Hey, that's no problem!
I wasn't offended,
you are right, it's good to learn more about your device and pick up new skils.
I was looking on e-bay last night and a used CDMA touch can be picked up for $160... I'm less worried about bricking mine now so I will definately be trying to build a ROM soon.
I've got the touch to do everything I want it to so far, it's just this pesky skype voice issue since WM6.1 I cant get... It's my pet project now to install a working fix!