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Subject: anyone having problems using the site
Date Posted: 4/25/2009 4:14 PM ET
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Every other page I try to load is coming up blank. I am having to backtrack & start over again. Anyone else having this problem?

Willow

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Date Posted: 4/25/2009 4:18 PM ET
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I am.  I'm surprised I could even get to this page....  glad to know it's not just me.

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Date Posted: 4/25/2009 4:24 PM ET
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Me, too. I can get all over the 'net and I can get to PBS, but as soon as I try/tried to log-on I'd get an error screen. Like Marilynn, I'm amazed I got this far - started this a.m. Not even sure if this message will go through. I received a book today and want to mark it received but kept losing the connection some how; hope I can do it now.....very frustrating. Of course, I could log off and read, I suppose.

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Date Posted: 4/25/2009 4:34 PM ET
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I was having this same problem earlier today, but now everything seems to be loading fine.  I was beginning to think it was just my computer.

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Date Posted: 4/25/2009 4:36 PM ET
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Yep. I've been getting a "server is probably busy" message on my end. I guess that means the server is pretty busy. ;-)
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Date Posted: 4/25/2009 7:25 PM ET
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Yep, I was having the problem until about 2:30 when I shut down because of a nasty storm!  Hail, rain and winds up to 70 miles per. 

Everything is fine now.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 9:29 AM ET
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I can barely do anything!  Keep getting those blank pages.  Sometimes reload works, sometimes not.  Its frustrating.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 9:44 AM ET
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Yes.  Every time I click on anything, I get a blank screen.  So far, clicking the Refrsh button has worked to display the page.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 9:48 AM ET
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I was having trouble yesterday and thought it was just me.  Came to the site today and it's still doing it.  Not having this problem on other sites.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 9:58 AM ET
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Yep, been having problems myself.  Sometimes it loads sometimes it gives me the error page.  Looks like a problem with the website.

Phil

 

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 9:58 AM ET
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Yes, I have to keep refreshing to get a screen and sometimes that doesn't work.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 10:03 AM ET
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Oh yes it's driving me crazy, this is my third time trying to post this, it keeps going to internet explorer cannot display the webpage.

 

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 10:15 AM ET
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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 11:30 AM ET
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I had this issue yesterday, but not today.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 11:49 AM ET
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I had problems yesterday am and this am.  Sometimes I will click on something and it takes me out of the site.  Yesterday am, I could only get on long enough for me to see 0 people were online then it would kick me out.  At least this am, I can get on and stay on for a while.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 12:44 PM ET
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yes, last night and still today.   I'm having to reload five and six times to get pages...

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 1:33 PM ET
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Yes.  Keep getting blank pages.  Reload doesnt always work.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 1:34 PM ET
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yeah, they are definately having problems.  I keep having to hit F5 to reload the browser page.  I think it is a sign I need to go out and do yard work.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 1:37 PM ET
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Yeah, last night and now today.  I have several labels I wanted to print but I guess I'll wait until tomorrow.  Hopefully whatever is going on will be done or fixed by then.

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Date Posted: 4/26/2009 2:04 PM ET
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Me too!  It was really bad last night & I thought it could be from a number of people being on, but when it was 2:30 am and only 307 people on.,...  I wouldn't think that was it.

And I am having same issues today.  I hope it gets resolved soon. :)

Thanks for asking, because I too was thinking it was just me, but I could go all over the net with no loading problems, but here.