New Issue that may be Spotlight related

Hello all.
In the past week I have been having a long delay whenever I do anything that may be spotlight related.
Here are a few examples...
If I try to upload an image, or any file, on any site, I can navigate to the image or file, but once I select the file, I get the fruity beach ball and it takes a few minutes before I can click the Choose button.
If I search my Address Book contacts for anything, I have the same delay.
If I attempt to attach a file to an email, same delay.
If I download a file, same delay.
If I search mail or anything in Spotlight, same delay.
I had a similar problem in the past, and it turned out to be a LaCie External Drive gone bad. This time, I turned off all external drives and I am still having the issue.
I recently upgraded to Suitcase Fusion and thought that may be the issue. I quit the application, still have the issue.
Anyone have a solution?
Thank you
for your time.
Cooch

Open ActivityMonitor and look to see what is taking up the CPU.
If it's Spotlight related, you'll usually see a jump in mds or mdimport activity.
I think there were some issues with fonts choking Spotlight way back when.. So that may be an avenue worth looking into.

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