I am old enough to be the mother of probably most of this sites members. Thats scary. How about a compromise, I'm old enough to know better but too young to care .
and Dorga, I didn't notice any problem with loading times either. The forum is behaving the same now as with the old skin for me .
EDIT: To be on-topic, the font can be increased in size 1 or 2 pts, no more. They are on the verge of being too small, but I don't have a too big of a problem with them