After flying military helicopters, I guess you're addicted to all that spine-rattling rumbing and need to replicate it as closely as possible in your HT, eh?

About this part of your post, though:
In reply to:

I think some people just like to hear themselves type....probably the same type of people who call talk radio on a regular basis and buy things from infomercials.

...Was it really necessary? It's like me walking into a BBQ with your buddies and dissing your haircuts.