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Is anyone else noticing that the search function no longer works? Every search I've done for a few weeks gives me nothing. I thought it was just at work due to some internet filters. I thought it was strange that I could access the site, but not the search engine. Now I just tried it at home. And I get nothing.

Our tech person thought that doing a complete reindexing of the site would fix the problem. It didn't. He's still working on trying to figure out what is going on as well as continuing to do some updates.

Hi folks, I first saw the search issue about a month ago. @pam is working with our technical folks, but it's taking a lot of time. They'll implement a fix, then Pam tries to recreate the search index, which takes like 2 days. When that doesn't fix things, it's back to the technical team. Hang in there peeps.

Yes, I mentioned that in another thread. Not only is it broken, but it's so broken that even a site-specific google search can't find posts. I had to resort to going to the content of my old account, viewing "activity", filtering by posts, and then finding the page with the time-frame in question (I remembered the post in detail and wanted to link to it). A few times, there were messages at the top of the page about indexing, but they're not there now.

Really? I lived in Colorado at the time, about an hour away from where you are now. Most of us in rural CO had a pretty good idea. Well, they were wrong. It wasn't the right wanting to overthrow the government. It was Obama's rhetoric that he was going to tax (I use the term loosely) all our guns into oblivion. So, we had to stock up before they get too expensive. He said it. We believed him. Thankfully, he didn't really do much on that front. But do you blame us for believing him when he said it? We were told that his 2A agenda wouldn't affect any law-abiding citizen from owning a gun. Our response:"So, you're saying that if we like our guns, we can keep our guns? Why do I not believe you?" I was a gulcher. And I think you got it wrong. We were constantly talking about Obama. I don't really recall many of us talking about Bill and Hillary. Why? They were ancient history. No chance Hillary would get elected. (That was the sentiment). Indeed...Tesla, anyone?

Remember it’s all volunteer. It’s not a job. People work 65 hours a week-we in the church should be grateful we can find people willing to work their callings at all. Before I was certified I used to volunteer to referee TKD sparring matches. I did so for free. I was absolutely willing to accept criticism, but if anyone tried to give me a “royal butt whipping” I’d take my tie off, leave and go find a beach.

For the record, I once had an English teacher who would routinely yell at us any time he saw a paper that contained too many instances of the words "this" or "it". Both were anathema in his book. Although I guess I can see his point. Who wants to spend an hour reading 20 versions of this: The War of 1812 is still talked about today. This is for obvious reasons. It's because it had such a big impact on the world, and this cannot be forgotten. Back in the day, I could take that line of text and turn it into a 3 page essay. My grades usually reflected it.

Don't you mean you'll see if it is a thing? (I'm pretty sure you'll find it is almost always a thing.) PS: Enjoy your trip!

Yeesh. In the hours since I made that post: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/israeli-embassy-washington-dc-shooting-05-21-25 https://www.wsj.com/us-news/two-israeli-embassy-staffers-killed-in-shooting-near-jewish-museum-in-washington-3154646f?mod=hp_lead_pos7 This guy left behind a manifesto claiming 'armed demonstration' is now justified to oppose Israel because of their actions in Gaza. He dehumanizes his target, stating "Those of us against the genocide take satisfaction in arguing that the perpetrators and abettors have forfeited their humanity. I sympathize with this viewpoint and understand its value in soothing the psyche" It's much easier to kill people if you don't believe they're people. His target were these young folks, engaged to be married. Dude claims a moral high ground here, defending killing by saying "A perpetrator may then be a loving parent, a filial child, a generous and charitable friend, an amiable stranger, capable of moral strength at times when it suits him and sometimes even when it does not, and yet be a monster all the same." Dude is calling everyone against Israel's actions in Gaza to rise up and do similar things. I guess we'll see if BP's voiced concerns get realized and we see more news stories.

Well, I searched for it. And wouldn't ya know it? Your thread didn't come up.