The Search Function (Or, "Is it just MY computer...??")

[Diamond18]

The Search Function has always been a bit slow and cantankerous for me, 9 times out of 10 I get the "web page not responding" message and if it finally does go through 9.5 times it tells me there's no topic to match. But, the "no response" message, that's what drives me nutty. The whole rest of the site works just fine, I can't understand why the search alone won't respond no matter how many times I try. Is this normal or has no else gotten this on a regular basis? I'm beginning to strongly suspect that my computer is trying to thwart me in yet another inexplicable way.... (The signs are mounting, in much the same way they mount when you're walking home in the dark and your hear footsteps which stop whenever you look over your shoulder. Only in my case, computer glitches haunt my clicks.)