Alright, I just realized something, I didn't delete the old threads out of the forum.

Unpacked the old tar ball, tried again, deleted, got it down from about 5000 to 800. Cleared cache, rebuilt forum stat files for source and destination of move, rebuilt search index, and post histories.

It's still like watching two old people... open a jar of pickles. What am I missing here?

Thanks,

nopants