Gavo,
no one here doubts you do a great job, and no one here is unaware of the dangers presented (even though they may be personaly unaffected).
The "keep it fun" moto of seabreeze.com.au ensures that we all have somewhere to come and drain-down/crow/enquire/socialise/joke/etc without it becoming dramatic.
The jokers, that got your blood pressure up, also had the effect of keeping your post close to the top of the list, this had the effect of more people seeing it, and this got the result that you sought. If you had posted on a busy day, when no one could offer serious help, your post would have quietly slid off of the first page and only been read by a few diehard forum readers. The jokers would have helped you if they could and, in their way, they did.
This is the internet, after all, don't take it too seriously. If we did we'd all have an 18 inch+ penis, huge breasts, more sex than hours in the day, a Rolex, and untold wealth in the bank. Lets face it... what the hell could anyone do with 18+!!!