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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Alan Baker a no-show again
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:03:53 -0700
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On 2025-06-26 09:49, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 6/24/2025 12:24 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-06-24 09:00, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 6/23/2025 12:36 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2025-06-22 12:41, -hh wrote:
>>>>> 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/ 
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