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First: Thank you, Pelican, for maintaining this site.

That said, in the past few months we have experienced at least three occasions in which the forum "locked up", preventing many from logging in and threads from updating. This seems to happen on Friday.
I don't know if there is a connection, but about 15 years ago my son worked for a company who had hired a new head for their IT department. Every now and then the department head would install software updates on Friday evening, without testing to ensure functionality. On Monday people returning to work would find parts of the system no longer worked.
Probably there is no connection, but if upgrades are being installed on Fridays, please test them first.
Best to all.
Les