No, this thread is not "normal" width, where normal is as it appears on the Discussion Forum page. Click back to that and you'll see the the inside area (inside the black) is narrower there.
This site and the forum screens are designed to run at 800x600, or a width of 800 pixels. In fact, most web sites are designed to run nicely at 800 width because a good percentage of the population either runs that way by choice (to allow multiple windows on the screen), or has an older monitor.
This thread, with the long URL and the too wide images exceeds 800. Even for people who have monitors that run at higher resolutions, as I do, it is most comfortable to have windows that are only about 800 wide. Cathy and Char are probably running full screen at 1024, and in that format the thread fits without horizontal scrolling. But it would be nicer if people tried to keep their postings narrow enough to be comfortable for everyone. For those who can run at 1024, there is an alternative. For those with very old monitors, there is not.
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