RE: Making a run at pattern
Sorry I should have put a big "sarcastic" face or something at the bottom. It was a tongue in cheek look at pattern.
But, I'm not lying about pattern changing the way you fly, and the way you set your aircraft up. You'll demand more from every airplane, every flight, and demand more from yourself.
If they're bad things to do for yourself then consider me a mutliple offender.