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My response to most computer upgrades is "hey, it could be a major
overhaul on a real airplane engine - this video card is only a couple hundred bucks!" new sound card and speakers - "hey, do you know much a set of david clark headsets go for? this is a steal!" so far so good... On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:59:35 -0500, "Dr. Anthony J. Lomenzo" wrote: George Lewis wrote: Yeah they like to eat, and my wife likes to buy shoes too! I know I can't afford to buy an airplane that will carry THAT kind of a payload! (shoes are heavy!) ;-) ... Well, I still recall my wife saying some moons ago something along the lines of ... ".... why would you want to have a hand-held radio that 'only' gets the air band?" Hey! Maybe our friends at Sporty's heard her and 'that' is why, inter alia, they came out with their air band hand-held that 'also' gets AM/FM but then will cut to the action when it's show time in the air! This way, the old line... ehhhh ....make that 'reasoning' to one's wife can be the benefits of a 'multi-band' hand-held for those emergency times when house power is lost in re storms or whatever cause ... or any related excuse that is handy...and at least plausible! ;-) Doc Tony ;-) Of course, selling the purchase of a classic [read: old] C-172 or Piper 'cousin' so to speak becomes somewhat more difficult! But then, the pitch becomes the proverbial duck soup thing when you announce you'll hold on the real McCoy for practical [read: economic] reasons and for a mere fraction of what a decent set of plugs would cost [forget the labor charge for installation!] on the real thing, hey, there's this great new sim..... ! Cue the 'do the math' bit! ;-) On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:33:53 -0500, "Dr. Anthony J. Lomenzo" wrote: Need I mention additional ad hoc SIM practice with avoiding 'needle chasing' or simply shooting precision landings. I can't see where it hurts or detracts from the real thing. And finally---bottom line--- in the absence of the BIG bucks for one's own plane and the associated BIG costs to maintain same or those high rental fees, hey, for some folks, the sim is the closest 'feasible' reality due to pure economics! What's the old joke or indeed av enthusiast [for the real thong] lament, to wit, ".... my family has a very bad habit...they like to eat!" ;-) Doc Tony [Cessna 150/152/172 vintage] |
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