The site has continued to be up and down. I think we figured that out last week. It's probably got more to do with the web hosting service than the actual site itself.

New posts / quick links has been a long standing problem. Standard answer: Clean out your browser cache. I do that after every browsing session anyway so it's not a problem for me.

One thing i have noticed is they seem to do a lot of housekeeping every day. First thing in the morning ... it's been pared down to just one or two threads. ( Not much of interest there. ) This habit of tidying up tends to suppress new posts. Sometimes you have to go dig through the weeds and comment on an old thread to get site activity going again.

Maybe that's why there are so few new posts ?



We've had a lot of folks come and go here over the years. It's just the impermanent nature of things. It's like that IRL too. It's kinda sad sometimes. Sooner or later ... everybody that you know and love will leave ... or you will leave them.

You just have to keep your chin up and carry on till your time to leave comes around. It's a part of life.

I'm seeing a bit more volume this summer. It's not one particular kind of thing though.You have to be diverse. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. Don't really have time to process it all so i'm stockpiling it for next winter for when things are slow and opportunities few. One thing i have noticed is that some of the other scrappers in the area have aged out. It's come to a point that they can't manage the heavy lifting anymore.Not seeing many of the younger hands coming in to fill the void just yet. They say it's like that in the other trades as well. More people leaving than coming in. It is hard work.