Eeyoreslament | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 03:51 am     In the time that the board was down....I got back to basics and gave some attention back to the areas of my life that have needed it since the beginning of the BB season. 1) Did my dishes for the first time since the beginning of the season. (I work in a restaurant, so I don't eat at home unless it is in a pizza box.) 2) Threw out all my old pizza boxes. 3) Got rid of that cobweb in that corner over there near my ceiling. 4) Gave my boyfriend some "attention". (What else was I going to do to wind down from work?) 5) Cleaned off my desk while waiting for the boards to come up. 6) Changed my calendar by my desk to September. 7) Gave my boyfriend some more attention. |
Cinder | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 04:07 am     Saturday Reloaded many times- went to bed Sunday 1) Reloaded 2) Watch live feeds without a message board 3) Reload 4) Read the newspaper 6) OK- time to do laundry 7) Got link for mirror site 8) Read some other sites- David has a new one 9) Remember to post Davids site for Clio 10) Reloaded 11) Went to bed Neil is trying to prepare us for the withdrawal we will have on September 24. Yes we will still have TVCH- but it won't be as pertinent to visit many times a day. the clock is fast |
Dogdoc | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 04:17 am     Cinder, about #7. What is the mirror site? Did it work? I just kept trying to get into the site and kept telling myself "Its only a web site. You can get along without it." Yeah, right. |
Whit4you | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 04:27 am     TVCH was down for me Saturday night, was down on Sunday I thought hmmm, rebooted - still down. Then I started to worry thinking ... did I get banned? From what I gather people get a warn or two before being banned... then I thought well when the heck's the last time I checked my mail and what addy is my account under anyhow? I could have had 5 warns and not even know it! So I started to think back to my last few posts - couldn't remember any getting moderated (cept one that was in reference to another that WAS moderated) Soooooo anyhow decided to check Jokers to see if any mention of TVCH being down - nothing. So decided to go to the TVCH chat room - couldn't remember what server it was on... took me over an hour just to find it, then had to jump through hoops to get in - and <sad look> I was ALL alone!! Started thinking sheesh - maybe I really am banned - cause if TVCH has disappeared wouldn't there be a bunch of people here (trying to find out why and get their TVCH fix via the chat) as I sat there pondering that someone dropped in and reassured me it wasn't just me WHEW!!!! Normally during BB season when I do housework - I work for 15 minutes take a 5 minute (that turns into 20 minute) break to peek in on the board... repeat. But since this board was down I didn't take the breaks - spent like 12 hours painting and NOW my arms are sooooo toast. I'm thinking a lawsuit is in order for pain and suffering, cause it's TVCH's fault it hurts to even type today - had TVCH not been down, I would have only gotten 4 hours of painting done in those 12 hours - and I wouldn't be in pain today!! Where's Goddess she's a lawyer right? I have a good case!! Oh and I highly suspect that all the spouses / significant others - who received an unusual amount of um "attention" this weekend, are now working together to plan the next TVCH outage. So folks take a good look at the one you love - and remember that face next time TVCH won't connect. He/she will be a prime suspect! |
Azriel | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 04:46 am     I was checking every 10 minutes and mumbling, "Please please please come up please please please" On mIRC, I went to #tvclubhouse channel and it said I couldn't make my own channel unless I was registered. I've since found that the correct channel is #tvclubchat. I have that in my mIRC channels now. I have bookmarked the mirror site, too. I am prepared should there ever God forbid be another crash. |
Fabnsab | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 04:53 am     Good thinking ahead guys- bottled water, gas masks, and mirror sites! I did nothing different. Like Cinder, I stayed oline and reloaded over and over. THe CBS site wouldn't come up for me either saturday night so I really thought the problem was with me. |
Pagal | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 05:07 am     Reloaded over and over and over again. I was able to find Ryn's website and via his site the mirror site for TVCH. Whew! The info they provided kept me from going completely nuts. Oh, and my dh got a little extra attention - but only a little because football was on and he didn't really notice that I was hitting reload over and over and over and over again. LOL |
Azriel | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 05:10 am     I was about at the end of my rope when I finally found the mirror and got into chat. It was a huge relief to see all the familiar names and be able to talk with my TVCH family while the board was down. |
Derby | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 05:15 am     Could someone pleeeese give me the link to Ryn's site. That was one I was unable to find, had I been able to I would have been able to keep what was left of my sanity! So glad the TVCH site is back up, missed everything about it! |
Seamonkey | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 05:25 am     Hmm well I did the same reload reload thing and upped and downed AOL, tried thru roadrunner, tried thru another computer, aol and roadrunner Downed my roadrunner network box .. Then I figured it was down so started doing LFP in wordpad documents .. Later I got email from spygirl asking if I could do that so I forwarded the first (of 10) documents to her.. she has others doing the same. Missed being able to "see" other convos that I couldn't cover, or other reports of same convos and so much more.. |
Polypody | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 05:40 am     What a relief! I was afraid all who posted under this tipic would say they "got on with their lives" while the board was down. I did the same as above posters--kept trying to get in, reloaded, found the mirror site etc. There was so much to share yesterday and no one to share it with---- So glad we're back! |
Marybeth | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 05:49 am     How did everyone find the mirror site? After reloading over and over I did a search at Google with no success. Everyone is so funny with their comments. I thought Ryan was trying to prepare us for the shows end. Getting us started on the withdrawl now. So it all won't just "HIT" us on the 24th when the show goes off and there will no longer be feeds. Always wished they would leave the feeds on at least for a day, empty house or not. I think we would all be watching, waiting for someone to come walking in. lol Glad we are back. Marybeth |
Mwtaaa3 | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 05:54 am     Derby - I thought I'd write since it didn't seem like anyone had answered your question. The mirror site is : http://www.enbcom.com/cgi-bin/news/news.cgi and Ryn's site for BB4 is : http://www.ilovereality.com/Bigbrother/Bb4/ I hope that helps. |
Derby | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 05:55 am     Many thanks, Mwtaaa3! |
Gidget | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:01 am     I got a new kitten Friday night. (Not because the site was going down). Enjoyed his (Jake) company immensely all weekend. Still missed all you guys. |
Mwtaaa3 | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:05 am     Mary Beth, I found the mirror site on Ryn's site. He put a link there for everyone to use. |
Atjoybell | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:27 am     First I cried (no money, husband is acting goofy, kids are all over the place - AND NOW THIS!!!!). Then I reminded myself that I was an ADULT - I could handle this. Then I cried again and decided to that I had no other choice but to do the unthinkable - I did some work! (My desk is just full of things that were put off because I was "busy" on the computer!!! |
Reader234 | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:50 am     Add me to the reboot crowd (esp since TVch is my homepage during BB!!) and I didnt think to search for Ryn's site, or a mirror site, so thank you for posting the links!! The only site I had was SS, and that is a bashing scary site... Getting comfy again here!! Thanks so much! :) |
Lulu | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:06 am     Dogdoc, search word tvclubhouse , theirs a site named tvclubhouse-mirror site where they post short updates of whats going on when the site is down- first one in the search list I think. |
Needmylifeback | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:16 am     I too rebooted...seriously thinking that it was my computer...I did get all of my windows on the inside clean and the windows that face the backyard on the outside clean....this computer room is much brighter now...(Found a halloween 'clingy' decoration up in the corner of one window...does that give you a clue as to how long it's been??? LOL! )....Finally last night about 10:00 I did a bb search (I really didn't think of it until then... found the mirror site and read the messages....)....I also found time to organize my links.... Please do not try this again...I really went through withdrawl! LOL! (Glad you are back up!) |
Marcie_B | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:31 am     1. B*tched 2. Moaned 3. Whined 4. Got angry 5. Restarted my computer 6. Found out I'm a basket case without all of you! I'm so glad this is back!!! |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:39 am     i discovered i was married, had kids, the requisite dog, cat and fish and don't have a lot of money. oh well, can't have everything! |
Onlyhuman | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:43 am     1. I visited lots of other sites, but couldn't find any truly interesting dialogue. 2. I mentally wrote posts analyzing the HGs, this season of BB and the meaning of BB. 3. I mentally wrote the posts that C1mag, Wendo, Tobor, Whit4you, meggieprice, Earthmother and others would write in response. 4. When I started writing responses to their responses, I knew I had a problem. |
Friktion | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:45 am     1) Reloaded my screen 2) Started housework 3) Reloaded my screen 4) Complained, did more housework 5) Reloaded my screen 6) Watched LOTR #2 (that'll kill a good 3 hours, talk about a long movie!) 7) Reloaded 8) Gave up and went to bed ... |
Flamingo | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:47 am     1) refreshed repeatedly 2) went into convulsions 3) organized my closets 4) stared blankly at the walls yay it's back!!! |