Well, you can't blame it on Mecury Retrograde.

For those who aren't hip to astrology, Mecury Retrograde is a time when the planet Mercury appears to be moving backwards. During those times communication systems, and communication itself has been known to act strange and actually break down..

The reason why Mercury Retrograde can't be blamed for the recent Mudcat communications breakdowns is because Mercury is still Direct until Sunday March 19th..

But maybe communication starts to breakdown during pre-Mercury Retrograde periods..

It'll be interesting to see if the functioning of Mudcat communication systems- including the chat rooms-stabilize or improve during this upcoming Mercury Retrograde period which lasts until Wednesday, April 13th. [sorry, but I doubt it, though it would be great if it did.]

Also, it might be an interesting project for those 'Catters into research to chart the number of communication beakdowns during other Mecury Retrograde times and during the week or two before these predictable periodic astrological occurances and compare them with tims when Mercury is Direct and not getting ready to appear to move backwards.

I'm serious-by the way.

But I would imagine that such a research study seriously done and done correctly would be beyond the means of volunteers, even if those volunteers were skilled in such research as I certainly am not.

Not that any of us [even me, an astrology believer to my core] has the time, energy, and interest to spend on such a project..



just my 6 cents [since inflation has surely at least tripled the 2 cents worth of sharing that goes on here and elsewhere]


Azizi