FWIW, you can set your preferences to show the newest posts first (so the funky page would be page 1 or 2), or the oldest posts first, so the funky page would be 23 or 24. the link is set up for those showing the newest posts last.
There's a corrupt post in the old thread, and I'm working with the server guy to get direct access to the database to blow it away.
Thank you all for your patience.