Thanks, Pimpy. I thought either my new laptop was having a meltdown or I had inadvertently committed some heinous crime and been cast into exterior darkness (complete with weeping and gnashing of teeth). 
Someone broke something, wasn't us though. 
They have just started bringing the boards back online. Hopefully we will be amogst the first, if not we might not be operational until tonight.
The McTechnical Guru has gone off for Maccas or donuts or something, so don't expect much for another 3 hours.
a while back my board was the first to be moved to the new server, said i would take the plunge.
that's why mine was the first to get back online after that major outage and suffered no damage! 
