Site Issues 1/24/21

[Leon]

Updated thread 1/24/21 ....We had more site issues a few minutes ago. The hosting company continually says they don't know why.
We are looking at a new host . The servers, firewall etc... have been configured and I am optimistic that in 3-4 weeks we should be on a new hosting platform..

**This site is not changing aesthetically or functionally (except it shouldn't go down daily, as it has lately). And the goal will be 0 downtime during the migration. Both sites will run in tandem for several days then we will point to the other company and be done. Sounds simple LOL

.thanks for everyone's patience,

[samosa4u]

Ummm ... Leon??? What's the story behind this photo? Did some of those guys paint their faces black?

[Tripredacus]

I would like to know more about Frog Town.

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by Tripredacus

I would like to know more about Frog Town.

The Thomas-Dale neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota goes by the name Frogtown; I wonder if that's where Leon's cabinet card comes from?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogtown,_Saint_Paul

[Leon]

Anyone on the site in the last several minutes knows we went down for around 10-15 minutes. (I think). We will find out the reason again and eventually might have to find a different hosting company.

With the understanding technology advances when we did the migration 11 yrs ago, to our new host, it took 2 servers going fulltime for 3 weeks to transfer the data. And that is besides the technical aspect of it. Of course we can run parallel sites but still, it's not a quick or easy task. I won't let the site go down often for long, it isn't good for my health.

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[sando69]

i believe trudeau is a canuck...
did you mean to say emmanuel macron?

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Tom S.

The Thomas-Dale neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota goes by the name Frogtown; I wonder if that's where Leon's cabinet card comes from?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogtown,_Saint_Paul

i live very close to FROGTOWN!!!!

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i live very close to FROGTOWN!!!!

We hope you don’t croak.

[drcy]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Ummm ... Leon??? What's the story behind this photo? Did some of those guys paint their faces black?

Two are green and one is blue.

[frankbmd]

That’s our IT crew, right Leon.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

That’s our IT crew, right Leon.

Yeap, working overtime right now.

[MCyganik]

I too would love to know what the backstory of this cabinet card is.

I see (besides a bunch of dudes in blackface):
Sigmund Freud if he slept as long as Rip Van Winkle
Uncle Sam
Guy with either a giant hair curl or a Gorbachev birthmark
Seattle grunge guitarist guy
Double goatee & snowpants guy
Guy who started to put on blackface but thought better of it and had a smoke instead
Cowboy with tiny hat playing catcher
Benedict Cumberbatch's Frog Town cousin
Hugh Hefner's great-grandfather
Terrifying big hand gentleman who might be high on shoe polish