I hope this is it; I was looking at just the topics that you started. If it is, thanks Patty.

The main problem then is that this topic isn't indexed at all (I just did a simple search for "staff on strike" that should have brought it up); so that's what I'll follow up on. It should be; this has happened a few times when we've had a short blip/downtime on the site. Sorry for the hassle--

YES!! That is it!!!

But I was wrong about my originating thread. But I did search on simply words - Frankfurt, FRA, lounge, all over the forums but apparently did come come up with the right combination.

Thanks now have 4 hours to review (and finish packing) before heading to airport.

Thanks again Patty

regards - tom

Already heard back from our developer--the topic has been added to the site's search index. Strange fluke; might have been having some trouble on that day back in March.

All is well that ends well. Enjoy your trip Tom!

Thanks all. Getting anxious, I get pretty wound up getting ready all day long, so many things to try and remember. I'm sure it'll be great.

CU on Fodors in three weeks - tom

So, Eben - this is your excuse for 'diluting' your posts? ;-)

Yeah this Forum's "Face-Lift" lessened my motivation to participate too... hope the planned changes will fix some of the

but my guess is that you've had enough of answering the same <u>basic</u> questions over and over again...
i have an idea which may help with this issue

aby

aby

Katie, it may be that when I was searching for my posts I made the mistake you suggest. (I was using advanced search.) But I have, two or three times in the last few days, done an advanced search for a thread I either started or participated in, and couldn't find it. I guess I never used the exact combination of words that found it.

The slowness has vanished. Thanks.

Performance is back to normal. Thank you Katie.

aby - I actually get to spend more time in Africa now which means less time on Fodors and that's a good thing! So far in 2009 we spent Feb & March in East Africa and the whole of May in South Africa (sadly my dad passed away while I was there but before his passing I did 2 weeks in the Garden Route). And Oct to mid-Nov we are back in East Africa followed by 2 weeks in South Africa!

My traveling iPhone is becoming my web companion and if a site is not iPhone friendly I lose interest quick. The sign of the times I guess!

Scrolling is great - clicking is bad. Very bad. Which is why I prefer 50+ posts to scroll to be halfway able to keep up.

Celia-- just checking-- when you do the advanced search, be sure not to enter your member name as a keyword (just in the actual Member name area at the bottom).

Also, the advanced search, like the basic search, will only search topic titles unless you click "search full topics and replies".