Yeah, with FAR you can actually use just a capsule (Perhaps a bit of fuselage too) and glide to the KSC from a significant distance. Makes it much simpler to get near-100% recovery values.
Actually, my Intel Pentium processor runs .25 a helluva lot faster than the demo version. KSP was optimized a lot since 0.18.3 or whatever the demo was.
Not uncommon, actually. I've had only one wing explode like that before, and THAT really sucked. It's a bug in the game, sometimes it happens at high altitudes (6000+ meters) and just obliterates your ship.
I like celery. And carrots. Baby corn from one of those cans.... I don't know if you can call those vegetables, but they have got to be one of my favorites.