Don’t get used to this. The only reason I’m posting a blog is because Jason and I have been working long hours to fix the fakakta website. As most of you know, the site was down last week. To make a long story short, I think there was a server issue that could have been fixed with a simple reboot or restart of the GCCGL website which unfortunately I can’t do. I had to call HostGater do try and fix it. HostGater is the company who hosts gccgl.com. Well, I got someone in India and the conversation went something like this.
| George: |
“Hey, I’m receiving a “500 Server Error” message when accessing www.gccgl.com. Fix it!” |
| HostGator: |
“OK, we’re working on it. Try again in 10 minutes.” |
| George: |
“Well, now I’m not getting the error but I’m getting a blank white page. What did you do?” |
| HostGator: |
“Thank you Mr. George. Please leave a review. Bye.” |
| George: |
“Wait! Don’t go, the issue isn’t fixed! Shit!!” |
| George: |
“Hello, I just called a few minutes ago and someone did something to my website and now I have a blank white page. WTF?” |
| HostGator: |
“Sorry to hear that Mr. George. We will take a look. Please hold while we attempt to fix the problem” |
| George: |
“Jeez-us f’ing Christ. My pepperoni hot pocket is getting cold!” |
| HostGator: |
“Sorry for the delay Mr. George. Are you still there?” |
| George: |
“Yes I’m still here” |
| HostGator: |
“OK. We are going to escalate to level 2 support. Please hold” |
| George: |
“Ugh….this hot pocket tastes like ass”. |
| HostGator: |
OK Mr. George, I’m able to get to your website! Can I help you with anything else?” |
| George: |
“Hold on, let me try to log in. Wait….holy shit! Where’s all my data?! There’s no data. It’s gone! WTF did you incompetent morons do?! Hello?….. Hello?!” |
| HostGator: |
“I’m still here. Do you have a backup Mr. George? We can restore your backup for a $25 fee. What is your credit card number?” |
| George: |
“Answer my f’ing question! What the hell did you do to my data?!” |
| HostGator: |
“I will open a ticket for our level 3 support and they will reach out to you. Thank you Mr. George. Please leave a review.” |
| George: |
“God damn it! Mother******s!” |
| George: |
“I don’t have time for this shit.” |
| George: |
“I should have retired from this league at the same time Cletus did. Cletus might look like someone who was dropped on his head from a 2nd floor balcony but he knew EXACTLY what was doing. So who’s the idiot in this scenario?” |
| George: |
“I should have been a kosher butcher like my brother instead of a Mohel. The money’s good. There’s a union, with benefits. And, cows have no families. You make a mistake with a cow, you move on with your life.” |
| George: |
“That last line is for you Seinfeld fans out there.” |
I spent the next several hours recovering the GCCGL website from backups. Unfortunately, the PDF’s that Jason sends to everyone in the Results section was not part of the backup process. I could only restore up to 2017. However, Cupcake was able to restore 2018-2022 and we were back in business. A BIG SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU to Mr. Cupcake! So, why did I take the time to tell you this story? So that you all understand that keeping up this league takes up a lot of personal time. Personal time that quite frankly, I’m not willing to give up anymore. If you haven’t noticed, I’m not getting any younger. I have better things to do. So the next time you feel the need to bitch or complain about something…….DON’T.
You know what they say, “You’re only a fart away from losing your shit“. Well, PW is getting close.
This is week 10, marking the halfway point in the 2022 GCCGL season! Can you believe it? This week is the 2nd annual Montezuma’s Revenge Event. We made some slight modifications after last years “worst ball” debacle. It should flow much better this time around. Remember to get a sub if you can’t make it BUT MAKE SURE THE SUB IS WITHIN 3 STROKES OF YOUR HANDICAP as it is a scramble this week. Good luck everyone. We hope to see you on the course and as always, hit ’em straight!
The Portuguese Warrior – GCCGL co-commissioner
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BTW, they really did try to charge me $25 to restore the website from backups!