Margret, you are absolutely right! I try to go through the forums "home" from time to time because I know I miss a whole lot if I only use "Today's Active Topics". That happens particularly when I haven't signed on for a couple of days - today is one of my catchup days and I have been here for several hours and that's only on the active topics! I try to go through everything because, at times, members post something of significance and it has "gone under", so it takes forever! I don't know what the solution is, if there is one. It's bad enough when topics get shoved to page two - it's easy to miss those, as well. Those threads which get replies stay on top and those that don't, get pushed all the way out. Maybe someone [like John, Dave, Paul(Peter, Paul, or Mary :p )] has a solution.