USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Esmeralda]

Just for you BD....we have a hairless cat....Isn't it adorable?

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Hairless or not, a cat is always a good idea. The cat would help keep the mice away from the cheese. With no cheese, we have no cheeseburgers...

No cheese for cheeseburgers would be catastrophic, Jughead.

I only eat cheese burgers, never just a plain burger. Without cheese, a burger is meaningless to me.

PS: That's an adorable post Starlight, but I can't rep you right now, I'm out of rep for the time being.

 

[Mertex]

I think I'm allergic to the heat. I swell up, it's painful and ugly

I must be allergic to everything, I'm constantly swelled up, in pain and ugly.

Sista from another mista

I just noticed you were celebrating an anniversary.....Congratulations.

(Were you killed on Mafia game on the day of your anniversary? Sorry about that.....)

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I love you guys.

And we're still keeping vigil for
Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Marg’s mom,
Sunshine,
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Blackhawk’s mom,
Newby's mom,
Noomi’s Auntie Marj and Nana,
TK, and TK's grandma,
Sheila’s sore foot and friend Shirley,
Meister and his mom,
Testarosa
Drake's injured friend,
PixieStix's sister,
Hollie's stepdad,
Coyote's father-in-law,
Spoonie, Ringel, Sheila, and 007's sore backs,
Sherry’s Mom,
BDBoop, her sis, and family,
Hombre,
Avg-Joe & furry companion Boo
Pix,
Noomi's impending oral surgery,
Becki!!! and Becki’s hubby,
Smilebong for his brother-in-law and family,
Ernie and his friend Royce's family, especially Alisha, as they prepare for the final goodbye,
Sheila and Andrew,
Ringel and his family as they prepare for the final goodbye for his dad,
Jake's granddaughter Susan,
Ollie's daughter Angie,
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,
All who are dealing with colds and flu,
And all others we love and hold in concern.

And the light is on awaiting the return of Bigfoot, Oddball, and Sunshine.

P.S. Sometimes in the editing of the vigil list or when I have switched computers, somebody gets dropped that is supposed to be on it. This will always be inadvertent and if ya'll would call it to my attention, it would be much appreciated.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Good Morning, CS VIers!


Today's celeb no. 1 drinking coffee:

Pamela Anderson

 

[Statistikhengst]

Today's celeb no. 2 drinking coffee:

Sly Stallone

 

[Statistikhengst]

And, some coffee funnies:

Have a good Saturday!

 

[Mertex]

Time to hit the sack.....

 

[Ringel05]

The coffee maker is broken, what will we ever do? *sigh*

 

[Derideo_Te]

The coffee maker is broken, what will we ever do? *sigh*

Pot of boiling water and a muslin cloth usually works!

 

[SFC Ollie]

 

[007]

I'm just bumbed out... this COLD weather in May is pushing my limits. The cold was why I left this state the other times I left, and here I am right back to hating it, again, bad. If this is the new norm, I have no doubt that some time in the future, I'll once again move. If this winter, which it seems just doesn't want to give up, is just a fluke, then I'll get over it. I hate to be cold, so I really do sit and ponder, then why am I living in one of the coldest states in America?

IDK.

 

[Mertex]

I'm just bumbed out... this COLD weather in May is pushing my limits. The cold was why I left this state the other times I left, and here I am right back to hating it, again, bad. If this is the new norm, I have no doubt that some time in the future, I'll once again move. If this winter, which it seems just doesn't want to give up, is just a fluke, then I'll get over it. I hate to be cold, so I really do sit and ponder, then why am I living in one of the coldest states in America?

IDK.

Move to Texas....a couple of days over 100 degree weather, in the summer, will make you dream of the state you left behind that was cold....guaranteed!

 

[peach174]

Morning!

 

[Mertex]

 

[007]

I'm just bumbed out... this COLD weather in May is pushing my limits. The cold was why I left this state the other times I left, and here I am right back to hating it, again, bad. If this is the new norm, I have no doubt that some time in the future, I'll once again move. If this winter, which it seems just doesn't want to give up, is just a fluke, then I'll get over it. I hate to be cold, so I really do sit and ponder, then why am I living in one of the coldest states in America?

IDK.

Move to Texas....a couple of days over 100 degree weather, in the summer, will make you dream of the state you left behind that was cold....guaranteed!

Thanks for the suggestion Mertex, but TX is too flat. I need hills, if not mountains, and forest, and lakes and streams... and... hmmm... that's Wisconsin.

See, it does have it's advantages here... it's just... COLD!

If I did move, I'm thinking I'd be looking hard at northern Georgia...

 

[Mertex]

I'm just bumbed out... this COLD weather in May is pushing my limits. The cold was why I left this state the other times I left, and here I am right back to hating it, again, bad. If this is the new norm, I have no doubt that some time in the future, I'll once again move. If this winter, which it seems just doesn't want to give up, is just a fluke, then I'll get over it. I hate to be cold, so I really do sit and ponder, then why am I living in one of the coldest states in America?

IDK.

Move to Texas....a couple of days over 100 degree weather, in the summer, will make you dream of the state you left behind that was cold....guaranteed!

Thanks for the suggestion Mertex, but TX is too flat. I need hills, if not mountains, and forest, and lakes and streams... and... hmmm... that's Wisconsin.

See, it does have it's advantages here... it's just... COLD!

If I did move, I'm thinking I'd be looking hard at northern Georgia...

There are parts of Texas that are flat, but then there's the "Hill Country" - sweet!
But, I don't think you can handle the "heat" - it gets really hot.....

 

[R.D.]

Neighbors mowing the lawn at 8 am.....not cool

 

[Mertex]

Neighbors mowing the lawn at 8 am.....not cool

If I wake up breathing...it's a good day....

 

[Darkwind]

Confessing that I just stole this from another location. It was labeled "Wow Factor" there. I concur.

Dolphin Surfing, Woman Wakeboarding with Dolphins as seen on TV (WORLDWIDE!!) - YouTube

I have to spread em....but thanks.


That was really cool.

 

[Darkwind]

I'll try to explain this as simple as possible in laymens terms.

Back in the day when the old CS was up USMB didn't have many threads that grew to huge proportions. The CS could bloat to 20K + posts without a hiccup because it was pretty much the largest thread around and the database could handle all the calls (hey somebody wants to view the CS, hey send out this new post to all the subscribers etc). As time went on and USMB began to accumulate other large threads they began to take up resources (naturally).

So when a member was accessing the CS (already huge) it would slow down the site because all those other threads are taking up resources and now somebody wants to view/post in the CS. We'd get complaints of slowdowns and we could look at the database and see that the CS was the culprit.

Just recently we got complaints of slowdowns and saw that the CS and Tavern were the culprit, but there is a twist. Since these threads are active they are going to raise a red flag when we look at the database. You can see all the queries and the majority led back to the CS and the Tavern (which has also grown since then) The twist is that whats happening now is that we have several threads that are just as big if not bigger that have finally grown so large that they are taking up resources just sitting there. So when people wanted to access the CS or Tavern it impacted the ENTIRE site.

In short we've had to wipe out quite a few threads to get things back on track. Will the CS ever hit the xx,xxx post count again? I don't know. This site is busy and members are very active so we'll have to keep and eye out on everything

Essentially USMB used to be like a little snowball rolling downhill. Well now that little snowball has grown into a humongous snowball(threads and posts) crushing everything in its path. We shaved off a lot of the excess snow so things should be ok for a while.

Hopefully thats makes some sense. USMB is an aging beauty and she will get sick sometimes. She see's the best doctors so don't worry about nuthin'

Thanks for your time

Sounds like you guys need to start load balancing. I know that the other site I frequented has 7 or 8 databases spread over 2 or 4 servers (can't remember the numbers) just to keep the SQL calls balanced.