what ever happened to rusty and lostwackys.com?

[sco(o)t]

Then it's back. For a while, it was doing just like I said it was. So something happened between then and now, I just don't know what it was.

UPDATE: It's still doing this, but now I know what it does. If you click on anything in the web site, it goes straight to Wacky Packages 2007 Australia. Also, the big list of catagories at the bottom of the site is missing.

Have you cleared your browser cache and browsing history?

[mikecho]

Is the VPN on your browser set for Australia?! I'm not seeing what you're seeing. The link works perfectly for me.

Swiski, could you please tell me what VPN stands for? I looked on my History section and cleared all my browsing data just like sco(o)t said to do, but can't find it.

[mikecho]

Btw, the web site it switches to is wackypackages2007.com.

[lcummins]

I think it depends on the link you click on. Some links stay on lostwackys.com, some go to lostwackys.net, some go to the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) page of the original, and some go to the wackypackages2007.com site. Looks like someone has been editing links here and there.

[Swiski]

Swiski, could you please tell me what VPN stands for? I looked on my History section and cleared all my browsing data just like sco(o)t said to do, but can't find it.

VPN stand for Virtual Private Network. It's a service where, in this case, you can hide your internet browsing by posing that you're from another country. But I don't think that you have a VPN activated. Otherwise you would have known about it. I'm not even sure if I explained it accurately. I just know enough about computer stuff to get by.

This exact URL from Paul Maul works for me at least....http://www.lostwackys.com/lostwackys.htm

[Plastered Peanut]

 Have you tried turning your computer off and on?

[mikecho]

Have you tried turning your computer off and on?

I just tried it now; the problem doesn't get fixed. Paul Maul's URL is also having the same problem, at least on my end of things.


Has anyone tried to contact Rusty at all? I tried just now and my email was rejected instantly. Maybe one of you guys and gals will have better luck than I did. I say this because, as I mentioned before, the last I heard he was ill. Maybe something's happened to him and we don't know it...yet.

[Paul_Maul]

The problem with Rusty’s site has nothing to do with anyone’s computer. As Lcummins said, many of the links on Rusty’s main page have been changed from lostwackys.com links to links pointing to several other sites.

“Paul_Maul’s URL” is a link to the main lost wackys page and should work fine.

[mikecho]

The problem with Rusty’s site has nothing to do with anyone’s computer. As Lcummins said, many of the links on Rusty’s main page have been changed from lostwackys.com links to links pointing to several other sites.

“Paul_Maul’s URL” is a link to the main lost wackys page and should work fine.

Unfortunately, it didn't. I looked up a picture and it went to the Australia web site.

[Paul_Maul]

Unfortunately, it didn't. I looked up a picture and it went to the Australia web site.

When you say you “looked up a picture,” that means you clicked one of the links within the page. As I said, many of them point to those different sites. When I said the “Paul Maul URL” should work fine, I mean it should take you to the Lost Wackys main page. If you start clicking on links from there, it will take you wherever those links have been pointed to.

[mikecho]

When you say you “looked up a picture,” that means you clicked one of the links within the page. As I said, many of them point to those different sites. When I said the “Paul Maul URL” should work fine, I mean it should take you to the Lost Wackys main page. If you start clicking on links from there, it will take you wherever those links have been pointed to.

Yes, I clicked on one of the links. Thanks for the confirmation, too.

What I'd like to know is how do we contact Rusty so that he knows what's going on and can fix the problem. I sent him an email recently but, so far, I haven't gotten an answer.

[Paul_Maul]

Yes, I clicked on one of the links. Thanks for the confirmation, too.

What I'd like to know is how do we contact Rusty so that he knows what's going on and can fix the problem. I sent him an email recently but, so far, I haven't gotten an answer.

I would guess Rusty himself made the links the way they are. He was probably using those sites at some point and now they have expired, or something like that. It’s not like you are being sent to a Russian porn site, these appear to be sites that used to have wacky packages content.