I'm with Bear. I am always logged on at my work computer (24/7) and logged on most of the time when I am at home. Does this suck up system resources????? I will log off at work when I'm not on, if needed. Anyway, 20 bucks to become a contributor is a real bargain for what is available here. No, it's a steal! I look at it like a magazine subscription, which costs about as much or as little, depending on how ya look at it. With a magazine, you get it once a month (or every 2 months like my only subscription...TBM). Once you have read it, you've read it. <--- hmmm that's a good quote. Here, there are new "articles" daily, or hourly, etc. Plus plenty of stuff to buy, which I realize isn't the purpose of TradGang. Terry, if there is any way we can help, please post and we will try.