Ahh.. I see. Well your question is a tricky one because we really don't know any details about what you're doing. "timing out" could mean a lot of things, and there's a lot of variables that could effect things. The best bet is to start a new Seekers of Perl Wisdom node, posting what your problem is, and the offending script. Details will be very important if you'd like help that's benificial.

Hope this helps,
Rich