Useful tip for computer-addicted boys
Anyone with computer-addicted boys ? Why not harness this wonderful addiction, the impressive stamina they show in front of the screen, and make them learn something useful? Get yourself a copy of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator ‘A Century of Flight’ from www.amazon.com. Invest in a joystick. Position son in front of screen. Leave to play for 3 hours.
Now, when I call the kids for dinner, my son inevitably shouts back, ‘hold on Mum! I’m on final approach to Miami/Hong Kong/Vancouver (insert preferred city) and the landing gear’s down and there’s heavy crosswind.’ And while we are having breakfast, he is mid-Atlantic en route from Frankfurt to Las Vegas – he’s mastered the autopilot so as to fit in a bowl of cornflakes.
And we are now obliged to be the last passengers off any real-life flight, so that he can chinwag with the pilot about altitude, flaps, engine size, call signs etc etc. He now spells his name Juliet-Oscar-Hotel-November.
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