Sorry for the disappearing acts. I might be doing a few more of these in the near future. Nothing bad happening but holidays are always tumultuous. Lots of moving parts between family and work.
There's a lot of unofficial rules of forums but the two I stick by are "see something say something" and once you are a regular "don't just take from the community give back" for me that also has a social responsibility to at least try not to disappear without explanation.