Why is the thread list so curtailed?
 

I became irked that the threads tended to disappear so quickly. Then finally one day I discovered that there's a little option tucked away at the bottom to allow more threads to be shown. But even though I set it to more, every time there's a new page, every time I post, ever time I click on something else, it defaults to the same short list.

Why won't it stay long longer?

Click here my friend and scroll down to 'Default Thread Age Cut Off' and change it to SHOW ALL THREADS (Then you will see everything on every base)

Thats how I have mine set.........