it failed again, today, on my first try replying, above. i had pressed the QUOTE button to compose the message;
fortunately i copied the whole text to the clip board before submitting the post so i was able to submit the posting
after retrying with the POST REPLY button.
FAST REPLY also broke.
i’m sitting at toronto public library, parkdale branch, on their wifi. external world sees my ip address as 64.26.155.132