Thank you for the kind comment @bashadow, my favourite one here this week.  I try not to influence the bounty payout too much, but hopefully you'll get a decent share this time.

I'm well aware, through the hundreds of nice comments I have this past year or so, that my time and effort is appreciated, but it is still good to hear that it still is, and perhaps even more so through the tougher times.

The post does take time - replies, adding new entrants, updating the STEEM/MVESTS price, checking for copy/paste comments, calculating the scores, writing the post, and even sending out the prizes.  It all adds up :)  And so yes, I'm grateful for the kind comments and support.

Glad to read your account is growing, again - it's been a long slide from how the numbers looked in January last year.  Of course, it's only 'real dollars' if its in your bank account, and I've tried not to look at the account here as anything other than potential.

Hopefully the next few years will see some of that potential released and we can all grow and take a little out for something nice.

Cheers!