[Jim Robinson]

No one delays your posts. Our database and web processing systems are distributed over several servers. We also have server side caching running in an attempt to get maximum use of our available bandwidth and other resources. This usually works great and our system is able to handle thousands of requests per second. However, occasionally logjams form in the processing que and one server or more may get ahead or behind the others. I've seen lagtimes of a few seconds to sometimes a minute or so. I suppose in extreme cases it can go four minutes, but I doubt that would happen very often.

No we do not place ourselves between you and the servers. Your posts are untouched by human hands or eyes until they hit the pages.

[Don W]

I really AM having a bad day. I'll STFU now. DANG it's annoying when stuff hits the fan....

[colorado tanker]

Say, JimRob, since you stopped by the Foxhole . . . . IMHO Sam and Snippy deserve some kind of FR medal of honor for all their hard work on the Foxhole threads over the years. Besides a wonderful class in military history, the Foxhole has been a fitting tribute to the generations of Americans bearing arms in defense of our nation.