PPRuNe isnt all frustrated vitriolic pilots,
Didn't know there were any! Why would you waste a lot of money on an expensive hobby if it makes you miserable? Just send your money to me instead and have a happier life on the ground. Hey I claim copywrite to that idea as well.
I second the 'hanging around in the crewroom' idea as well. This is like a virtual crewroom at times, I've learned some interesting stuff on here. I don't think I would apply any of it in real life without running it by a real life experienced pilot first, as you just don't know whether the guy with a claimed 20,000 hrs on everything from microlights to the SR-71 is really a 12 year old using Google.
There used to be a guy on here who had flown everything in every theatre you can think of who I suspected slightly. If you added up all of his experiences he would have been about 300 years old.
I mentioned to Chuck the other day that the problem with t'internet is that 80% of all human communication is visual; which of course doesn't happen on a forum. There's also a tendency (on any forum I might add) for feet to dig in occasionally and the 'my way is right' viewpoint is bandied around. There can be too much technicallity, IMO obviously. I remember one thread about circuits that went into detailed theories about the correct angles to turn at various points, which got very silly. I made the comment that I fly my circuits so that they look about right which kind of killed it dead. Maybe one or two wannabees around on that one I think.
Other than that there are some good, helpful posters on here, long may it continue. I may one day be able to post from a position of knowledge myself!