My name is Kim and this is my toe-dipping exercise into the (hopefully) warm waters of the Steemit ocean.
I was coerced / encouraged into joining by my long-distant son and my medium-distant daughter both avid Steemians.
After giving Steemit the once over I was unsure as to what I had to offer in terms of interesting comment or insightful observation but after much face slapping from the above mentioned offspring I have decided to give it a go.
One thing I did notice was the average age of most contributors seems to be around the early to mid thirties so this picture of me shows that I hover somewhere in the top quartile of the distribution sample.
To clarify..that's me on the left next to the blind-disabled snowman.
I live in the Gloucestershire wilderness known as the Forest of Dean (UK) and as you can tell it's been particularly cool in recent days.
My interests presently revolve around Photography, Walking, Wildlife, and Family History, with a smattering of Science and Philosophy thrown in. Not that I'm a master of any of them but they are what gets me up in the mornings.
I hope to be bobbing to the surface now and then to publish posts relative to the above topics if I think they may be of small nourishment to other fish in the sea.
Anyway, enough of the marine metaphors and as a thank you for staying awake and reading this introduction here's another photograph taken 4 days ago from just up the hill from where I live.
I think that all went swimmingly!
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Hi mobbs dad!!!!!!!
Welcome to the platform and all the very best to you.
You have a truly amazing, kind heart, intellectual and multi-talented son:)
I thank you for bringing him into this world so that we all have the opportunity to enjoy the pleasure of his company:)
We are talking about the same person right? ... :-) Thanks anyway.
@mobbsclan! My warm welcome to Steemitland! I am sure you will find plenty of things that interest you here.
Also @mobbs is awesome! ^^
I taught him all I know - took me 20 minutes :-)
yes he is
Welcome! @mobbsclan. Your photos are awesome, I love the idea of winter, but unfortunately, the Philippines doesn't have that kind of season. Wish to travel countries that have a winter season. hehe, It is really my dream to travel abroad. Thanks to Steemit I saw real snow and imagine I'm on it, playing and making a snowman like in the movies I've watched.
Thank you for sharing your photos.
Keep steeming and posting!
Have a good one,
Xoxo
@gerel
Thanks. We lived in Cebu for 2 years so I know how cold it can get there. :-) . Best Regards
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Very nice one ..
Thanks. It will be a challenge to keep the quality as high :-)
Actually it's handy that you used marine metaphors, because that's exactly what goes on here. Small fry like you and me are called 'minnows'. Middle-size, like people who have $40,000-200,000 or something are called 'dolphins', and the big cheeses with $1-5 million or so are 'Whales'.
One of which just gave you a nice big upvote!
I think I'm gonna need a bigger blog
Pretty lovely how dad gets to join steemit too... 😎 been trying to bring my dad on here as well.. Must not give up now 😃
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From the above-mentioned face-slapper
Ouch! I'll keep it in mind.
Welcome to the community :)
hello... i'm new also in this platform... please follow me...
Hello, Kim, and Welcome to Steemit.
Re your comment about the "average age" of Steemians, for me it's great to see young kids such as yourself joining this platform. :-)
Your varied interests will most likely make you appreciate Steemit. Photography is among the most popular topics, and there are plenty of posts in most of the other topics / interests you stated. (Well, except for "Walking." But you can start that one off, and I'll be one of the first followers of that topic thread.
Below are a few basic points of advice re posting on Steemit.
Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead!
I really wasn't that good at building snowmen, and welcome to steemit @mobbsclan this is a great atmosphere!
Wait till I write my post on How to Build a Snowman fit for the 21st Century. Cheers.
Hello and welcome... I am a newbie too. Glad to follow you, upvote and request you do the same for me. I am enjoying this process.
Welcome to Steemit :)
Thanks
Hi Kim! Loved your post! I'm new to all this too..it's pretty cool :)
Thats very kind. I'm sure we'll fit in somewhere.
A great chuckle-worthy intro :D Good to see you starting balls rolling on here :)
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Nice post,, good jobs..
I like youre countri...
Welcome to Steemit, Kim. Don't worry about it, there are a lot of people here above the thirties too. Sure, keep sharing things that you are interested in. Thanks for the beautiful picture. Steem On!
They need to be above and beyond the thirties to catch me up. Thanks for the comment though.
Don't you worry about it. You are most welcome. :)
welcome to steemit
Hi Kim, Worm welcome from Malaysia. Enjoy yourself!
Nice to meet you Kim and welcome to steemit! I hope that you enjoy the community and that the platform helps you earn a bit of income in the process.
Welcome Sir 😃. @mobbs is my good friend and Im sure I can be your friend too... Glad you took this step, you'll fit in alright..
Welcome to Steemit! Love the witty writing style, hope you post more. The snowy woods photo is beautiful, makes me excited for the winter all over again.
Welcome to the community @mobbsclan have a good one! Cheers!
Welcome to the community Kim. Hopefully you'll enjoy your experience here. I'm relatively new to it myself, only recently joining from the sunny climate of South Wales ;). My intention is to mainly rant about football and rugby union on here (huge Ospreys and Liverpool fan myself) so feel free to follow me if sports an interest to you. Look forward to your future blogs.
Hi Dai (see I'm already speaking fluent welsh) - I live just north of Chepstow so we are virtual neighbours.
I'm a born and bred Leicester City follower so I'm used to ranting about my team. Thanks for the welcome.
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I’m from the UK myself and am in the more... ahem... ‘informed’ part of my 40s.
Wow, mobbs has an actual human parent! I had been thinking he was secretly some sort of bot.
I don_mg?adv=171815&'t know whuuid=6at you're talkin4257fa-adgabout...
Hmm, I think someone should try turning the mobbs off and back on again.
Actually .. I prefer the word Android
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Welcome to the Steemit ocean! Glad you clarified you were the one on the left! LOL! Welcome and have fun!
Welcome :)
Hello fellow newbie from @greenroom in RI USA. I just joined yesterday and have been exploring the community trying to learn. I’ll see you on my feed!
Welcome Kim! Nice intro post, and not to worry, you're not alone -- I'm on the upper end of the age scale here on Steemit, too. It's been a real learning and fun! Looking forward to seeing more of your posts! Nice snowman btw! Cheers from NYC :D
Aw, welcome, new friend! Hopefully you found the waters nice and warm :). We all love it here, and so will you! Xx, Kay
Welcome Mobbsclan! I'm another Steemian who is well over the median age, but joined after watching a YouTube video about this platform. I have found it an interesting and varied community and it's fun to write whatever comes to mind and hear what people think. Steem on!
Welcome to Steemit! You will have a great time here. Keep sharing and enjoy. Steem on!
Thank you also for the reply