Dear Mav: I just don't have any problem. If I find a thread or a post boring, I just go elsewhere. I'm don't understand your problem. Maybe my having DSL spares me time waiting for posts to appear. I am having one problem that puzzles me: A post will start to come in, and then everything fireezes for up to a couple minutes, sometimes longer. I think it is those bastards at PacBell,net who keep timing out on me with no notice or admission that they are doing it. It's not only in AWAD. Hope you like that URL about the jerk who got caught up on the Statue of Liberty. http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/Fullstories/w082338.html Bill