Well, if you want to split the difference, you can label a thread "part 9" (or whatever) and post half in the first post and half in a reply... that gives everyone tons to read but won't mess up your TOC wink

Personally, I go with about 6 pages, which is more-or-less 20k.

PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K