Wow! I had no idea! General Fu++up, sir, it is an Honor! And to have received such a title from Spaw himself...the only guy who has attained, himself, a more senior rank..is awe-inspiring. You notice, too, that Spaw is much too modest to put his rank after his name... that's the way it is with True Leaders! :>)

Banj, I was just trying to say that I had tried to contact the machine where Mudcat resides and it was answering up (a ping is a quick "Are you there? Yeah, I'm here" exchange and takes its name from submarine sonar where you hear that eerie (ping...scheweeeep...) from the destroyers hunting the sub in movies.)

Well, the Mudcat machine answered up okay and could be matched up from its name to a standard Internet number. So it was alive and breathing, and whatever the problem was that was preventing it from sending out web pages using the HyperText Transfer Protocol (http) was not at those basic "connect with me" levels. It was some other problem.

Max already knew what it was, duh, or he couldn't have fixed it, so my communication was really just venting my despair at not being able to get back in touch with 'Cat!! Sorry for bloviating Mister General Sir!

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