I'm still here, I suppose. I appreciate all the kind words. The handgun forums at this site held a lot of appeal for me, as I took great pleasure sharing ideas with various people.
For whatever it's worth, I deleted my own posts. Nothing bad happened. All is well with my family, work, etc. I spend my time at another board. Out of respect for the outstanding mods here (SGB, JasonBurton, Ikor, munyguru, Stokes, and the list goes on), I won't go into the myriad reasons I stopped being active. To do so would involve explaining the unclassy conduct of some of the members of Staff. The only other real reason was that I got a little weary of argiung with the very few who persistently posted erroneous information on 1911 modifications, but that was a minor thing.
I still check in to look at the EE and check my IMs. If anyone wants to contact me, I'm very accessible. I'm always happy to help out in 1911 matters, but quite frankly, there are so many knowledgable people here, the most I can do is simply echo what others say.
So, maybe when the sour taste has left my mouth, I'll be back. I certainly do miss all the regulars here. That definitely includes all who posted on this thread, and about another 20 people who continued to astound me with their knowledge of 1911s and/or their enthusiasm. My hats off to all of you.
ETA: Turns out that the thing that bothered me most that I thought was perpetrated by staff was actually a hoax.