Sparteye, getting to Mav's post apparently requires dogged stubbornness and a steady hand. What you can do is, on his subject line -where there is no subject-, put your cursor right at the left-hand end near the laughing message icon thingie. With a bit of moving it around, you will eventually see the arrow change to a wee hand... then CLICK!

Alternatively, you can go to the next thread and then click on the "previous thread" button... or go to the previous one and then click "next thread"...

As to why Mav chose to drive us all half to distraction with this ruse, one can only guess...

Marianna