Hi Lee,
Angeline was mostly right about my being away for the Thanksgiving holiday. Since the bulk of our bedroom furniture still remains stacked in our dining room, it seemed easier to travel to PA than try to fix up this joint for our usual feast. The bonus was a lot less frazzled nerves and food preparation fatigue, but minus was sitting through the holiday traffic!
But, my different level of participation has other causes too and this new software is, unfortunately, one of them. While I can understand Lee's perdicament, having to use a dedicated browser and all the thread jumping just make this forum more annoying at times to navigate than is sometimes worth it. On days when I'm on the computer (or nearby for breaks) for hours, I try to keep on top of things to participate. I find keeping tabs on discussions that are even only a day old or exceed one page very frustrating, and I've just about given up trying. Yes, there are workarounds, but it is time consuming to have to open a thread is 100+ long (e.g. 3 pages) that has jumped to the top of the forum only to find a short (NT) on page 3. Oh well, we'll keep on tryin' huh?
The level of trollstosterone is a bit stifling in here at times too 
Hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy a healthy and happy upcoming Christmas season.
Evie 