You weren't the only one wondering what was wrong.

The problem was in the good old U S of A,
and the company that provides internet service
to the Mudcat Forum.
This company is known to me --
even though I don't have television or cable hooked up, by choice --
as a provider of cable television,
and of residential internet service through the cable networks.

The wrestling match went on for several days.
Only after the Mudcat came back, finally,
did I have a clue what was happening,
by reading what
She Who Must Not Be Named
posted .

(thanks,
She Who Must Not Be Named)