What has changed around here in the last few days? I am now having major problems getting connected to this site. Nothing has changed at my end and EVERY other site I have visited in the same time period does not have this problem.

To get here to post this message it took, quite literally 10 minutes waiting for things to 'connect' to load up the main message board page, then this forum page and finally the 'post new topic' page.

As well, not all the smilies appear- just the text indicating what 'should' be a graphic -i.e. "confused".

Again, I am not having this problem anywhere else and nothing has been changed on my machine.

Anyone around here have some idea WTF is happening?

 

You are not alone, though it does seem to have improved this morning.