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What a mess!

By Jimmy Johnson

I give up! After more than six weeks, this is where the Web project stands. No, this is not the new Web site. I continue to run into technical issues that stand between where I am and where I want to go. I thought I could work around them, but the little buggers got wise and thwarted me again. And no, I’m not really giving up, but I’m going to stop boring you with this stuff. For now, I’m going to post a standard WordPress blog, the same thing we’ve been doing for a decade. Eventually, the new site will come on line. Between now and then, I am going back to business as usual, except the maintenance page will reappear for a few hours most days.

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18 responses to “What a mess!”

  1. DaveP Avatar
    DaveP

    I’m sorry you’ve had so much difficulty with this Jimmy! If I knew anything about WordPress etc I’d try to help, but my knowledge ends at old fashioned HTML ( maybe a little PHP)! My nephew, a programmer, often makes fun of me for still writing my webpages the old fashioned way. 🙁

    1. Jimmy Johnson Avatar
      Jimmy Johnson

      I may have to break down and ask someone who knows something about this.

  2. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Sorry it’s giving you so much trouble, Jimmy. Glad to have you {and the site} back.Hang in there and ask online for help. It can’t hurt and might help you find your way to where you want to go. One of my favorite science fiction authors posted about the frustrations he and his wife were having getting a new floor installed. One of his readers seems to have contacts with the company that was giving him a hard time. They communicated and now the floor issues are being resolved correctly.

  3. AndreaS Avatar
    AndreaS

    In reply to Mark: Also, Jimmy, tell us where you asked for online help, because some of us readers certainly are able and will want to help.

  4. Wisconsin Dan Avatar
    Wisconsin Dan

    No defeat, no surrender! Remember Churchill: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” We’re here for you Jimmy.

  5. Steve Evans Avatar

    Yeah it is SO frustrating…. Maybe you can contact Gene. He may have built a website for his business. Oh wait a minute, that won’t work. Thanks for all of your hard work.

  6. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    I am glad the Orphans can get in from the cold!

    While it is not that cold today – it is snowing — again.
    We are going for a record for the month of February. Back in ’62
    1962 that is.
    We were 3.5 inches short – and there is 6″ in driveway.
    But that is not official.

  7. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    Glad to have even this kind of site back, Mayor JJ. No doubt, we shall all welcome the new site whenever it is done or, at least, usable. Until that time, we are again able to communicate.
    eMb: (if you are here) Do the mice from the Decorah nest – many of which I have seen scampering abut the nest during night hours – actually live in the cellar region of said nest? MBH opines they may actually reside on the forest floor and commute to the nest.

  8. Bill in Paducah Avatar

    Piggybacking on DaveP’s offer, if 40 year old knowledge of FORTRAN will help, I’m your guy…

  9. Galliglo of Ohio Avatar
    Galliglo of Ohio

    Ahhh… life is good… the Village is open!

  10. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    Jimmy:

    Have you considered hiring one of the ten-year-old children in the neighborhood? They seem to have an innate understanding of such things.

  11. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    For anyone who needs it: To fix a clogged john, pour about 5 ounces of dishwashing liquid into the bowl and let it sit for, say, a half hour. Plunger will probably then be able to fix things up. One assumes that earlier plunger usage was to no avail.

    1. TruckerRon Avatar

      Also be sure to use the right sort of plunger that properly fits the drain at the bottom of the bowl:

      https://thewirecutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/toilet-plungers-group-lowres-0090.jpg

      Stay away from the cartoon ones… like in Tom & Jerry… those are for use on drains (floors, sinks, etc.).

  12. Charlotte in NH Avatar
    Charlotte in NH

    Jimmy, what we’ve got here is fine with me. It’s pretty much the same blog we are accustomed to, and I am not looking for anything more elaborate. It’s nice to see the Orphans rallying round, and to find what mischief they’ve gotten into.

  13. TruckerRon Avatar

    Mischief? Us?

    Last night I found out what an OD of insulin can do to you. Woke up sweating (glucose level below 70), ate my emergency candy from the bedside table, went back to sleep under just a light blanket… woke up again shivering badly because the room had cooled down to 53F.

    Definitely a night to remember! And to realize that if you don’t have a late night snack you don’t need that final insulin shot!

  14. TruckerRon Avatar

    Or at least I should have recalculated the dose when I realized someone else had finished the grapes.

  15. Nancy Kirk in AZ Avatar
    Nancy Kirk in AZ

    Cool article, TR. thanks.
    I was going to check on “previous” but I couldn’t find it on the page. Did I just miss it, or has it disappeared? Anyone know?