CM, this thread originally looked quite promising until that Chinook doorman ruined it.
Please continue; the children can play somewhere else.
Beagle, Beagle, Beagle. If I didn't know how much sage advice you regularly provide for those left in the military, and looking to escape, I might have almost been offended.
Then, I'd have been forced to point out that actually, the thread was heading for the flushpoint, until some autopilot commando from a second rate airline [unless it's BA - in which case it's third rate] came along and resurrected it for reasons unknown.
I may have reminded you that as a child, this is my playground, and you have actually moved onto big school.
However, fortunately I took your low blows in the spirit in which they were intended, and chose to remember the positives you bring.
Play nicely, or I'll shoot your samsonite.