@immatthewj , I wasn't attempting to single you out, apologies for that. I just look at this in a pretty linear way, electricity flowing downstream from the panel, even though that's not a true representation. I'm not an electrician, but have worked with them for 30+ years in residential construction. My biggest bit of electrical knowledge is that I have a good idea of how much I don't know.
I wasn't being disingenuous. I don't work with this stuff enough to know a whole lot more than I need to be careful. Since in the past I have always hooked up the outlet end before connecting to the panel, I tend to describe it in that manner. But I realize, and agree with you, that the power to the outlet flows through the black wire from the panel to the outlet. But correctly thinking about and describing what one is doing would make for better understanding on both my part & to who I was trying to communicate it with.