diff --git a/css/glowingbear.css b/css/glowingbear.css
index 718caa8..79647e6 100644
--- a/css/glowingbear.css
+++ b/css/glowingbear.css
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ h2 span, h2 small {
 
     #bufferlines table {
         border-collapse: separate;
-        border-spacing: 2px 2px;
+        border-spacing: 2px 4px;
     }
 
     #sidebar {
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ h2 span, h2 small {
     }
 
     #bufferlines td.time {
-        padding-right: 6px;
+        padding-right: 4px;
     }
 
     #bufferlines td.prefix {
@@ -453,6 +453,12 @@ h2 span, h2 small {
         display: inline;
     }
 
+    /* they're practically invisible otherwise */
+    .repeated-time .cof-chat_time,
+    .repeated-time .cof-chat_time_delimiters {
+        color: #444;
+    }
+
     .footer {
         padding-left: 0px !important;
         padding-right: 0px !important;