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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Alan Baker a no-show again
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:41:33 -0400
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On 6/22/25 15:18, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 6/22/2025 1:51 PM, -hh wrote:
>> On 6/20/25 14:07, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 6/19/2025 4:30 PM, -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.
>>>>
>>>> In any event, just because you're nosy doesn't mean that you have 
>>>> any right to intrude into peoples' personal lives.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> BTW, I just hit 79. Since you last finished a Formula F SCCBC 
>>>>> points race on October 9, 2022 I have flown on 160 days, 377.7 
>>>>> hours, 452 takeoffs/landings of which 159 were CAP cadet flights. 
>>>>> Also passed all my FAA physicals and checkrides (most recent on 
>>>>> June 13, 2025) on the first try and as of today I am FAA IFR 
>>>>> current. Except for some back issues never felt better.
>>>>
>>>> So what?  How many hours of snorkeling & open wheel racing have you 
>>>> done since Oct 2022?  Heaven forbid that Tommy compare Apples to 
>>>> Oranges!  /s
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If you ever get a chance to go to Croatia do it. It is a beautiful 
>>>>> country.
>>>>
>>>> Gosh someone's forgotten that they've already said that before.
>>>> How does the FAA check pilots for senility?  /s
>>>>
>>>> In any event, we've gotten enough of an 'all clear' to be able to 
>>>> commit to one booking, so things are starting to come back together 
>>>> finally. Not to brag about it, because that's what self-centered 
>>>> people do, but suffice to say that it took us roughly five years to 
>>>> finally get the core element approved.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -hh
>>>
>>> We get checked for senility at every CAP or FAA checkride. 
>>
>>
>> And how does that actually work? "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV"?
>>
> 
> Huh, it's a person knucklehead, a check pilot in the right seat looking 
> for every deviation from the applicable standards.
> 
> Here is a link to the CAP forms he or she fills out for pilot renewal:
> 
> https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/F_070005A_7EBBF90B76006.pdf 
> > And the underlying FAA private pilot ACS:
> 
> https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/private_airplane_acs_6.pdf
> 
> For mission pilot - next step beyond just CAP pilot:
> 
> https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/F_070091_C643654236FF9.pdf


So?  Just which parts of these specifically evaluates for senility?

Keyword searches on senile, memory, cognition ... are pretty bare.

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