Are you using a chromebook? lol. I am not seeing the issue using Chrome on my windows computer. Is it the notebook that uses chrome with no o.s. on it but gets it from the cloud instead?
Just updated to the newest version of Chrome and am posting from that as well.
BTW the ad in the quick reply box is normal for non pub members, its been there for a few years now.
Do you have Javascript or Java disabled in Chrome?