Hamster fed

[Varche]

I remember the old half crown and tanner.

Some on here will remember when the groat was still legal tender.

Groat? Isnt he a forum member?

[STEMO]

I remember the old half crown and tanner.

Some on here will remember when the groat was still legal tender.

You don't mention the "Threepenny Bits" Opti. . . .

most unlike you not to mention those 

Well designed coin. One that couldn't roll away when dropped.

I think Al meant 'Tits' 

[scimmy_man]

I remember the old half crown and tanner.

Some on here will remember when the groat was still legal tender.

You don't mention the "Threepenny Bits" Opti. . . .

most unlike you not to mention those 

Well designed coin. One that couldn't roll away when dropped.

specially designed so you could use a spanner to remove it from a yorkshiremans grip.

[TheBoy]

Apologies.

Primary DB server is proper fsck'd.  It corrupted the database on the secondary when it went.

We restored from a backup from 8pm last night (which is the last one that looks not to contain the corruption), so there may be some missing posts made after that time.


Because we are running from the secondary, which is normally responsible for backups, the entire site will be unusable when backups are taken.  This is likely to be early morning, between 6 and 7am, give or take. This is due to the way the database has to be locked for the period of the backup.

It will be a few days before a pair of new database servers can be stood up, and normality returns.

[STEMO]

Apologies.

Primary DB server is proper fsck'd.  It corrupted the database on the secondary when it went.

We restored from a backup from 8pm last night (which is the last one that looks not to contain the corruption), so there may be some missing posts made after that time.


Because we are running from the secondary, which is normally responsible for backups, the entire site will be unusable when backups are taken.  This is likely to be early morning, between 6 and 7am, give or take. This is due to the way the database has to be locked for the period of the backup.

It will be a few days before a pair of new database servers can be stood up, and normality returns.

Thanks, as ever, Jaime.

[Lizzie Zoom]

I remember the old half crown and tanner.

Some on here will remember when the groat was still legal tender.

You don't mention the "Threepenny Bits" Opti. . . .

most unlike you not to mention those 

Nor the lovely farthing that used to buy me 4 Black Jacks or Fruit Salads!

[STEMO]

I remember the old half crown and tanner.

Some on here will remember when the groat was still legal tender.

You don't mention the "Threepenny Bits" Opti. . . .

most unlike you not to mention those 

Nor the lovely farthing that used to buy me 4 Black Jacks or Fruit Salads!

I'm the same age as you, Lizzie, and I'm pretty sure blackjacks and fruit salads were four for a penny. 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Sounds like, as ever, herculean efforts have been made to maintain our little community of soapboxes. Thanks to those responsible, the OOF lives to fight rant another day! 

[Sir Tigger KC]

In the absence of somewhere to rant about Brexit, I took to bidding on ebay cars instead!    Luckily I'm tightfisted, so was outbid every time.   

Thanks to TB's efforts I think I'm safe tonight! 

[STEMO]

In the absence of somewhere to rant about Brexit, I took to bidding on ebay cars instead!    Luckily I'm tightfisted, so was outbid every time.   

Thanks to TB's efforts I think I'm safe tonight! 

You have two great cars, stop trying to waste your money. 

[78bex]

I remember the old half crown and tanner.

Some on here will remember when the groat was still legal tender.

You don't mention the "Threepenny Bits" Opti. . . .

most unlike you not to mention those 

Nor the lovely farthing that used to buy me 4 Black Jacks or Fruit Salads!

I`m assuming there was such a thing as a 2 bob bit 
My old boss used to preface that denomination with the saying; "As bent as " 

[STEMO]

I remember the old half crown and tanner.

Some on here will remember when the groat was still legal tender.

You don't mention the "Threepenny Bits" Opti. . . .

most unlike you not to mention those 

Nor the lovely farthing that used to buy me 4 Black Jacks or Fruit Salads!

I`m assuming there was such a thing as a 2 bob bit 
My old boss used to preface that denomination with the saying; "As bent as " 

Yes, a florin.

[Rods2]

Thank you, Jamie for your efforts. You should have guessed the hamsters were rebelling when they put on their hi-viz jackets & were plotting in French. I hope the hamsters while rioting didn't blow up or burn anything out this time.

[Sir Tigger KC]

In the absence of somewhere to rant about Brexit, I took to bidding on ebay cars instead!    Luckily I'm tightfisted, so was outbid every time.   

Thanks to TB's efforts I think I'm safe tonight! 

You have two great cars, stop trying to waste your money. 

OK Uncle STEMO. 

Now it's winter though the 4x4 itch has started up again... 

[aaronjb]

Apologies.

Primary DB server is proper fsck'd.  It corrupted the database on the secondary when it went.

We restored from a backup from 8pm last night (which is the last one that looks not to contain the corruption), so there may be some missing posts made after that time.


Because we are running from the secondary, which is normally responsible for backups, the entire site will be unusable when backups are taken.  This is likely to be early morning, between 6 and 7am, give or take. This is due to the way the database has to be locked for the period of the backup.

It will be a few days before a pair of new database servers can be stood up, and normality returns.

I hear there is this newfangled "Cloud" thing, apparently you just throw everything into the cloud and it takes care of itself by magic. Sounds like it would save you loads of time and money. You should look into it 



(At least I assume that's how the conversations go at Board level in companies these days...)