I was busy doing some work while I had my flight simulator running. My wife thought she would have some fun flying with out knowing what she was doing. She thought she wanted flaps and grabbed the flap switch on my Go Flight Module and instead of pushing down on it, she twisted it and it snapped off. Arghhh! I guess I should have taught her hiw to fly awhile ago. I didn't know she would even give it a try. Oh well, live and learn. Next time I will make sure I am there to give her lessons.

Yes these are the dangers of the uninitiated.My 2 year old daughter loves to fly and is alittle rough on the CH Yoke - That is ultimately replacable, and will have to be eventually. But I keep her way from my GoFlight stack for the time being as I don't want to my gear "lollipop" detached or the whole stack come crashing to the floor.Her she is at about 16 months - gotta start them early.- Myles

There is precious little chance that my wife will try flying my flight simulator. Tossing my joystick and pedals out the window is a different story however. :-lolBlairCYOW

You asked:"Important Warning- Do not allow your wife to fly your sim"No...It was part and parcel to the pre-nuptual agreement that all simmers should get prior to Marriage. What, you didn't see the thread on that? ;-)Or try going to the local army surplus store and pick up some barbed wire, and empty claymore mine cases, you know the ones that say "This Side Toward Enemy".Don't worry, you don't have to tell her they are not real.BIG DOG.... Maybe a rottweiler, or a Doberman. Check local pound.But mainly, and this is important. Tell her you love her, and that it is not a big deal. She probably already feels terrible about it, and won't ever go near it again. And don't forget to check the warranty on that thing. It may be covered. My CH STuff is covered for 3 years.Regards,Joehttp://aboutpolitics.net/images/bannerav.gif.About Politics.net - FORUMShttp://pub162.ezboard.com/baboutpolitics.Contribute to the Richard Harvey Scholarship Fund.http://www.avsim.com/pages/scholarship.shtml

I'll take that a step farther... I've filled everyone else in my house with great fear at the prospect of even touching my computer! And to keep them happy, I've bought several other computers and scattered them about the house. For the moment, things seem fairly safe. Fingers crossed!

Exactly the reason I have a password on mine that I enable whenever I know the grandkids are going to be here. I also keep my notebook inaccessible to them. They have one of their own here, and they can use Grandma's, but they don't touch Grandpa's! :)Darrell

As I like flying the older stuff I suggested to my wife that we go shopping for a hostess uniform, high heels, black stockings with seams .... you know the sort of thing :-) She doesn't come anywhere near the simulator now :-lol :-lol :-lol David

OK Darrell - same here.Grandma's PC has got nice things like Reader Rabbit and so on on it.It's on it's third keyboard now after attention from 4 grandaughters.They also have one specially for their own use here but apparently Grandma's is better (Probably not surprising as it's about 4 times as fast).At least all this keeps them away from mine.Joe - I already have the dog - a large black hairy Labradoodle(Figure it out mate) -trouble is he likes flying - spends hours watching the scenery go by, also he can be very easily bribed.Luckily my wife isn't interested in aircraft in any way except as a means for getting where she wants to go in the real world- however the Stewardess(can we still say that? - sorry Flight attendant) uniform is worth a try - perhaps in the style of those worn by Hugh Heffner's Bunny girls on his Dc-9 years ago.CheersDave

My wife used lightening to destroy my joystick. A couple of nights ago I was flying and my wife walked up behind me and put her hand on my sholder to tell me something. Well up here in New England as cold and dry as it is a a static charge hit my sholder, I felt it hit between my thumb and joystick in the opposite hand and poof. No more Saitek Gold.

Gee, you're a mean grandpa! Surely it's the least you cando for them. Let them wreck it!Peter Sydney Australia

Hell, dpc! What a great cautionary tale!Tell her to keep her hands offa ya!Peter Sydney Australia

Same here. The last thing I need to worry about is my wife wanting to play with FS2004. To the contrary, she

Its the feminine logic that gets me.The "Is that all you have to do...", "Waste of time" statements from the dearly beloved that confuses me.I mean who among us has not spent X Zillion hours shopping for whatever (I never really know!) traisping around like a labrapoodle (love this description) only to return empty handed( with the exception of the **** umberella that goes everywhere.I used to have a Jack Russel that sat on my knee as co-pilot, now have beautiful spaniel that objects to me wanting my seat! Breeding? Huh!

<<>>Bet you've got them all linked up with WideView, though, Bill ...My three year old has been flying for two years now. She's remarkably adept at helicopters (can't reach the pedals of course, Daddy has to help a bit there) and has, of course, insisted on the creation of her own fleet. Here are two from way back, as you'll tell:http://www.swiremariners.com/kgbgrace.jpghttp://www.swiremariners.com/blue.jpgMark "Dark Moment" Beaumonthttp://www.swiremariners.com/newlogo.jpg

Hmmm.. 'Threatening to throw the puter out of the window' gave me an alternative idea... It would give me more time and PEACE. lol :) :)voscon.