk… fascist imperialist swine!