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What did you do while the Ship was in drydock?

jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
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This thread is in homage to the long ago thread by the same (?) name! Miss_Molly posted on that one, that's how long ago it was. :innocent:

The first couple of days, I wasn't even aware we were landlubbers. My family and I were away on a little adventure, but where we were staying had the most horrible WiFi. (Among several other things that went wrong.) So, I couldn't even check the Ship, which was a very empty feeling!

When we returned this past Monday, the message about not being able to access the Ship was a bit of a shock. So, I did a lot of laundry, helped the kitties to remember their manners, made some phone calls (I hate calling businesses :confounded:) and checked the Ship at least three times a day.

I wish I could say that I organized my room, but that didn't happen! :joy:

Hopefully y'all had a lot more interesting time in drydock!
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  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    I read the new Becky Chambers book (and nearly cried multiple times). And watched the new season of The Diplomat. Oh and helped make Little Miss Feet's hallowe'en costume: she went as a member of a Vicious Gang Of Keep Left Signs.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    I stared into space a few times, but also caught up with some Railway Muddling...
  • BoogieBoogie Heaven Host
    Gardening.

    And checking the link to see if the Ship was back. 🚢
  • RoseofsharonRoseofsharon Shipmate
    I come to The Ship on my iMac, which is in my bedroom, and which I check most times I go in there. That can be several times during the day.

    I spotted The Ship's absence fairly early on, and guessed why I was finding a blank page so, tried Facebook and eventually found a post there that confirmed my guess.
    But, I continued checking the site each time I was in the bedroom, on the premise that even if I had not found TheShip back in business half an hour ago it might've returned in the meantime.

    Today was a busy day, so had not checked, wouldn't you know, until it had been up and running for more than 12 hours!
  • Gramps49Gramps49 Shipmate
    Every morning and evening I checked to see if SOF was running.
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Gramps49 wrote: »
    Every morning and evening I checked to see if SOF was running.

    Me too. I had e-mailed @Simon to see if the Ship had in fact sunk, and he e-mailed back explaining the reason for the downage, which is what I had suspected.

    I had intended to MW a church last Sunday with the expectation (hope?) that the Ship would be back up by the time I was ready to file the report. But upon arriving, I learned that the service had been canceled due to the pastor being ill. The weather is supposed to be bad this Sunday, but I may try to go next week.
  • Stercus TauriStercus Tauri Shipmate
    I don't do Twitface, but in desperation looked into Facebook to see if there was anything there about the Ship to alleviate the anxiety. Not a lot! I spent more time reading newspapers on line, which was not a good idea. Should have done more work that badly needs to be done around the house, but currently dealing with a badly b******ed back, this also turned out to be not a good idea. I don't think of the Ship as structured social media. Is it? It's more like a friendly bunch of people I sometimes hang out with, overhearing their conversations and occasionally throwing in an irrelevant comment.
  • Graven ImageGraven Image Shipmate
    First I thought it was my computer. Ranted a bit. Checked back nothing, a few days later the message appeared. I learned how much I like the ship.
  • SojournerSojourner Shipmate
    Got on with the rest of my life
  • sionisaissionisais Shipmate
    As Sojourner. Improved my Sudoku.
  • HuiaHuia Shipmate
    Spent some time actually tidying my house - my middle bro and his wife may be over after Christmas so I'm hard at work.
  • NicoleMRNicoleMR Shipmate
    I kept checking to see if it was back. The fanfiction site Archive of Our Own (A03) is down too, and the coincidence (actually I suspect it's the same cause.) was upsetting.
  • RuthRuth Shipmate
    Tried to cough up a lung and slept a lot - getting over covid. Sort of.
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Ruth wrote: »
    Tried to cough up a lung and slept a lot - getting over covid. Sort of.

    Sympathy, @Ruth
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Pined.
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    At first, I kept thinking of things I could have shared on SOF. I also went to an alternative prayer forum (Sacred Space). I did, however manage to finish writing an article early.

    Lesson learned? No!!
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    edited October 31
    • Mildly fretted that we’d come back online and discover our shipmates had given up and gone away.
    • Actively restrain myself from emailing “are we there yet ?” messages to pease
    • Scrolled too much YouTube
  • Cheery GardenerCheery Gardener Shipmate
    Kept checking morning and night as I'd missed any posts saying we were having some time in drydock.

    Was very grateful that I saw a post by @ChastMastr asking on social media whether the ship was offline, thanks to whoever replied .

    Am feeling much happier now that normal service has resumed!
  • RoseofsharonRoseofsharon Shipmate
    What I actually did on the many occasions I "just looked" to see if The Ship was back, was to click on to Ravelry and read the notes I'd made on all my old projects, or browse my old reading lists from the days when "Bookgroup Online" still existed, or even go through the dozens and dozens of recipes I'd saved from the internet and had never got round to trying (and after the second look will probably still not try most).

    Good to be back in the present day.
  • mark_in_manchestermark_in_manchester Shipmate
    RockyRoger wrote: »
    At first, I kept thinking of things I could have shared on SOF. I also went to an alternative prayer forum (Sacred Space). I did, however manage to finish writing an article early.

    Lesson learned? No!!

    Hey RR. You mentioned Sacred Space. I see OK--ish (with glasses) but I very recently got into the 'narration' button on there - hearing the meditations and the gospel, instead of reading them. It's really changed the way I use the site, in a very good way - slowed me right down, helped me remember what I'm doing as I go along, oddly - I just mention it here in case anyone else uses the place.
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    I spent some time living in Stardew Valley.
  • HeavenlyannieHeavenlyannie Shipmate
    I am doing a Masters in Classical Studies so I wrote an essay on disability in the ancient world and the extent to which we can study it. I have now started the next section of my module, lost cities.
    Unfortunately the Return of The Ship has been marred by the arrival of my first batch of marking for the academic year.
  • sionisaissionisais Shipmate
    Is “Return of the Ship” a Trek or Wars film?
  • MiliMili Shipmate
    Feels like a Pirates of the Caribbean movie, but I haven't been able to watch those since Johnny Depp turned out to not be such a nice guy.
  • Jane RJane R Shipmate
    I kept forgetting it was off and typing in the address and being disappointed all over again.

    There's a new Becky Chambers book? 😲
  • HeavenlyannieHeavenlyannie Shipmate
    sionisais wrote: »
    Is “Return of the Ship” a Trek or Wars film?
    I was thinking of Tolkien when I wrote it, though given what I am currently studying, perhaps more of an Homer-type epic is required.
  • EigonEigon Shipmate
    Like @NicoleMR , I was hit by the double whammy of having AO3 down at the same time.
    I finished a local history book, New Roots, Ancient Lands by Joseph Emmett, in record time!
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    I was driven to washing my kitchen floor - a proper on-my-knees scrub rather than a quick mop :lol: . I found myself constantly checking for the first two or three days and I felt more reassured once we got the message that the forums were down for an extended period of maintenance rather than just the site wouldn't load (thank you @pease) . Like @Doublethink I scrolled even more YouTube than I usually do. Then things got busy as we had family staying.
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    mark_in_manchester wrote: »
    RockyRoger wrote: »
    At first, I kept thinking of things I could have shared on SOF. I also went to an alternative prayer forum (Sacred Space). I did, however manage to finish writing an article early.

    Lesson learned? No!!

    Hey RR. You mentioned Sacred Space. I see OK--ish (with glasses) but I very recently got into the 'narration' button on there - hearing the meditations and the gospel, instead of reading them. It's really changed the way I use the site, in a very good way - slowed me right down, helped me remember what I'm doing as I go along, oddly - I just mention it here in case anyone else uses the place.

    Hi MiM,
    golly, Mrs RR and I have been using Sacred Space for years, but never realised there was a 'dialogue' facility. Well, really ......
    I've just tried it. It's very good. PTL.
    Our practice is print it out each day's offering and read out alternate passages together in the morning with our tea and biccies. However, now we know that facility is there, we may move to using Mrs RR's laptop. We'll see.
    Thank you so much for sharing this!

    RR XX
  • quetzalcoatlquetzalcoatl Shipmate
    I nearly changed religion, but caution held me back.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    Return of the Ship is, in fact, a sequel to Lord of the Rings, in which Frodo gets bored, and comes back to Middle-Earth...
  • Nick TamenNick Tamen Shipmate
    Bishops Finger wrote: »
    Return of the Ship is, in fact, a sequel to Lord of the Rings, in which Frodo gets bored, and comes back to Middle-Earth...
    :not worthy:

  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    Please don't misunderstand me or take this the wrong way, but I think it did me - and most likely the rest of you - to be away from it for a while.

    It happened to coincide with a busy patch - am' dram' rehearsals, council stuff, trying to sort outbsome websites for poetry groups and organise a book launch ...

    So the Ship wasn't a distraction.

    Like I say, please don't take that the wrong way. I'm glad to see it back but I can be ill-disciplined in my posting habits so a short absence may help me improve that.
  • SarasaSarasa All Saints Host
    I realised how much I like waffling away onAll Saints about nothing in particular.
  • LeafLeaf Shipmate
    I knocked on the darkened windows and tried to peer inside every morning, then went on my way.
    Glad to see it re-opened!
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Nick Tamen wrote: »
    Bishops Finger wrote: »
    Return of the Ship is, in fact, a sequel to Lord of the Rings, in which Frodo gets bored, and comes back to Middle-Earth...
    :not worthy:

    With @NickTamen, this.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Bishops Finger wrote: »
    Return of the Ship is, in fact, a sequel to Lord of the Rings, in which Frodo gets bored, and comes back to Middle-Earth...

    I too love this :lol: .
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    I’m not much onboard nowadays anyway, but I did visit the Nativity play thread on the Old Ship the other day. That after-party was quite something!
  • RuthRuth Shipmate
    MaryLouise wrote: »
    Ruth wrote: »
    Tried to cough up a lung and slept a lot - getting over covid. Sort of.

    Sympathy, @Ruth

    Thanks! I am fortunate to be in a point in life where I can take a long nap with snuggly cats every day.
  • Barnabas62Barnabas62 Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    For most of the time I was struggling with a particularly nasty UTI. So I spent quite a significant portion of the closure in “the smallest room”.

    Seriously I wouldn’t have been able to concentrate on posting anyway.
  • RuthRuth Shipmate
    I got the maintenance message again! Ah well. We live in a fallen world.
  • Barnabas62Barnabas62 Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Sunday 7.10 GMT and the Ship is working for me, Ruth.

    And right about the fallen world, particularly IT/AI effects. And COVID.

    Snuggly cats are a compensation. Take care now.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    Ruth wrote: »
    Tried to cough up a lung and slept a lot - getting over covid. Sort of.

    🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    I just carried on with my days, still on Facebook of course.
  • The RogueThe Rogue Shipmate
    Arethosemyfeet wrote: »
    I read the new Becky Chambers book (and nearly cried multiple times). And watched the new season of The Diplomat. Oh and helped make Little Miss Feet's hallowe'en costume: she went as a member of a Vicious Gang Of Keep Left Signs.

    Homage to Monty Python?
  • ArethosemyfeetArethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host
    The Rogue wrote: »
    Arethosemyfeet wrote: »
    I read the new Becky Chambers book (and nearly cried multiple times). And watched the new season of The Diplomat. Oh and helped make Little Miss Feet's hallowe'en costume: she went as a member of a Vicious Gang Of Keep Left Signs.

    Homage to Monty Python?

    Indeed. I stuck a QR code on the side with a link to the clip to assist the bewildered.
  • LatchKeyKidLatchKeyKid Shipmate
    NicoleMR wrote: »
    I kept checking to see if it was back.

    I did the same, but just refreshed the page that said it was down for extended maintenance.

    I've only just tried browsing from the home page, so it seems that I could have found SoF is back a couple of days ago.
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    Kept refreshing, like any addict. Also got together most of the puzzle pieces for solving (ha!) a problem in our larger family involving a lot of logistics and emotions.
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    It seems like a lot of us used our time ashore being productive. I'd just as soon not have that excuse again. Then I might actually have to do some organizing. :cold_sweat:
  • RoseofsharonRoseofsharon Shipmate
    I might have done something productive had it been a known period in dry dock, but there was always a chance that the problem had been fixed just a few moments after I last checked.
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