sorry i didnt realise i could change that myself.
i cant get the same effect as what i was having. i have since removed and reinstall the plugin on my server and made only that one change on the line185 in index.php.
i could have possibly made more changed when i first looked for what i need to change for to display username when i first installed the plugin.
i will just have to wait and see what happens from here on out

just to clarify, it is safe to remove threads by using -1 days ??
Many thanks
Chris