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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Sisterjane on Wednesday 17 October 07 12:22 BST (UK)
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Hi all
Is it just me...I got kicked off at midnight and could not get back on so I gave up and give Joe a battering at chess ;D
After trying for about 1/2 an hour at 11.00am I managed to get on then it took another 20mins to post a reply.
Im still struggling now..it takes an age to open anything or go back or turn a page...is there more behind the scenes work going on 8) ???
Im trying to post this at 12.15..
Jane
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I have the same problem, it's on a real go slow this morning :(
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Hi Jane,
Yes, I'm having to wait a very long time for each page to load up as well.
Its not just this site though, - I'm trying to look at another, unrelated forum & can't get onto it at all.
Somethings happening out there in www. land??
Cheers
Dave
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My connection seems slow today- not just rootschat.
maybe it'svery local though. i'm only in Halifax.
Pauline
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It just seems to be RC thats problematic for me today...everything else on the net is fine.
On here is soooo slooooow today...its like wading through treacle!!
Romilly. ::) ::)
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Yes everything is really slow on Rootschat today but I am also having problems on other web pages as well plus one site I am trying to connect to has vanished
Did think it was my computer - have re-booted 3 times
Willow x
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Another one who has been "wading through treacle" today - only here, not had problems elsewhere. I am just about to log off & hope the treacle has gone when I return!
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My browser has a timer, so I know this thread took 169 seconds to load :o After clicking reply, I waited 79 seconds for the reply box. Clicking links in topic notification emails also results in a long wait.
I've also found FreeBMD extremely slow for the last few days, & Ancestry keeps telling me the site is too busy.
I'm going to make a cup of tea while I wait for this reply to post ;D
Betty
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V slow here in Australia! I'm going to give up in a minute.
Ebay seems fine ;)!
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Hello To A RootsChat Members,
Yes, we have also been having the same 'Go-Slow-Problem' this afternoon and evening. It definitely appears to be mainly with 'RootsChat'.
Everything is alright with 'Firefox', 'Google',
'Scotlands People', 'Free BMDs', even 'Ebay' is lightning fast.
I had thought it might have been our 'provider' out here in Australia, trying to convince us to convert to 'Broadband', by overloading the 'Dial-Up' system. We are just waiting for them to lower their charges, otherwise we might have to go elsewhere.
Would you believe it - while typing this message, just got logged off, the joys of 'Dial-Up'!
Well, lets hope 'RootsChat', gets a recharge and we are back to normal soon.
Time to sleep now, for us.
Back again, soon.
Jeanette H.
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My browser has a timer, so I know this thread took 169 seconds to load :o After clicking reply, I waited 79 seconds for the reply box. Clicking links in topic notification emails also results in a long wait.
I've also found FreeBMD extremely slow for the last few days, & Ancestry keeps telling me the site is too busy.
I'm going to make a cup of tea while I wait for this reply to post ;D
Betty
I'm wadding too!!
Ancestry has been a problem for me for a while - it doesn't like Firefox but will work fine with IE!
Somebody put another 50p in the meter and get Rootschat running at full speed again!
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Now found I can't get on to the Wolverhampton Memorials site or how Wolverhampton used to be site either
Wolverhampton is vanishing into the nothiness!!
Everyone yell together ' We believe in fairies' before its too late......
Willow x
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My browser has a timer, so I know this thread took 169 seconds to load :o After clicking reply, I waited 79 seconds for the reply box. Clicking links in topic notification emails also results in a long wait.
I've also found FreeBMD extremely slow for the last few days, & Ancestry keeps telling me the site is too busy.
I'm going to make a cup of tea while I wait for this reply to post ;D
Betty
I'm wadding too!!
Ancestry has been a problem for me for a while - it doesn't like Firefox but will work fine with IE!
Somebody put another 50p in the meter and get Rootschat running at full speed again!
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I'm surprised to see my message, as when I got back to my pc with my tea :)
I saw this error message -
An Error Has Occurred!
fsockopen(): unable to connect to localhost:25
Means nothing to me ;D
Betty
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Some other sites are a bit slower, some just seem slower, but are in fact OK,
so I would say that is just the usual random fluctuations.
It looks like it's mainly RootsChat that is having problems :(
Sorry Guys, we'll all just have to be patient, until Trystan can sort it out.
Shopping, dusting, ironing, housework, reading, sorting family history files, .........
I sure we'll think of some alternative things to bridge the gap ;D
Bob
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
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Why pick on today? For the last 3 days snail mail would have been faster
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It's nice to know it's not my computer but frustrating none the less
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Thanks Berlin Bob for the update - I've been following your advice already - amazing what you can do while waiting for a page to load!
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Best genealogy boards bar none, being let down by technology. This has being going on for some weeks now, but this afternoon is by far the worst. 5 minutes waiting after clicking on the thread on Recent Posts.
Steam is beginning to come out of my ears!
David
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The moving finger writes!, but not the spacetime continuum, which is blocked by worms and wiggles! Deo Gratia for the written word!!
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RootsChat is very slow for me too :( yet Google, Ancestry etc are fine.
Does anyone know what is happening? ???
Amanda
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me me me me big problems :( driving me mad but I have done the ironing, chased my mother all over Berlin airport with help of my friend in Germany, long story, short version, her brother left her booking reference at his home and she could not check in without it!! Don't think the people in Berlin could understand my Northern accent ::) anyway she is checked in, so one problemm solved now to Roots ;D
Jane
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:o :o :o HOUSEWORK??? :o :o :o
Bob, wash your mouth out ;D ;D
I'm not sure I can remember how to do housework ;)
Betty
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It's slow for me too, today.
I have always valued Bob's advice - up to now. Housework indeed! ::) I go here to avoid the chores! ;D
meles
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Oh well it wasn't just me and it meant I actually did work today at work, instead of peeking into Rootschat!!!!! ::) ::)
Kerry
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About the slowest I have ever seen it, it's as bad as trying to get on late evening in the USA while maintenance is running. I guess it's the price we have to pay for RC being so popular - and free - let's not forget it's free :)
Maybe if a couple of thousand of us were to donate a pound each they could do the necessary upgrades to the system. I wouldn't object to the front page having a link where you could make donations using Paypal or similar. Any thoughts?
I think paying for RC would cause a lot of people to not use it, which would be a shame, but I think there are enough regulars who could afford to donate a small sum if it was suggested to help maintain it.
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Not into housework! Got the flu!, but I feel so silly because I spent ages trying to answer a message and got thrown out twice! Thought in tiny addled brain, I will PM this nice lady because she will think that I am most rude otherwise!
Did that! got thrown out again, got into outbox and it had gone off OK, have now seen that it went through on the thread after all! Can't spell check anything too slow!
Think I will go back to bed! I feel such a fool!
Rabbit B :-[
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Actually Tony as controversial as it may be, I would like Roots to remain free, there are enough companies out there making huge amounts of money out of us because we happen to be into family history, long live the few free ones there are!!!!
But then I guess we will have to put up with the slowness :-\
Kerry
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I think its a great idea Tony! I get so frustrated sitting here looking at the same screen for five minutes that I've turned the pc off twice or gone onto different websites. If it was like this every day I wouldn't be on here virtually day as I am now, and a lot of "new" people would be put off coming on here. I'd be quite happy to pay a couple of quid a year to keep it running at a decent speed. It could be voluntary donations so no one has to pay if they dont want to. Its not even the cost of a drink is it......
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I have been asleep on the keyboard since dinner time,just just opening an eye now and then to see if whatever has opened yet ;D ;D How about not spending more than 2 hours at one time on the computer,as a lot do.And not using rootschat when it isn't really necessary.I only when it is then i log off. There seems to be more users in the afternoon than there ever was.The best time on rootschat is after 12 midnight,I have the bags under my eyes to prove it ;D ;D
Celia
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Rootschat seems to have suddenly speeded up. :D
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It's working fine for me now!!!
Hurray ;D
Barbara
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That's better! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Kerry
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Hi, 286 users on line at the moment, thats a lot to keep up with. Lynn H.
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How about not spending more than 2 hours at one time on the computer,as a lot do.
Celia
I answer quite a lot of requests, Celia, and I don't think that the requesters would be all that happy if I clocked off in the middle of a detailed search, etc. after 2 hours ::)
Gadget
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I answer quite a lot of requests, Celia, and I don't think that the requesters would be all that happy if I clocked off in the middle of a detailed search, etc. after 2 hours ::)
Here, here :D
I would have to go and do some housework instead ::)
Barbara
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Spend just 2 hours on a computer, :o :o :o :o. Are we going to ask all computer user's all over the world to log off after two hours, I dont think so ;D ;D ;D
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It took me an hour just to find out what everyone was saying on here! ;D ;D
They say stress is a killer! :o :o :o
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Working super fast here too now :)
I wouldn't like to see RC become a paid site - not all of us can afford to pay, but a lot of other sites do have links for accepting donations. I think enough of us might be prepared to offer something to show our gratitude.
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Yippee, it seems back to normal! ;D
But I 've got to go out now ???
Amanda
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Working super fast here too now :)
I wouldn't like to see RC become a paid site - not all of us can afford to pay, but a lot of other sites do have links for accepting donations. I think enough of us might be prepared to offer something to show our gratitude.
Donations are a better idea than a paid site I have to agree Tony!
kerry
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Hi all
Well I wasnt even sure that my original post had posted...I gave up shortly after trying to post it as I was so stressd my keyboard was in dire danger of being thrown through the monitor screen ;D ;D.....so instead of rootschatting I had the enormous pleasure of Ma in Law calling round to see "her boy" and staying for a couple of hours and by that time I was ready to launch other things through windows ;D ;D...Aww I love her to death really, plus she brought us 2 nice juicy sirloin steaks for our T tonight.
Anyway it seems like things are back to normal now thank goodness.
Celia......The late great Bill Shankley famously said "Football is more important than life or death" Id apply those same sentiments to Rootschat!!!!! :o :o......Blame Trystan he created this Monster.
Jane
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Phew!!!!!! It's not just me having a bad day. 'Walking through treacle' sums it up nicely.
Margaret
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It does appear to be much better now - I'm sure someone will give us an explanation in due time.
The problem is we are all addicted and need our daily/hourly dose and when it's slow we don't get it !!!!!!!!!!
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This afternoon it was 45 minutes before I got onto this thread and when I tried to post a reply I gave up, but I couldn't log out. I just switched off in frustration. :'( :'( :'(
Well here we are now and no problem.
Who fed the meter then. ;D ;D ;D
Christina
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Another problem I am having is that my number of posts does not seem to increase.
Christina
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White Lady - that's because your recent posts have been ToT, which earn no points. But no doubt have amused and amazed, which is reward enough!
meles
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Found that out too a while back - otherwise my count should be over 2,000 by now - easily...
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Gosh...its good to be back to normal!!
(I shall have to go & wash this treacle residue off ;D ;D ;D).
Romilly ;)
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Every site I've tried today has been in treacle, not just Rootschat. I've just re-booted my laptop and all is well.
Liz
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I don't see a problem if Roots is a bit slow, most of the people we're looking for ain't going anywhere.
Paul :)
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As the panic is now over,
What Pannic ;D ;D ;D
Celia
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Funny Old Life, more people have moaned today about roots being slow, than saying a happy birthday to the bloke who started Roots up. And with out him and Sarah we wouldnt be able to use this site 8) 8)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,262254.0.html
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It was too slow for us to browse the messages Ricky LOL :)
Maybe Trystan hogged RC today since it was his birthday and he deserved it to run fast for him LOL :)
It seems to be running much faster than before now though.
Thanks for everything Trystan.
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I would say that is just the usual random fluctuations.
Random fluctuations? I've suffered from that for years - even before I got a computer.
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White Lady - that's because your recent posts have been ToT, which earn no points. But no doubt have amused and amazed, which is reward enough!
meles
Actually meles, White Lady, my sister-in-law, was talking about the number of posts not being increased through posts put up on the Cheshire site in answer to queries, not on the totally off topic board. I'm sure most members on RC enjoy seeing their numbers increasing, afterall I imagine that's what they were invented for. Your last comments seem to me to be rather sarcastic and uncalled for.
Su
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Oh, I'm so sorry, Sue, that was absolutely not intended. I meant to say that although you did not earn points on some posts, they always give us pleasure. I'm sincerely sorry if it read otherwise.
meles