Going to my wardrobe to get out my hat and leather waistcoat to mossy on down to the saloon for a nice glass o whiskey!
Why did I think that games programming would be a good way to get back into c++ development?
You might as well ask a banded driver to get you back up to speed with the highway code 
All in good humour folks, all in good humour 
I do get that in real world projects you have to make choices! Maybe not the choices I would have made, but clearly it works!
Barry