IPhoto 09 8.1.2 (424) very slow

Using iPhoto 09 8.1.2 (424)
iPhoto is very slow to respond. Have tried repairing permissions with no luck. This started suddenly and I am stumped. When I say slow I mean really slow. Any ideas?

Yes, my version of iPhoto 8.1.2 takes a very long time to launch and get ready to use. There's nothing you can do as it's an incompatibility with Mavericks. I've tried rebuilding and repairing the library with no improvement in the launch time. It doesn't seem to be particularly slow after the initial launch slowness.
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