Welcome Tony
You seem to have the measure of the chaps. I would like to say I don't watch downtown Abby on account of their house being too small compared to mine.
200 pens in a day is some work rate.
Exploration of the archives will show that we have a range of people here from the professional pen turners, authors, festive craft showers, Obsessives, hobbyists, beginners, nutters and even "some northerners". All are respected.
Luckily we didn't need to rename the forum and / or the scots here stayed instead of creating their own I dependent forum.
Some chaps are even older than the oak trees they turn
One or two are barely saplings.
So welcome, and if you are turning plastic, show "grump" a pink plastic one - he just loves them really.