Go to my you account preferences
http://freerepublic.com/perl/settings
And set you Thread Pagination and Browsing results to a lower number
setting the preferences at a lower number does not solve the problem.
My account is already at 20, but I’ve been experiencing this problem for a week or two.
Often just the first upper banner and a blank page immediately appear and then after a delay the rest of the page appears.
Does accumulated Freeper mail slow things down on the site?