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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Alan Baker a no-show again
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:45:45 -0700
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On 2025-06-20 10:40, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 6/19/2025 5:54 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-06-19 13:30, -hh wrote:
>>> On 6/19/25 08:40, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>> On 6/2/2025 6:41 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-06-02 15:21, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/18/2025 2:12 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2025-05-18 08:36, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 5/12/2025 11:30 AM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2025-05-12 07:05, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 5/9/2025 1:32 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-05-09 06:57, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/30/2025 7:53 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-04-29 13:30, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Liarchild Baker, pleading something out of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his control for no doubt, failed to enter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the first SCCBC FF weekend event this past
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> week. Apparently his #21 is sitting idle,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the most part for years now, tires
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rotting out and otherwise rusting away. In
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the mean time some new drivers are showing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up and running fast times.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alan's window for ever winning a FF season
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trophy is closing fast. He has not been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> competitive for a long, long, time. That
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> despite his claim to have run a few fast 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> laps in the past.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> LOL!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> With every post about this, all you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> demonstrate is your own ignorance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you get your pilot's license without a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> medical, Liarboy?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, yes: I didn't enter a race that I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> couldn't attend, because I couldn't get a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> medical, and thus couldn't get my license.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> But I'm still teaching racing to new
>>>>>>>>>>>>> students, and despite your claims of "a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> long, long, time", I've been competitive 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> every time I've been out.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote from my post "pleading something out of
>>>>>>>>>>>> his control". That could be passing a medical
>>>>>>>>>>>> exam. You simply proved you are too ignorant
>>>>>>>>>>>> to read plain English.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> he term "competitive" includes showing up and
>>>>>>>>>>>> running a race. The last time you did even
>>>>>>>>>>>> that on a regular base was 5 or 6 years ago.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Last year you ran in one race, had a wreck,
>>>>>>>>>>>> and did not show up again.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> You shouldn't post after you've had too much to
>>>>>>>>>>> drink, Liarboy.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Unable to deny facts, you default to deflection
>>>>>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> You were hardly competitive in the one race you
>>>>>>>>>> entered last year. There are no results to prove
>>>>>>>>>> that at all.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Are you kidding?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> First, I entered TWO races last year, which you
>>>>>>>>> knew.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> So you now claiming I only entered one would be a
>>>>>>>>> lie, wouldn't it?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I amend my comment, I should have said you only ran on
>>>>>>>> 1 weekend (September) and in only 1 race that weekend.
>>>>>>>> That's from the club championship page at:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> And you're still wrong.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> https://www.sccbc.net/racers/club-championship/2024-
>>>>>>>> sccbc-club- standings/
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I suppose it is possible that you entered other
>>>>>>>> weekends and then canceled. That would not be on the
>>>>>>>> cited record, would it?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The substance of the comment is unchanged. You have
>>>>>>>> not competed on a regular basis in years.
>>>>>>> I TOLD you about the other race weekend I participated
>>>>>>> in last year, Asshole.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But it was not a SBBC points race. And as I recall you
>>>>>> took the restrictor plate out to increase power of your
>>>>>> already incredible detuned Honda engine. Fail.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I took the restrictor out because I was bored with beating
>>>>> the available FF competition and wanted to see if I could
>>>>> play with the faster classes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And regardless of whether or not it was an SCCBC points
>>>>> race, I did compete in it...
>>>>> 
>>>>> ...I still told you about it...
>>>>> 
>>>>> ...asshole.
>>>> 
>>>> One race completed since 10/9/2022? That's it?
>>>> 
>>>> Too embarrassed to admit the truth? Your racing days are over
>>>> and not even 65 yet? Poor health and/or finances? Or just lost
>>>> interest? Come on Alan, be honest for a change. CSMA wants to
>>>> know the truth.
>>> 
>>> Once again, besides Alan, the only person who seems to care
>>> about it is a luzer stalker located 2,350 miles away who's never
>>> tracked an open wheel car.
>> 
>> And remember that this all stems from me having the temerity to
>> point out that wheel-to-wheel road racing requires more continuous
>> focus than pleasure flying.
>> 
>> I can tell you one thing:
>> 
>> As a racing driver, I never have time during a race to just look
>> at the sights.
>> 
>> :-)
> 
> And you have no idea what it takes to fly an airplane by yourself
> in marginal weather while monitoring aircraft systems, always alert
> for an ATC call, worried about weather, fuel state, thinking about a
> plan B and C in case things go south. Granted, good weather flying
> is less intense. Like the 12 hours I flew just this week, well most
> of that. On one flight I went VFR on top and had to use Plan B to
> get down. On another I saw rainbow!

And here we go again.

Yes: there are OCCASIONS when flying a light plane requires a high level 
of focus.

I never denied that even ONCE, Liarboy.

But let's face a few facts.

In "marginal weather", you avoid flying, don't you?

"Always alert for an ATC call" means not putting cotton in your ears. 
You're trying to compare listening for a human voice in your headset 
with the continuous focus that is always necessary when driving a racing 
car at speed.

You talk about the (relatively) brief periods where you actually need to 
focus...

....whereas a road racing driver might get a couple of moments on the 
main straight where he can relax his mind just slightly.

If there's a rainbow out there when I'm driving, I don't have time to 
see it.