Dave Ambrose

Please PM me the IP address that isn't working. It might have belonged to someone else at some point who was banned.

Well gosh. And, if I were blessed with more candor, I wouldn't be saying gosh. This one certainly went off the rails. Maybe this shelter in place protocol is getting to us? I don't know. It's really very simple. No politics, and no religion. There have been some legitimately funny postings, and a little humor in times like these is a good thing. But others cross the line. We set these boundaries because any attempt at discussing politics or religion rapidly gets contentious with no resolution in sight. We're here to have fun. Please keep it that way. I may unlock this topic tomorrow, but in the meantime, we need a timeout. Please refrain from starting any new topics.

The board requires that both your user name and email address be unique.

This is new to me. What kind of computer and browser are you using? And, at the risk of sounding like Jeff Dunham's ventriloquist dummy, have you cleared your browser cache?

Folks, this is straying into a COVID-19 discussion, and we asked that those go on hold. Let's keep it to Hobby Lobby. At the risk of violating my own edict, I would note that the value of masks like not in preventing you from catching COVID-19, but in preventing you from giving it to someone else. Given that some large percentage of COVID-19 infections show no symptoms at all, this is exceedingly valuable.

Our local hobby shop re-opened with a few rules. Masks required, no more than 7 customers in the store, and keep your distance. I hope this works.

Someone asked how I was doing. We're holding up pretty well here. I'm still working and very busy. Our clients are having to modify their systems to accommodate working from home They need our help to make that happen and work well. I work from home anyway, so in that regard, this isn't a change for me. I built a nice office that also houses my hobby table. I miss my grandson, but we're having twice weekly Facetime sessions. I also miss the beach, but am having more time to build, which is also nice. I think we're fortunate that we have a hobby we can still enjoy through all this. Our model car club has been having biweekly online meetings. Everyone who've joined is enjoying those a lot. The weather is finally cooperating for both spray painting and astronomy. I won't lack for things to do, that's for sure. My son is unemployed and hyperactively building Gundams. We've been trading build tips which, to be honest, feels wonderful. We may also have a bit more furniture out of this pandemic. Unlike other parts of California, people are social distancing here, even at the beach. It has helped a lot. Most businesses are requiring face masks, which will prevent you from spreading the virus to others. I'm fine with that. I don't want to inadvertently harm anyone. The curve seems to be pretty flat at the moment, and the healthcare system has spare capacity. That said, I'm not likely to hold up very well if I contract Coronavirus, so I'm being very careful, even as things open up. So far, I haven't lost any friends to Coronavirus, but have lost three friends of friends. This is going to be a long haul. There's a lot we don't understand about the virus itself, and about its spread. We just have to accept that, and do the best we can. It will be the sum of a lot of little things, just like building model cars.

Did the problems resolve themselves later? That's about the time the server is making an automated backup. I don't think it should cause a problem, but I do know it loads up the server pretty well.

Wow. This is the first I've heard of anything like this. We were having a problem with spurious 404 errors, but that has been fixed. What time did this occur? (need time zone too) How much text had you added? Like a lot of sites, this one uses CKEditor for entering content. I don't know of any limitations there, but there might be some. I can also ask the software vendor if they have any known problems like that. Thanks, Dave Ambrose

Ugh. I'll go check the settings after work. (yes, I'm still working) Google's motto used to be "Don't be evil." Guess that's gone away.

Thanks! That's good to know. The forum software vendor wasn't being at all helpful. If you never marked the site as read, then you probably have a couple million posts lurking in the background, even if they aren't displayed. Processing those takes time, even if they aren't getting displayed.

Ramsey Lewis Trio in, I think, 1965. I was all of 10 years old and loved their cover of “In with the In Crowd”. My sister, bless her, took me. The second billed opening act was this new band from San Francisco called Jefferson Airplane. I liked them too.

Thanks. There was a permission problem. Should be fixed now.

Ramsey Lewis Trio in, I think, 1965. The second billed opening act was this new band from San Francisco called Jefferson Airplane.

We definitely have some kind of performance problem with that page. Please make note of the time and your timezone when that happens. A less than rigorous look seems to suggest that the slowness is associated with high load on the server. That isn't surprising. We're getting a lot more traffic these days. At this point, we're hypothesizing that there is one thing that will help; marking the site as read. There are 2.2 million posts, and if you've never marked the site as read, some vast number of those are coming back when you ask for unread content. If any of you would like to try it, please do. Read as much as you want, then mark the site as read. The link is in the upper right corner of the page, underneath the search box. Please let me know if you try it, and whether it stays working.

They are a bit like real-life boats and model railroads. There's always something you could do to them. I think if the diorama feels done to you, you can put some pictures into the Under Glass section.

AFX, is this page loading slowly for you?

I reenabled new posts to this group. We'll be moving it down to community in the near future.

Unfortunately, we've eliminated that possibility. A few people are getting slow response when they're logged in, and fast response when they aren't logged in. I did some database maintenance that I was hoping would at least alleviate the problem, but it hasn't done so. I'll open a support ticket with the forum software vendor later this week.

I just found and fixed the problem. It should work normally now.

Thanks you all. I’m glad people like this new layout. Xingu, aka Mike Hill, came up with it. He certainly deserves a round of applause. I think it’s going to work a lot better going forward.

Welcome back. I’m glad you made it through. I hope your recovery continues to go well.

Rats — I’ll keep investigating.

Yes, if it’s under construction, it should remain in on the workbench.

Which area?