bar shaker,
Tyres all kicked, I took off. I couldn't see a bloody thing and flew a circuit back in."
Nicely put! I knew exactly what you meant. We're pilots here; you didn't need to say, "I carefully did all my preflight checks, then taxied out, doing my taxiiing checks as I did so. I called the tower, wrote down all that they said, then I lined up on runway XX. When I took off I climbed to 500 ft as usual, then levelled off and at this point I realised that the visibility was down to.... (Yawn, yawn, yawn)
You made the point; it was perfectly clear; nice turn of phrase. May I steal it for an article some day please?
Unfortunately, however, this is PPRuNe.
I sometimes wonder if some people on here lie in wait, looking for a reason to attack.
Since some of them seem to, I'm now more careful about what I write. It's a shame one has to be, but there it is.