Catman, The same thing happened to me today.
It's obvious the ads at the bottom have priority, since I saw them cycle through about 3 times. Avis, biztravel, lowestfare,
etc. Now, I know this site has to have sponsors to survive, but let's get real. If
it can download ads, then it can download the bulletin boards. If I were you I would cancel the kudos until such time that the downloads are faster.