Of course, your author was only demonstrating a flair for erroneous homonyms. That thing coming out of the sun is still a flare, no matter what is written here. After re-reading the above three lines, your author realized that he actually referred to himself as your ''other'', so that homonym problem is only getting worse with age. Your author still thinks of himself as a young ham, but that is because he was first licensed at age 12. Never mind that this was over 35 years ago.
Senior moments seem to be increasing weekly.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.