# "site under construction?" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 24, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669 "2001-02-24T00:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/1 "2001-02-24T00:12:04Z")
I recomended this board to a friend long ago, and since she never showed up, I figured she didn’t want to join. I talked to her recently, and she mentioned that she’s been trying, but every time she goes here she gets the message “this site is under construction.” Anyone have any idea why, or how to help her get here? ---
**Author:** ![barstow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@barstow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barstow)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/2 "2001-02-24T02:55:26Z")
There’s a chance she hit a typo and got straigtdope or some such, which turned out to be a kid’s “contraband” web page he hasn’t finished yet. Also, some places glom onto typos of famous sites, hoping the famous sites will pay them to get control of it. When I tried some of the obvious typos, I got nothing, but when I tried [cecil.com](http://cecil.com) I found a place [Mailbank.com](http://Mailbank.com) that seems to have premptoraly parked on a lot of first names, which they now offer for sale. ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/3 "2001-02-24T03:00:47Z")
Nawp, I sent her the link [http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) which from a preview, works fine. I _think_ I sent her a direct link to a thread, once. Its a mystery… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FormerlyKnownAsBlank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@FormerlyKnownAsBlank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerlyKnownAsBlank)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/4 "2001-02-24T22:35:31Z")
You know, I’d bet she logged on at a time when the board part was down and then she couldn’t get past the homepage. Maybe send a link to that [http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/5 "2001-02-25T09:04:20Z")
Does she try to log on every day at 3:30am? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/6 "2001-02-25T09:23:28Z")
Interesting point: 3.30am US time is 8.30 pm Australia time. It sucks. ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/7 "2001-02-25T18:09:03Z")
Hrm… I don’t think so evilbeth. But I’ll ask. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/8 "2001-02-25T18:21:30Z")
She might have just been being kind to you. I’ve mentioned Straight Dope to a few people who never got past the name, thought it was drug related. Or saw one of the of the grosser cartoon with bodily fluids splashing all over and decided to pass. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-under-construction/55669/9 "2001-02-25T18:29:05Z")
tshirts, I think she read the books, so she knows about the name, and the body fluids thing would just apeal to her!