Weirdness in Progress

Robert is in the midst of upgrading the blog’s software. You can expect things to look odd and stop working unexpectedly until he finishes. It’s impossible to say how long that will take. Patience, please!

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98 Responses to Weirdness in Progress

  1. Sweet Melpomene says:

    That explains a lot.

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  2. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Yes. I thought about doing it late at night but decided that I really need to be wide awake for this job.

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  3. Alice says:

    Is it done? Or will it turn strange again?

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  4. the man for aeiou says:

    well, what happened? will this stop the wordpress has the wrong long-in password error or the times when the the blog looks odd?

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  5. Beavo the Online Stalker says:

    Yay! Weirdness! Unpredictableness! w00t!

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  6. Dancergirl13 says:

    I like weirdness!!!! And that explains why it wouldnt let me post sometimes……..

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  7. Sweet Melpomene says:

    2- Yeah. I was a tad confused. Everything was blue and white and weird when I loaded it this morning!

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  8. Jugglebug says:

    I’m very excited for this weirdness… I feel like I shall fit in….

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  9. Gimanator says:

    Hmmm. That would explain the ‘Word Press’ Problems. What exactly are you updating?

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  10. Potato Chip says:

    I never actually saw any weirdness… but then I wasn’t on this morning.

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  11. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    We’re updating the blog software, WordPress. It’s slow going, because we’ve customized the blog with little add-ons called “plug-ins.” Some of them have new versions that have to be installed, too, and some require us to modify the blog’s program files by hand. All very complicated and annoying. I didn’t finish today and will have to continue next weekend. With luck, I’ll finish then.

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  12. agagabagabag zepata (trevor the decent) says:

    l noticed nothing, but there’s a great chance that something will happen once l post.

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  13. agagabagabag zepata (trevor the decent) says:

    Nothing.

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  14. Purple Panda says:

    Robert – how will it help MuseCast? *is very excited*

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  15. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Didn’t you say you needed RSS feeds?

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  16. dark duke of darkness says:

    15-ooooooh. RSS. sweeeeet.
    request #1- an tag.
    i assume sigs and avatars are too much to ask.
    maybe some more smilies?

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  17. Vendaval says:

    I don’t see the need for RSS, but if some one else wants it, maybe they can win me over.

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  18. Purple Panda says:

    15 (Robert) – Yeah, you can make RSS feeds? Flamablamablous! :D

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  19. dark duke of darkness says:

    17-its cool. what more need could the be?

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  20. Shadowkat says:

    Lolz…this’ll be fun…:mrgreen:

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  21. the man for aeiou says:

    don’t we have rss feeds? there just after the catigorys on the main page.

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  22. the man for aeiou says:

    could you change the :arrow: to a flying pie?

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  23. Alice says:

    I may be experiencing some of this weirdness right now! How exciting! But actually I think it’s just WordPress’s usual quirks.

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  24. Alice says:

    Ah yes. ‘Twas a database error, whatever that may be.

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  25. the man for aeiou says:

    24- I think that hapens when the Gapas comuters are sleeping.

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  26. Alice says:

    25- But the BLOG exists whether the COMPUTERS exist or not.

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  27. Agrrrfishi, Holder of the Diamond Keyboard says:

    cooooooooooool lets have a cross eyes face

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  28. Drops of Jupiter (SSJ424) says:

    let’s have…umm…err…a cooler design!

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  29. MissSwann2223 says:

    Since this is a weirdness forum and we are all actually WAITING for the weirdness to begin, let’s increase the weirdness by talking about weirder subjects than the ones that will be coming when the weird forum is actually set up!!! What is this weird subject, you ask???? (drumroll, please,) CUCUMBERS!!! I don’t like them salted; yet maybe the salt we have is too salty. I don’t really get the people that like them salted. Pepper is ok, though. What do you think?

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  30. Prarilius Canix says:

    29- I love cucumbers, but I HATE THE LITTLE SEEDS! My dream way of preparing a cucumber would be to cut it into slices, CUT EVERY LAST SEED OUT, and then cut it into thinner slices. And mail the seeds to Nizhny Novgorod. Oh, and put a nice Italian dressing on the now seedless cucumbers.

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  31. bilbo says:

    LUMBERJACK

    I’m a lumberjack, and I’m okay.
    I sleep all night. I work all day.

    Mounties :
    He’s a lumberjack, and he’s okay.
    He sleeps all night and he works all day.

    I cut down trees. I eat my lunch.
    I go to the lavatory.
    On Wednesdays I go shoppin’
    And have buttered scones for tea.

    Mounties:
    He cuts down trees. He eats his lunch.
    He goes to the lavatory.
    On Wednesdays he goes shopping
    And has buttered scones for tea.

    Chorus :
    I’m (He’s) a lumberjack, and I’m (he’s) okay.
    I (He) sleep(s) all night and I (he) work(s) all day.

    I cut down trees. I skip and jump.
    I like to press wild flowers.
    I put on women’s clothing
    And hang around in bars.

    Mounties :
    He cuts down trees. He skips and jumps.
    He likes to press wild flowers.
    He puts on women’s clothing
    And hangs around in bars?!

    Chorus :
    I’m (He’s) a lumberjack, and I’m (he’s) okay.
    I (He) sleep(s) all night and I (he) work(s) all day.

    I cut down trees. I wear high heels,
    Suspendies, and a bra.
    I wish I’d been a girlie,
    Just like my dear Mama (or Papa in later versions)

    Mounties :
    He cuts down trees.
    He wears high heels,
    Suspendies, and a bra?!

    Chorus :
    I’m (He’s) a lumberjack, and I’m (he’s) okay.
    I (He) sleep(s) all night and I (he) work(s) all day.

    Yes, I’m (He’s) a lumberjack, and I’m (he’s) ok-a-y.
    I (He) sleep(s) all night and I (he) work(s) all day.

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  32. agagabagabag zepata (trevor the decent) says:

    l put them sliced in sandwiches.

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  33. the man for aeiou says:

    29- 1) this is the weird blog, just in case you don’t understand. the GAPAS just upgraded the software a few days ago. why do people still post here
    2) are you new? *pies for good mesure*

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  34. Alice says:

    Cucumbers! I love ’em.

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  35. agagabagabag zepata (trevor the decent) says:

    Erm, the site was upgraded? l didn’t notice.

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  36. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Still in progress, I’m afraid. Any noticeable changes will take place sometime this month.

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  37. agagabagabag zepata (trevor the decent) says:

    ah.

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  38. Midnight Fiddler says:

    I haven’t noticed anything different. Of course, that might just be me being totally unperceptive, as usual, or because I’ve been on and off a good bit lately. Mostly off, it seems.

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  39. MissSwann2223 says:

    You don’t like the seeds?!?! How could you! I like to pick out the seeds with my teeth and sorta suck on em and then bite em in half. My friends call me disgusting, but hey! Have you ever tried a cuke sandwich? You put em on subway bread w. pepper and vinnagrette, and mm mm good! Try it sometime!

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  40. MissSwann2223 says:

    YOUUUU, CAAAAN…
    DRRink your fancy ale!
    you can get them by the flagon!
    But the only brew for the brave and truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    COMES FROM THE GREEN DRAGON!!! (hello, people, ever seen LOTR????)

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  41. MissSwann2223 says:

    Whhooaa… my last post just went outside the little box!!! (weird.)

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  42. agagabagabag xarcu zepata says:

    Oh aye!
    YOOUUUU CAAAN,
    DRRRRinkyourfancyale!
    youcangetthembytheflagon!
    But the only brew for the braveand
    truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeee!
    COMES FROM THAT GREEN DRAGON!!!!!!

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  43. the man for aeiou says:

    here is an out line of a idealy blog:

    (at top of page)
    blog bulletin board wikimuse round robin ‘rites website cafepress cricket’s home.

    ( were the blog stuff is)

    thanks for visting!

    welcome to the muse-wide-web. if you are new, click blog to bring you to our web of oddness. if you have read a book that took you here, click rrr website. the wikimuse an bulitain board are for oldbies ONLY. we will tell you whenyou can go contubute.

    here, have a pie: :arrow: (this will be replaced with a pie.

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  44. Alice says:

    43- Nonono. You can’t ban the newbies from places where oldbies can go!

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  45. agagabagabag xarcu zepata says:

    Weirdness! Weirdness! But it’ll probably be gone when l go to the home page. There was a database wordpress error on the recent comments.

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  46. agagabagabag xarcu zepata says:

    More weirdness! No recent comments, a page saying l can’t access the blog, and the blog takes 5 minutes to lode!

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  47. Beavo the Online Stalker says:

    Yeah, the Recent Comments was messed up for a while. That was creepy.

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  48. the man for aeiou says:

    YES! weirdness. I was on at 11:00 and when I opened a theard it had a error message I have never seen before.

    this is nice…

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  49. Potato Chip says:

    am currently experiencing weirdness. the white background disappeared… but that was all.

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  50. Potato Chip says:

    oh, and recent comments was gone. sorry for the double post.

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  51. Alice says:

    Earlier it was refusing to load, so I just didn’t bother. I suppose that was the weirdness. I had hoped it would be more dramatic than that.

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  52. Glassboro says:

    43- YES! PERFECT! GAPAs, please?

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  53. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    (52, 43) It’s a good design and includes several things that we’d like to do if we can find the time.

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  54. Glassboro says:

    Like, for example, the oldbie exclusive stuff. Right?

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  55. the man for aeiou says:

    54- yeah, but not only oldbies.

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  56. Beavo the Online Stalker says:

    54-I dunno, do I count as an oldbie? (no…)

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  57. Prarilius Canix says:

    It shouldn’t be exclusive, but I like the idea of parts that would appeal more to oldbies and newbies.

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  58. the man for aeiou says:

    56- yes. Your are one of the twelve topblogs. I’ll get a list at somepoint.

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  59. agagabagabag xarcu zepata says:

    l suspect l’m on that list.

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  60. the man for aeiou says:

    59-yes.

    1.Agagabagabg
    2.Beveo
    3.P.C.
    4.Alice
    5.Jadestone
    6.shadowKat
    7.TNO
    8.the man for aeiou
    9.Grant O.
    10.E2MB
    11.Kagamax
    12.FS

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  61. The Raven of the Hawk says:

    60- What is that a list of?

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  62. MissSwann2223 says:

    I think it’s a list of the most frequent bloggers. Hehe, i feel left out now.

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  63. purplefinch says:

    What, the most popular bloggers? Let’s not become like High School, here…

    No. That was way exhaggerated. But still, this makes others feel not so good about themselves. Let’s remember, we’re all musers here (*cringes*), and none of us are any more special than the others.

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  64. Gimanator says:

    62-isn’t it a list of oldbies? aren’t you new-ish?

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  65. Glassboro says:

    E2MB isn’t older than me, idiot. Get your dates right. I was on the JS side in the original pie wars. *shakes head in exasperation*

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  66. Reaia says:

    I don’t get it…

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  67. That guy who posts quite a bit (agagabagabag xarcu zepata) says:

    lt’s not age. lt’s frequency.

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  68. Gimanator says:

    67-????????

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  69. purplefinch says:

    It’s still not nice…

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  70. the man for aeiou says:

    65- It is not age. and it was just put in a random order.

    It was mostly about things like rrrs, museica, and shuch. I’ll get why yeah got on when I can.

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  71. Red-tailed HAWK says:

    All I have noticed is slow blog loading. I must not be on when the Robert are working on it…

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  72. Glassboro says:

    If it’s frequency, I’m definitely more frequent than FS, who isn’t on at all.

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  73. Ebeth says:

    what about content though? There are bloggers who double or triple post short, one or two sentence posts all over the blog all the time, and then there are bloggers who rant on in great length (no, not just me, other people do it too!). These people would have fewer posts, but they would have said more.

    actually, it’s technically the GAPAs that post everything anyway…

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  74. Gimanator says:

    60-excuse me, TMFA, could you explain to us what that is, so we don’t start quarraling?

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  75. That guy who posts quite a bit (agagabagabag xarcu zepata) says:

    73- Unlike gimanator. l don’t post on same thred again and again pointlessley.

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  76. the man for aeiou says:

    It is all the blogers I could think of.

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  77. MissSwann2223 says:

    what about MissSwann2223? Bloggers has 2 ‘g’ s

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  78. MissSwann2223 says:

    I’m home sick today and i’m bored so i fed the cat then i practiced piano then i did the recycling then i read my book then i reorganized my bookshelf and now i’m doing this and i’m not so bored anymore

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  79. MissSwann2223 says:

    i’m still bored but i went shopping for jeans so now i’m not as bored.

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  80. MissSwann2223 says:

    now no one is posting and i’m still sick and i’m still home and i’m mad cuz today’s picture day and i’m slighly bored still.

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  81. MissSwann2223 says:

    Black and orange stray cats sittin on a fence
    [doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, dooo]
    Ain’t got anuff do’ to pay the rent
    [doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, dooo]
    I’m flat broke but I don’t care,
    I strut right by with my tail in the air.
    Stray cat strut, I’m a lady’s cat
    I’m a feline ‘gainst the nova HEY man that’s sad,
    Get a shoe thrown at me by a mean old man,
    I get my dinner from the garbage caan…
    Yeah, don’t cross my path
    [doo da da doo da dodo doo doo doo da doo, da do da do da do da do da do do do da do, da da da da do da do, da do do do do do do do do do da do do do]
    Yeeeah, I don’t bother, chasin’mice around,
    I slink down the alley, lookin’ for a fight,
    Howl to the moon on a hot summer’s night,
    Sing to the moon while the lady cats cry,
    Wow stray cat you’re a real tuff guy,
    I wish i could be as carefree and wild,
    But i got cat class, and I got cat style…
    [da da da da da do da do do do da do da, DAAAA, DOW.]

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  82. MissSwann2223 says:

    THERE ARE BIRDS ON MY WINDOWSILL

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  83. MissSwann2223 says:

    Towels are cool.

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  84. MissSwann2223 is changing her name to Urania Rocks says:

    No one is posting still and i went to school today but it was a half day and i babaysat two hyperactive seven year olds.

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  85. MissSwann2223 has decided not to change her name says:

    No one is posting here

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  86. MissSwann2223 has decided not to change her name says:

    We lost our soccer game today.

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  87. MissSwann2223 has decided not to change her name says:

    Wow, i belive that this thread is a lost cause, cuz i am the only one that posts.

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  88. agagabagabag says:

    What happened to the weirdness? ls oo still upgyadin the sowftwaeh?

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  89. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    We’re not done yet, so more weirdness will lie ahead. It probably won’t hit this weekend, though, because I’ll be busy catching up with chores and errands after the Pumpkin Drop.

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  90. purplefinch says:

    More weirdness shall always lie ahead…

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  91. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    That’s a safe prediction around here. It could even be our motto.

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  92. MissSwann2223 says:

    YAY someone finally posted [sending oober pies]

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  93. MissSwann2223 says:

    Jeezum, I feel like this is my own personal little thread.

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  94. ¡IBCF! says:

    93- Not quite.

    91- Yeah, that would be a great motto! “More weirdness shall always lie ahead…” Like it! :)

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  95. MissSwann2223 says:

    Yay, someone came to join me in my private little thread. [starts meditation] So, my friend, what brings you to Missswann’s little haven?

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  96. MissSwann2223 says:

    ahem… ibcf… that’s your cue…

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  97. Beavo (and such) says:

    Shouldn’t this thread be closed because the weirdness is over and we’ve progressed onto other technical problems?

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  98. Robert Coontz (Administrator) says:

    Actually, there’s still a little more weirdness coming along soon. Given the time lag, however, it’s probably best for me to post another announcement.

    I don’t see any harm in leaving threads open, but as MBers seem to prefer closure (and seem compelled to leave pointless posts on any open thread), I guess I’ll start closing them again.

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