No, no . . . . lies, no matter how "innocent", will catch you out!
So firstly, when you are next up there burning holes in the sky make a conscious effort to think about your wife and children

. This is necessary because you always want to be telling the truth . . . . see my next point!
THEN . . . . do something REALLY NICE for your wife and/or kids and, at the right moment, slip in that "I thought of this when I was flying the other morning. I use my flying time alone to think about you and the kids . . . it works really well for me!" . . . . . and then, depending on how successful you feel this phase has gone, you might want to go for phase two, by adding something along the lines of "Most of my friends spend DOUBLE what I do flying when playing a round of golf or sitting around in pubs drinking and chatting up woman"! Of course, if YOU play golf and/or sit around in pubs you might not want to play this hand!
All of this does not help the fact that your kids DO need those zarms for school! Maybe starting a vegetable garden might "buy you some fuel"!
'Just a thought!!
Safe Skies
John
John Comley
ZU-BST (the
Beautiful
Seductive
Temptress)
Magaliesberg, South Africa
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"Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills"