Exactly... there have been a lot of occassions where i have read a thread and not responded right away. Then when i want to go back and respond, i can't find the thread especially if its not in the specific forum that i think it should have been posted in. In that case i usually have to do that multiple step method of viewing threads from the past 24 hrs.
Or, i just forget about the thread altogether... and then it pops up again after someone else posts and i say "oh crap, i forgot about that thread and wanted to respond"