problem solved..but what a pain to redo all the passwords...o well!
I go to bookmarked forums. This is happening in Firefox 2,Mozilla and IE. Also sign in process is now a real pain requiring two log on forms in spite of the fact that my browsers normally remember this site. The problem is not happening anywhere else! I have deleted all site cookies and have new ones entered and still the same problem.
Frankly I think I will go somewhere else until...if....this resolves!

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