@ossobuco,
Thanks ossobuco. Yeah, I dropped off the internet Aug 2012 and it was okay then but when I got back online the end of April this year it was doing it. Like I say I went ahead and let MadLab know about it and thought they'd fixed it right away but no. I expect you're right about when it will finally get fixed.
At first I thought it might be something with my browser but when I mentioned it someone said no, it's the board. It is just a minor inconvenience and the most I've had to bump is twice, I think, but I only post to a few threads. Thanks again.