AV8TOR,

At the bottom of each thread is a a link with a small icon next to it (near bottom of page) which says "subscribe to thread".

It is near the 3 links " Show Printable Version | Email this Page | Subscribe to this Thread"

If you click this you will become subscribed to it and receive notification plus have it listed in your user control panel without the need to put a "non-information" post within the thread.

Try it and lmk if it works ok for you.