hahaha that's what i was thinking too... i read somewhere about taking a sign of his kid's stroller or something so he must have a wife... now i'm wondering what she thought about it xD... i guess its better than him having an affair :P
Whilst it's impressive, you wanna see some of the rigs some full on flight sim fans have built.
I don't have the time right now but if i remember i'll hunt out a few pics after Christmas and post them in here. Seriously you'll be both amazed and saddened by the lengths some guys go to to recreate that 'sim-ness' feeling.
Just as an example, here's a vid from a guy who has built this in his house. This isn't a professional pilot training cockpit.
Haha, I rememeber on the fs2004.com forums, that 12-year-old kid making the first 30 feet or so of a 737 in his garage, from bits his dad had been able to scavenge from work.