not sure how easy this will be to explain...

you know that notice you get at the top of the content when you have new private messages? well, sometimes, i dont click the link right away and might check out a forum topic or comments before i go for the new message. when i click to another page in the site, i get 3 of those notices when i have only one new message. then, if i click back to the homepage (either the logo or the 'home' link) or if i click to my inbox, i get 5 of those nifty lil guys. from there, clicking to any page, there are 3 again. if i click on my inbox link then, there are 5. if i then click back to the homepage again, i get either 3 notices or 1 notice, i guess depending on the site's mood at the moment.

i've chased this around and around and around and, occasionally, where i said 3 notices, there are only 2, and where i said 5 notices, there are only 4, but even so, there's still only one new message and not however many notices there are.

are you confused yet? i know i'm dizzy from running in circles if nothing else...
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