*moving to general*
Gerard, I didn't get your e-mail, did you send it to the right address? I understand that you are very upset right now. But I have to break it to you: It seems to me that the problem is on your side.
let me explain. When you post a new message, this forum simply create and write what you wrote to an html file; and when you reply it adds what you wrote to an existing html file. There's no magic about a thread it's a plain and simple html file.
Sometimes you do need to reload to see everything, but that's about it, if your browser settings are right that is.
One possible cause of the problem that I can think of right now is if you use more than one username on this forum, that might mess up the cookie, if so, use only one username

If not, are you having problems on other forums too? Let me know.