(I am in the end unsure about your question, but will try to answer it, if, by asking, you mean my general use of ".-"?
I nonetheless appreciate your curiosity).-
I nonetheless appreciate your curiosity).-
Yup, that's what I mean.
PS. It has also, countless times, saved me when I "retroactively" needed to claim authorship of something I had writen, by pointing it out. Most people either don't notice or do and don't say ...
Thanks for your attention to detail and the opportunity to converse.-