Wow, I had not realized how much interest and participation had declined. Non participation could have risks to oneself in NOT being up to date or prepared. I am guilty as charged. I really have not had anything to contribute, and like what was said above, we are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I for one breathed a sigh of relief at the election results and have lowered myself one DEFCON level. I really did not expect the sane people to be triumphant and have been busy acquiring "things". While my acquisitions may have been slightly overboard I am now ready for a lot more than I thought I would be. So, a lot of good came about.
Now, I have a suggestion:
Maybe it would be wise for us to have a MOD (or two) for each forum just to keep it going. Geez, maybe we already do and I never knew it!!