I hate to encourage long winded posts like this and if everyone made threads like this the forum would be overrun with nonsense. That being said, I think some merit would make you extremely happy and I feel like spreading some joy. Do me a solid as a thank you for the merits and don’t start threads just to start threads like it appears you have been doing. Enjoy!
Nice to see the older guard showing some love for the younger ones. I have nothing against posts like this, however, the Beginners sub board might not be the best place for it as it tends to confuse new members that automatically flock to this section. This would be more for Off topic or even better, for a misc sub board that would serve as a beginner experience diary as an encouragement for new ones.