Whew!! That's good news, I wondered how badly I delivered that explanation! Hey, thanks for filling in your signature, that's helpful.

Ok..I get it now. First time I have ever seen a forum that sorts new messages first to last. Can I flip it?  Ok....a little poking around and I found that setting.

thanks!

Hi and welcome to the forum. If I understand you correctly, you're seeing the last post when you open the page. It is done that way to see the most recent entry or post. Sometimes these threads can get hundreds of posts long and nobody wants to look at the first post that had been made a year or 10 ago. If you want to do that, you can change the format in the Profile section of your account. You'll then be able to start with the first in the series. You will be clicking through a lot of pages to get to the most recent however. 

If I have totally butchered or misunderstood your question, I apologize. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have. I'll do my best to answer them! 

I am new here, maybe I don't understand how this Discussion Board works, but...

When I open a Topic, all I see is the First Reply, not the original post, the Preview works to read short entries, but I can't seem to see the Original Topic.

Incidentally, I can see MY original posts, but not others. Could this be a Permissions Issue?

MAC OS X Yosemite Chrome Version 56.0.2924.87 (64-bit)

Any ideas? I am pretty "technical" but the FAQ has no wisdom on this particular issue.