cherokee - you are a rock star.  my gawd what a difference.  my eyestrain just went down several immense notches thanks to your coding.  I can't believe we have to go to all this trouble but the difference is mind boggling.  I still have to highlight those typing in black text but will try this out for awhile and/or try some of the other offerings members have been cool enough to share.

I can FINALLY see the visited threads as well & the quotes actually look like quotes instead of just italic typed text.  Cripes.  I should've done this days ago......

I dare you, while there is still time, to have a magnificent obsession. --William Danforth