Nice to hear from you again! You can read the post here:

https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@thecryptofiend/poloniex-is-basically-broken-these-days-how-long-until-people-stop-using-it

The withdrawal eventually took 5 or 6 days. Since then they have also removed the troll box:

I have been slowly removing all my coins (the ones I use for trading) across to Bittrex and temporarily to my local wallets until I can find some other good exchanges to use.

I don't feel comfortable trading on just a single exchange because of the risk of something going wrong.