Okay this forum is sucking me in with its suck power vortex.
You're getting your terms mixed up. That suckage you're experiencing is called "Stingray". He's the one who sucks.
In order to keep up, you'll probably have to get an assistant. That assistant will be able to either find your glasses for the "show new replies to your posts" link up on top, or point it out for you and perhaps even show you how to click it. To keep up with the rest, download Firefox. After it's installed, middle-click any "new" icons to be taken to the newest posts you haven't read.
You may have to head over to rampy's site,
www.byopvr.com, to build a PVR to store all the threads you want to read. Once you've got that set up, buy a PDA, hotsync your PDA to your PVR ASAP so you can RSVP PDQ. When you've finally caught up, whatever Stingray says, DON'T eat whatever he gives you without making him try it first.
You'll wake up a month later and wonder how you got so far behind again. That, and what happened to your pants. But I've said too much already