Just Pinging the Server

Things seem eerily quiet. The buzz of communications has suddenly stopped, and for a whole week. At least it has at this end, for me. (?) Not that I have nothing to say and want to just the break the silence, rather just checking that the mechanics for the forum messages is still functioning. Hopefully, I should see my message ping back to me in a couple of minutes. If it does then I will assume all is well and that everybody has got their heads down working at don't want to be disturbed. Excuse the intrusion, if this is the case. Bruce.