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[Villavic]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Computer is back to refusing to access the Ledge. Phone only.

I suppose your laptop date settings are fine, just in case check it. I don't think it has to do with the cache and cookies but I clean them periodically, it's a safety habit. I'm not an expert but it could be with extensions installed in the Chrome, or the antivirus, as some extensions can interfere with SSL connections, but it's weird it worked for a couple of days and then it refused again.
Finally, the last attempt could be that you swear to behave well from now on, that might work.

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

Thank you so much. it all feels kind of like a thousand years ago that we started this site but in certain moments it feels like last week. very glad it's all still here...and still a great resource. thanks to all who make that happen.

--Lis

When I discovered The Penguin + The Ledge, it was like founding Shangri-La!

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

Thank you, Lis, and for all your and Marty's work back in the day particularly in building the site up and making it into an invaluable resource. It was a guilty, but nourishing pleasure when the Mac was going though one of its periodic uncool and underappreciated periods. I see the ubiquity of the Silver Springs memes these days and I chuckle at how that all came to be.

"And go on dreaming
May this joy of ours
Never ever cease"

Mr Scarrott

isn't it amazing how the band is everywhere these days?? i'd never have believed it if you told me that in 1995 lol.

--Lis

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

I see the ubiquity of the Silver Springs memes these days and I chuckle at how that all came to be.

I usually look for memes with the name of a band, but yes with song names there are several funny or interesting things too.

[Mr Scarrott]

Gosh, reading a thread on Reddit about this board saddens me.I won't post the link because it's particularly vitriolic about one of us. Whilst there may germs of truth in how some board-related may be perceived externally, I do feel that there has been ample space here for intelligent discourse so the wider picture gets missed. Not being able to get new ledgies has obviously been a bit of an impediment.
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It is a shame that if any of the surviving members were to decide to idle an afternoon away by reading the comments they would do it through their fingers. Yes, John and Lindsey may get an easier ride, but I've never walked in any of their shoes. It was always lovely when Bob Welch turned up, and Jeremy too, until that Wendy-related incident (or am I mis-remembering here).

It's been stuff like untangling the so-called fake Mac episode, finding the identity of Mrs Scarrott, talking
about Danny, finally establishing what Christine did on Then Play on and suchlike that I've enjoyed, and putting those brief crazy twelve years from the Dog and Dustbins to Tusk in some sort of context. What a story, what a band

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

Gosh, reading a thread on Reddit about this board saddens me.I won't post the link because it's particularly vitriolic about one of us. Whilst there may germs of truth in how some board-related may be perceived externally, I do feel that there has been ample space here for intelligent discourse so the wider picture gets missed. Not being able to get new ledgies has obviously been a bit of an impediment.
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It is a shame that if any of the surviving members were to decide to idle an afternoon away by reading the comments they would do it through their fingers. Yes, John and Lindsey may get an easier ride, but I've never walked in any of their shoes. It was always lovely when Bob Welch turned up, and Jeremy too, until that Wendy-related incident (or am I mis-remembering here).

It's been stuff like untangling the so-called fake Mac episode, finding the identity of Mrs Scarrott, talking
about Danny, finally establishing what Christine did on Then Play on and suchlike that I've enjoyed, and putting those brief crazy twelve years from the Dog and Dustbins to Tusk in some sort of context. What a story, what a band

yeah i see they are often pretty vitriolic about this site on reddit... and that makes me a little sad, but whatever. i sometimes tell people to ignore stuff that irritates them and move on, but i guess some folks get pissy and would rather avoid the ledge completely. i still find it worthwhile to focus on stuff that interests me and ignore (usually! haha) stuff that ticks me off, either here or on any site.

what a story, what a band, indeed.

--Lis

[Villavic]

It seems to me that it is during the weekends that The Ledge falls most frequently. In theory, this should be the case cause there may be more activity, but my perception has always been that I see more posts on weekdays (when the ledgies should be working!). But the servers probably host other webpages with different users behavior.

Cause I've seen this error today and on past sundays, but then later it responded well. Probably there are less support people on weekends and take longer to take action.

[Villavic]

The timeout message has been appearing constantly since yesterday. Servers may be saturated. That makes us give up and stop trying to post.

[HomerMcvie]

It's been crashing A LOT lately, but fortunately, the crashes are short lived.

I'm just thankful that it's still working at all.

I really wish someone would start up one of the free message boards(that used to exist? I ASSume they still do...), and we'd all join it. It could be our backup, for if this ever dies and doesn't come back. We could name it The Ledge II.

[Villavic]

Just minutes ago I couldn't enter, this time it says This website cannot be accessed. The database error appears frequently too.

I don't know if it's an unforeseen technical error or if there are no longer resources to maintain this site. If the owners/administrators decide to close this website definitely, I would appreciate if they could let us know in advance, to see if it is possible to agree on where to migrate.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

yeah i see they are often pretty vitriolic about this site on reddit... and that makes me a little sad, but whatever. i sometimes tell people to ignore stuff that irritates them and move on, but i guess some folks get pissy and would rather avoid the ledge completely. i still find it worthwhile to focus on stuff that interests me and ignore (usually! haha) stuff that ticks me off, either here or on any site.

what a story, what a band, indeed.

--Lis

I too saw the Reddit board about a year ago. Pretty frightening. The lack of new blood hurts all organizations. But there was a good chunk of daily posters that left when Stevie fired Lindsey and she was getting blowback about it here. In some weird way this board is a reality show since no one can join anymore. Who will be the last one standing
I get a kick out of when they say the board is "Pro Lindsey". Much of this board hates much of this band's legacy when they have tried to go on without Chris or without Lindsey. But even when Lindsey dominated an album (SYW) and used Tusk like qualities on it, it does not bring him any love on this board. I think they were referring to much of the board taking Lindsey's side in his firing.
All boards have diverse opinions and this board is no different. That's great. But this board has something that I never experienced before on other boards: Jealousy. When I first joined there was a poster that got jealous I was chatting with another member. I was told that I was not around long enough to share my thoughts with this person. I won't say who that was but they are still around and I can sometimes see the jealousy continue. It blows my mind that someone can get jealous of someone on a message board. Total insecurity. But I've got the nasty messages to show it

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Just minutes ago I couldn't enter, this time it says This website cannot be accessed. The database error appears frequently too.

I don't know if it's an unforeseen technical error or if there are no longer resources to maintain this site. If the owners/administrators decide to close this website definitely, I would appreciate if they could let us know in advance, to see if it is possible to agree on where to migrate.

the last few times I've gotten that message (like right now)when I hit 'refresh' it comes up fine. Of course, I have to click the website and have it say that it's unavailable and hit refresh and then i get the main page, then I click a forum name and get the message it's not available so I hit refresh and there is the forum and then I want to see a particular thread in that forum and click on it and get the message that it is unavailable and then hit the refresh button and there it is. Fun times!

[FuzzyPlum]

This is getting ridiculous!!!!
I feel like I’m on the Titanic and it’s sinking fast

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

This is getting ridiculous!!!!
I feel like I’m on the Titanic and it’s sinking fast

I feel like playing ring toss. Yes the refresh works but sometimes after trying several times. Ridiculous, I agree.