Bubbers, dear chap, were you or were you not flying 40 years ago? That was the 70s, you said you've never changed the way you do things, that means that you must still be doing things you were doing in the 70s. If you didn't mean that then why say it?
What revision are your manuals on? Has the content never changed?
I think that the person who doesn't know which are approved flap settings on his own aircraft has no credibility whatsoever. That's you by the way.
Finally can you please not turn this into some kind of American love in? Bubbers is really good this, SSR is very experienced that...if our want to back slap and high five each other do it in private, hoo yah! Fawning is soooooo last year.