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Nothing but a thing !!! I'll turn 'em off >>>> Sorry it bothered you Seery, & I do apologize !!!</p>
Didn't have any idea they would distract anyone from viewing the threads ~~~~~</p>
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] <font size="4">Jamie, I'm with milkman, thought they were great. I even got a chuckle out of a couple of them. If you don't want to see them keep them don't scroll down so they are visible, keep them off the screen. Seems a little pety <font size="6">[:'(]</font>to me.</font></font></p>[/quote]
They can be distracting...
A related issue is that they're about 80K each. For our dial-up members, that can be an issue for page load times. Any site I'm on, if a page takes too long to load, I normally quit and hit the back button.
My vote is that if you're going to use them, please do so sparingly.