[WillaJohns]

Shoot. Okay, next question. You say your main page is slow loading. Can you get into articles and read them okay?

And here's one more question: Can you use a neighbor's computer for a few minutes, someone hopefully who is on the same type of cable modem (are you on a cable modem?) and see if they have any problem getting into FR? I'm wondering if it's maybe your cable company, if, indeed, you are on a cable modem.

[justshe]

Once I open a thread, it opens fine. And I can refresh with no problem. I have a local dial-up ISP. And if this was a consistent problem, I would suspect my ISP connection. But it isn't consistent. For example, this morning I have about a 50% failure rate of opening my main page...or the main page of other topics, and having a sidebar. Refreshing has frozen at about that same rate. All this with the same connection. It seems VERY hit and miss.

A mystery, no?

[justshe]

Oh......and I took your advice and asked John, over on the TEST thread ( http://shangri-la.robinson-defehr.com/focus/news/browse ) if he could look at this thread when he has a chance.