OMG Is This Real?

I just made a few resteems and comments on a few posts and my reputation raced to 36 in less than 24 hours. I guess it's the upvotes to my comments that did it.

I wanted to plan my first post to introduce myself, but this one is just spontaneous in response to kindness shown by @troilo and others. While my formal introduction post is still in works I thought of thanking @troilo @sharonomics @bitbulls @josteem @benadam & others for their warm welcome.