I just reloaded the site and it only took a second and a half.
Maybe hf boards shelled out for more server bandwidth with all the cash they've made from these oppressive, motherf***ing annoying ass ads?
Ya, slow as hell. Lost the site for a minute or two at one point.
I know I might get shit on for it, but I finally caved in and am trying ad/pop-up blockers out. I have always been willing to put up with a bit of the stuff because I know that it pays for the site infrastructure. Sadly it has gotten to the point where those invasive bastards are making the site near unusable. I am not exaggerating when I say that on top of the many web page ads, I was getting popups every 10-15 seconds, normally 2 of them that I had to click on to close down to read content. There's business and there there is pure unbridled greed... big difference! One I can abide, even support. The other can go frack itself!
And so ends the sermon from Mount Grumpy, crusty but well earned!