Today getting onto the forum was fine. It was going to the idividual forums that was the problem. For example clicking on say General topics, could cause a delay of minutes. If that opened, then clicking on a thread caused a delay. One thread I was going to reply to didn't change afer clicking the reply button. Just a staus bar that slooowly moved. Gave up, came back later, the forum was working properly then.
I don't have anything set up for notification etc. Just if I have a new message, the number will appear beside My Messages.