Well, really, you'd think a moderator would know, wouldn't you?
Bill says it was explained to him once but he's forgotten. Er...that makes two of us!
But Jeanne, no matter how they're accrued, like you I got a little frisson when I started acquiring stars. I'm sure it beats getting them from working in McDonald's!
Brian,
We mods are still ordinary mortals (honestly

) though we
do have a cloak of invisibility, Harry Potter style, which is why our names don't show in "Who's Online".
Jayne