Nice summary.

Nice lady 'So you are a pilot. That's cool. What are you flying?'
Not so nice sim pilot 'Well, I can fly pretty much anything that sim menu offers. Wait! Why run away?!!! I'll pay the drinks!'   Darn, it's always the same. :-?

But sax players are cool. Not? Well, no Concorde pilots, but.. cool. If I could play the saxophone, my girlfriend would at least think that I can do something.  ;D Don't worry, I've got two 'backup' hobbies running, so I'm at least trying to compensate for the sim's negative value.

[edit]Ahhh, now I've got your sentence. See? Playing the saxophone does compensate for the sim's negative input. You are overmodest on your skill, Windy. Although there isn't a single instrument I could play and I think the sax is a hard one to learn and manage.[/edit]