Seems the more the posts the slower some times.
If you exceed your band width posting or so-forth,
it will also drag.
Another possible cause is how many pix are on the
thread because Graphics take a lot of band width.
Some of these threads have a whole bunch of great
pix on them.
The time of day and people in your area using
what ever your provider is can really slow you down.
the DSL in our area is slower in the mid and late day and
really fast in the early am.
Kinda like me in the mornings!!!
Too late but... to make a long story a little shorter,
its most likely not the Gauges fault entirely.
Maybe an off site storage system for files older than
say 30 days would speed things up. That way they
are not loading on every log on and you could still
access them when needed.
Russell