Re: Taking the mick out of these Fly threads; I clicked on the link and reading the thread through, it did appear as though the Fly threads were being made fun of by several posters. If they'd meant to be funny then it didn't come across that way. They need to convey much more clearly that each post was a light hearted comment as it could easily be read cold as bitchiness. I don't mean Rhubarb as I know her well enough to expect that she is being light hearted and maybe that's the problem, that I don't know the other posters.
On a more serious note, I had ME for several years and if these threads had been around then, I feel certain that they'd have been saying "Hey, Ivor, how are you today?" daily which would have meant so much to me when it used to take me until lunchtime to get up, have breakfast, shower and dress. Not that it's anything to do with Flying, but they are a nice bunch and I hated hated hated being unwell, disabled in fact, off sick and not able to do things. I could do a bit and remember all too well having only the energy to fill the washing up bowl but not any more so to actually do the washing up, or to put up the iron and switch it on but not to do the ironing. It was horrible, and I feel that these Fly threads could easily have been a great support to me; maybe by providing an offshoot thread linked to the Fly one.
So....if you don't understand the Fly threads, that's fine, just leave them alone is my advice.