Thanks guys.
I truly and honestly appreciate the responses you've given. I had visions of my account being banned, and otherwise run-off or shunned on one of my all time favorite Bulletin Boards.
I'm far gone and away from that group. One guy worked for his family business, another was a laywer, another was a post-doc astronomer and so forth. We had some pretty professional people there, but there were a couple who gave me the creeps, and I'm glad to have gotten out of there.
I was told that after the trial thing broke that one of the guys had been kicked out. So I went back thinking everything was okay. Then another deadly and bizarre thing happened with of that guy's friends, and I jumped like a rat running from a sinking ship. I guess that's enough said. Thanks for the replies.