Wow. I just saw the Hide Classifieds button. Even though I thought it shouldn't be necessary, at least it appeared to be a half-way acceptable way to avoid the classifieds when reading New Posts...NOT!! Clicking on the Hide Classifieds button is a new search...so if you click it right after going to the new posts, you face a new screen telling you to wait 30 seconds for your new search.
Unbelievable. The technical issues on this site have been going on waaaaaayyyy too long and are becoming (have become?) unbearable.