From another thread, but seems worth the response here:
[SSD] That's daft where flying for fun is concerned; what's logical about spending lots of money going nowhere?
But it does explain your blindness to my viewpoint.
Circuits - lots of money going nowhere.
Yeah SSD is alluding to a viewpoint I sure don't understand. Not that I have to understand it, it really doesn't matter. But, I sense that SSD would like to look down on anyone who will accept any plane lesser than the Gypsy powered Chipmunk. Perhaps a Gypsy powered Chipmunk is very nice, but I know for certain that it will not meet my preferred expectations of flying. I can't hold hands with my wife as I fly it, my Bromptons won't fit in it, and if I land it at my favourite lake, it's done.
I celebrate and appreciate those who most enjoy a bimble and some aerobatics in a really fine flying plane, but they're not important enough to me, to give up the utility I like - I hope that SSD is not blind to my viewpoint!