Thank you Astralex & Pandora.

I appreciate the warm welcome. 

Actually, I did a LOT of poking around here before I decided to join up.  I learned an awful lot from the wizards and scientists here well before it dawned on me that I wanted to participate actively.

I'm not any more fearful than any intelligent being should be.  Most of my friends consider me fearless... and truthfully what I consider "fear" most would simply call caution.  Of course, since all of the discussions that take place here are hypothetical and the activities I may mention in posts are all SWIM's, we COULD say that the point is somewhat moot. 

Only, we all know better than that.

Nonetheless, when the mods see fit to promote me, I will be happy to weigh in on any number of issues with relish.

Cheers y'all.

HF