No offense meant, but broadcasting these personal details maybe isn't the wisest.....I could be filthy rich or dirt poor, but no one around here is going to know (no offense, it's just private info).
And remember, if you can't laugh at yourself, well, I think you know how the rest goes....:newsmile026: They're just having a good little laugh, no harm done. I think that you got a lot of good real-world advice. Getting your hands a little dirty isn't going to hurt, you'd be surprised what you will learn. Also, it will help with that bond between beast and machine.
Lastly, the more intimitely you understand your bike, the better off you'll be if you ever take it on a long trip. What if you didn't know what tension the primary belt is supposed to be (because you decided to pay someone else to do the peasant's work). You could have that belt slip right off because you didn't know it wasn't tight enough. But, if you knew about that ahead of time from working on it yourself, you could have caught the issue before it stranded you 40 miles from the nearest town.
This is just a good forum where people are nice and into having fun and some laughs, try not to be so serious about things, loosen up a bit, and have some fun yourself!
Doug