OK, fair enough - I've had more coffee now and realise that my earlier post may have come across as slightly disparaging.
I do remember how excited I was to pass my skills test, mind you I phoned my girlfriend and emailed my mates rather than putting it on a bulletin board.
The reason I liked Radar's post was not necessarily the content but rather the fact that it was well written. But as suggested, one man's diamond is another man's zirconium.
Mind you, there's currently TWO 'I passed my skills tests' threads on the front page of 'Private Flying' - which obviously relegates important threads about the terrible design of the PPL license, for example, to page two
I shall now go back to being my normal jovial, affable self until tomorrow morning when I'll be a grumpy bastard again.