@alfred. Thanks for taking the time out to post your comments. I do admit that the site seems a bit slow today, but that is an unusual occurrence. There are very few ads on the site, which have been situated and utilized in a way to minimize any negative impact on forum users. However, they are utilized to maintain reasonably free (and unrestricted) support for everyone.
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Michael