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Good practice in withdrawal!

You got that right Ed:) <BR> <BR>We're baaaaaaaaaaack!

At least I know it wasn't my computer. I hate it when I have to diagnose everything.

I took them at their word, and didn't come back to check until after 9 pm. <BR> <BR>The post from Gerry does make me wonder how many people made their way to the explanatory message that was visible at www.fodors.com (the "root") - - I rarely ever GO there - - jumping instead directly to www.fodors.com/forums - - and that gave no clue, as far as I know. <BR> <BR>They COULD have put the same message there - - or done a re-direct. <BR> <BR>They also could have given some warning, since they said it was a SCHEDULED interruption of service. <BR> <BR>Offered solely as CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. <BR> <BR>Are there are any changes? new features? anything work better? like the search function? <BR> <BR>Glad to have the forum back, whatever the answers. <BR> <BR>Best wishes, <BR> <BR>Rex <BR>

What message? I never even got Fodors.com to come up earlier today.

Withdrawal hardly describes it! Don't see any changes, do you?

I got a message - - at www.fodors.com - - with a screen/line art drawing of the Fodor's logo, announcing that the entire Fodors site would be down 5 am to 9 pm, Sunday July 22, for a scheduled interruption of service. <BR>

Ohmygosh! I didn't know ahead of time. I'm bookmarked directly to this page and have been checking the site throughout the day. Munching lots of chocolate to assuage that vague uneasy feeling. So glad you're back before I start to shake! <BR> <BR>

Trying to understand what was going on yesterday. I couldn't even get the explanatory message from Fodors, even when I went directly to their home page. In fact, I wasn't able to get there until after noon today, when it appears others were able to by 8pm ET, yesterday. Why do you think that is? My browser is IE.

There seem to have two "service outages" - - one for "everybody" from 5 am to 9 pm (EDT), Sunday July 22 (it actually ended around 8 pm. <BR> <BR>And for IE users, it cotinued until around 3 pm today (or there was a second outage period, not sure which). <BR> <BR>I think it was the latter. After the forum came back last night, I saw essentially no changes. After I was able to get back on this afternoon, I see that at least one (or more) rude and vulgar thread(s) can no longer be located here. <BR> <BR>Thank goodness. And probably one (or more) contributor(s) restricted from access to this forum as well, if I read the correspondence from [email protected] correctly. <BR>

Thanks, Rex, for the explanation. I also suspected that this "down" time might have had something to due with the general ugliness going on here lately. It was time to "clean house."

At least I got caught up with my ironing!

Sweetie darlings, where are all the rest of you? <BR> <BR>I could barely get through this day & actually answered all my phone messages, can you believe it??? <BR> <BR>BC

You are all pathetic! Get a life!

Ian, dearest, you're on the wrong thread. You mean to be on "Some of Us Travel, Some of Us Just Pick Fights". <BR> <BR>Better luck next time, <BR>BC

Hey book chick, read this...D..U..M..B! This is how I see you, after reading your response. Ian, you are on the money with this crowd. They can't function without this site. They get the shakes, had to iron because the site was down, finally returned phone messages, had to eat chocolates from the withdrawal, shrimp fouler becomes a goat. Someone get a medic before they all croak!

Yeah, I noticed that the "offensive" Oaktown=Rex post is gone, no doubt yanked in the same manner as the Oaktown post on the U.S. thread. Once Rex's name is mentioned with anything other than fawning overtures (and we all know who creates those fawning fans), he whines to Fodor's and they capitulate to his censorship demands. <BR> <BR>Too bad the rest of us put together couldn't get Fodor's to remove all of Rex's phony editorials though. Guess Fodor's has a favored son, especially when he poses as Big Brother editors. Now go on with you Rex, whine to Fodor's and get this one yanked too!

I must have missed the so-called offensive posts. What exactly was so offensive that they were deleted? I see violations of Fodor's policy all the time, and the posts remain untouched, so I'm just curious as to what exactly it takes to makes Fodor's remove a post.

JJ, <BR> <BR>it was a few posts entitled, Do you like so and so. A poll if users liked certain people. It was silly. And of course everyone had to chime in. So then the person that it was about complained and it was removed and then that person started a post thanking the editors for removing it, opening that horrible, oozing, smelly wound all over again.

ooohhhh....well I suppose I get one guess as to who the subject of the poll was! Or should I say, I get one guess as to which of his multiple identities was the subject?

strangely enough, it was a HER. Haven't heard much from her either in the last couple of days. <BR> <BR>Not too important.

How exactly can you be sure of anyone's gender here? Even if they claim to be one thing or another, how do you KNOW? I think at least a few of the regulars have multiple online personalities with multiple genders. Their writing style usually gives them away, no matter how they may try to disguise it.

I think there are really only a handful of people posting here and each has multiple personalities so it adds up.

I think that Hmmmm is right. And it's time we did something about this. Isn't this forum at least as important as the Olympics? <BR> <BR>I say that the forum be closed to everyone who doesn't register, then attend one of the get-togethers sponsored by Monica or Art, undergo chromosome analysis (for gender verification), have retinal photography performed, and then install one of those gizmos on their computer, like Tom Cruise had to fool on "Mission Impossible", so they we know it is the REAL you! <BR> <BR>Oh no! Tom Cruise actually DID fool thing, didnt he? <BR> <BR>Criminy, what other technologic safeguards could we use? <BR>

Actually, I thought fodors imploded due to the nasty posts on a couple of other threads.

topper, you forgot to mention the most important exclusionary criteria for participation -- complete and utter agreement with Fodor's Majority at all times, and the unflinching ability to hurl invective at those who dare to disagree. Rational debate has no place here, just let loose with your favorite names, insults and putdowns. You know, the usual third grade playground tactics.