Cbad, when joining a forum, it is VERY difficult to find the sorts of things you pointed out. Heck, I've been here for seven years and didn't know you could post a PM on a person's profile page, because I very rarely ever go to a profile page. In fact, I think that has all come from the last "upgrade", and we all know how badly that went.
RonH, his PM to a moderator was in the context of wanting help, not for a problem.
This site is not particularly intuitive.