Well I too have my views about the preflight planning or lack of and the (ir)responsible attitude of the pilot regarding the landing strip but aren't going to waste my time posting them as genuine concerns about safety and standards of training result in the poster being labelled a tw@t.
Might I suggest a free subscription to the AAIB accident reports each month - it is frightening how many of the incidents/accidents are due to poor planning/poor decision making/lack of common sense or sheer stupidity.
Flying IS fun thats we we all do it - thats why I fly rotary cos I think it even more fun BUT it needs to be keep as safe as is reasonably possible....