For one thing I recommend changing your user settings so that you get emails when people reply to threads you are participating in.

Secondly, learn how to identify posts inside the main discussion folders as to whether or not they have had recent posting activity. I believe the legend for what the different shades mean is at the bottom of the list.

It's not that tough once you get the hang of it.

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"The Naked Gun!"

Frank Drebin remembers a lost love.

Frank: It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

Jane: Goodyear?

Frank: No, the worst.