You've got some now in the way of a welcome It is awarded ( or deducted ) by other members by way of appreciation for advice, or amusement. You'll see as you go along.
Thanks for my first karma, cant believe how helpfull the forum is. wish i had known about this before i started on the 2 year retsto of the bugcatcher . it would have saved me hours of head scratching and gallons of Becks. looking forward to meeting a few of you at the run to the hills.