# We are working or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 18, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243 "2016-09-18T13:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/1 "2016-09-18T13:32:27Z")
I just tried to create a thread in this forum, but something happened. Maybe it’s my fault, but what’s going on? We appeared to be down for the last 5 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/2 "2016-09-18T14:22:54Z")
This thread took about an hour from “post quick reply” to actually being viewable (which is why I tried creating another thread). Can any admin or mod explain the extended outage this AM? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/3 "2016-09-18T14:49:14Z")
Well I can visit the site now. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/4 "2016-09-18T14:58:26Z")
I’ve alerted TPTB. Beyond that, we seem to be up and running now. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/5 "2016-09-18T18:54:40Z")
The silence from TPTB is deafening. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/6 "2016-09-19T02:47:15Z")
Still no word on what happened for 5 hours Saturday night? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/7 "2016-09-19T03:11:20Z")
No word yet. When we hear something we’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/8 "2016-09-19T23:36:12Z")
There was a database connection problem, which was resolved by the hosting company. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/9 "2016-09-23T14:03:11Z")
Is the subject hed a perfect opportunity, almost a necessity in Ye Olde Days, for the present subjunctive?: **Be We Working?** (I have a thing for the subjunctive, in numerous languages. Even Ebonics present tense indicative turns me on.) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-working-or-not/766243/10 "2016-09-23T16:52:23Z")
Isn’t “We are working?” a little Yoda-ish? “Are we working” doesn’t have the same, gently-tortured grammar feel. Or Jewish mother style: “The other one, you didn’t like?”