It is not a question of patience, mr. whatever. There are server
synchronization problems, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for over 5 days
now. Original posts are disappearing, leaving only the replies. Time lags
can approach 10 hours. This is far from normal, and is a result of the SWEN
worm.
The solution is to use your ISP newsreader, if you have one. Or, log on to
both, and go back and forth as the MS servers' performance fluctuates.