Go into control panel and switch off the "view avatars" setting.

Makes a huge difference

Gets rid of all the 300 odd K avatars (or 800k or 2 MB or....) belonging to various inconsiderate B*^(*&^s people (you know who you are ) and speeds things up no end

Excellent.
Options: Board Settings.
I can even get rid of the sigs that waste so much screen space.

Thankyou, a top tip indeed.

dial up??????

oh... i think my Gran told me about that...????

Maybe she did.

She might also have told you about places in the world where you only have dialup, which also have thousands of square miles of empty countryside with no ramblers, no stupid regulations and no angry farmers in

Swings and roundabouts then

i'd gladly swap my broadband modem for the life you've got down there.....
i id think about looking for a job down there, for when i finish Uni, but got all settled with a mrs Freeagent now.....

would love to visit one day though........

Oh I forgot to mention I am getting broadband from next week anyway