Hi, gargoyle - I'm not sure which thread you're talking about. Is it "Is Appalachian Folk Music= Bluegrass"? That one is at 42 messages. At 50 messages, you will note that the mumber of messages listed on the Forum Menu becomes a clickable link. If you click on the link, the thread will split into batches of 50 messages. At 50 messages, there will also be a small "d" link next to that number - if you click it, you will get the messages in descending order.
I suppose we could have made the cutoff at 37 messages, but we chose 50.
Now, if you object to having a few of the longer threads in the music section of the forum, I don't think we will be making more splits in the forum menu. More than two might get confusing.
-Joe Offer-