ConcreteBud: any idea thanks
The one about cleaning up your list is the one but it takes forever and a day to do it, one at a time. There's no global delete function so the fastest way to get it done is to go to your profile and expand your friends section.
Right click on one you want to delete and open in a new tab. Go to that tab, delete the friend and close the page. You won't have to wait and you can open many tabs at once and then go to each one, delete the friend and close the page.
If you don't see the Remove Friend tab, refresh the page. Should take you about an hour, get going because you need to get under 256 for your list to work right. ;-)