Speaking of "Style3"...Recently I changed my av and sig. line, and while I was in User CP I remembered reading somewhere that we should all be on Pixies Place Forums vbulletin 3 style...so I changed to it. Now that you mention it, it could be when things started slowing down. That change came about the same time as the smilies so I don't know which is the cause.

Thanks everyone...for jumping in and helping to explain. It seems like we are so diversified here that we each have different cases.

I can go from forum to forum in a reasonable (unnoticable change) time, but when I click a thread to open it, it seems like it'll never open. My bar (down bottom) loads in increments of about 1/16 and then sits for what seems like minutes. I can hear my puter working overtime to get the page open...it says it's opening it, and my little puters (below) are glowing like mad. Then, after I shave and shit and shower, I come back and the page is finally opening! LOL...sorry, I couldn't resist. But seriously, it does take about 30 seconds or more to open. I can get back to the forum I am in in an ok time but if I click another thread to open, it happens again. I haven't been to "Who's Online" lately, so I can't tell you about that. The only other time I've noticed it is when I reply to something. Most times I click "Post Quick Reply", but occasionally I'll click "Go Advanced"...but either way, when I try and post the reply, it's slower than molasses in January.

Just as an experiment I am going back to User CP now and change back to what it was before (can't remember exactly...but I'll get back to you on it after I look at the choices)...and then I'll try opening threads. If it's not that, I'll change back to vbulletin 3 style and wait for further instructions.

BTW Lil...I only mentioned this because I have so few precious minutes here. Now that it's slower, it's even fewer precious minutes! If this is the way it is and nothing can be done about it, I'll adjust somehow!

Thanks for all the input!

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