It's as simple as installing an ad blocker or ignoring them. I hardly see how ads are such a nuisance for the help you receive on this forum, especially since it's such an expensive forum to maintain with the popularity we have. Scrolling down half a page doesn't seem like such a difficult task... lol
It's not just the ads though - although they are a pain.
It's the gradual loss over the years of this site being a family. Things seem to be much more "PC" and oversensitive.
It's difficult now to make a comment without someone making a weak bladdered complaint, that results in a thread or post being deleted or edited to remove the "offending" part.
The mods seem over-zealous in order to please the complainant. Also, as this site is dominated by Americans, they seem to be the oversensitive ones whereas the British take it all in fun.
Most posts are all good lighthearted fun, people usually give as good as they get. Not any more.
A few years ago, Rich, Me, Hayley and a few others would answer loads of queries per day, now I don't even bother because it seems there's some here who's profession is to do that.
To my mind, the ads are the last straw, it makes this site just like any other commercial site - as a result I shall be cutting right down on logging in - so I'll just log in from time to time.
Col