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From: Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: 80th Celebration
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 17:37:45 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:12:22 -0500, zen cycle wrote:

> On 12/1/2024 11:33 AM, cyclintom wrote:
>> On Sat Nov 30 07:02:08 2024 zen cycle  wrote:
>>> On 11/29/2024 3:57 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>> On Fri Nov 1 14:29:19 2024 Zen Cycle  wrote:
>>>>> On 11/1/2024 1:44 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri Nov 1 08:05:13 2024 Zen Cycle  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 10/31/2024 6:00 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:11:42 -0400, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 10/30/2024 3:50 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun Oct 27 21:25:42 2024 Tom Kunich  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:47:35 -0700, sms wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/25/2024 5:33 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The question is why was this a surprise? Tommy should
>>>>>>>>>>>>> realize by now his interpretaion of "reasonable" is quite
>>>>>>>>>>>>> different from anyone elses.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, why was it a problem? Is't tommy bringing in $12,000/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> month? Why bitch about a $250 dinner bill to celebrate your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 80th birth day?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Even treating himself to his own birthday, tommy is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> miserable.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> so sad.....
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The menu is available at:
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.claremont-hotel.com/dine/limewood-bar-restaurant/
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> $250 is not unreasonable for a fancy restaurant.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I think that we are all aware of Tom's financial situation,
>>>>>>>>>>>> and spending this much on one meal seems extravagant.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> He may want to look into food programs offered by the City of
>>>>>>>>>>>> San Leandro <https://www.sanleandro.org/1100/Food-Programs>.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Personally, I don't spend extravagantly on restaurants since
>>>>>>>>>>>> I want to use my retirement money for other purposes. No
>>>>>>>>>>>> problem spending $40-75 per person occasionally, but $125 per
>>>>>>>>>>>> person would not be something would feel happy about. Eating
>>>>>>>>>>>> at home I spend about $3 per day per person and I don't
>>>>>>>>>>>> skimp.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What is it that you think you knolw about my financial
>>>>>>>>>>> situation? Since I have just given a toital of $60,000 to my
>>>>>>>>>>> brothers as gifts maybe you ought to listen to Liebermann
>>>>>>>>>>> telling everyone that the car I bought was for twice what he
>>>>>>>>>>> claimed it was worth according to Kelly Blue Book. After all
>>>>>>>>>>> there isn't anything that Liebermann doesn't knoiw about
>>>>>>>>>>> anything and you believe him. Liebermann even told everyone
>>>>>>>>>>> that there was no water behind the dam at the mouth of Cull
>>>>>>>>>>> Canyon after I said that it had been replaced with loose mud
>>>>>>>>>>> and he called that a lie even after I published a picture of a
>>>>>>>>>>> sign saying "Keep Out - Deep Mud".
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Seems to me that you all hate being part of life's losers,
>>>>>>>>>>> rather than appreciating what you have. Liebermann has his
>>>>>>>>>>> welfare, Flunky has employer to happily scew every day,
>>>>>>>>>>> Slocomb is happily a blowhard and Krygowski who knows nothing
>>>>>>>>>>> about medern bikes can tell us that people who do own modern
>>>>>>>>>>> bikes should never have a problem with them. But, those who
>>>>>>>>>>> can, do, and those who can't, teach. And those of us that
>>>>>>>>>>> became well to do, doing, can laugh in your faces. Your own
>>>>>>>>>>> deep state has shown you what the think of you by making your
>>>>>>>>>>> retirement pay worthless.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Steven, that was both mean and uncalled for. Please allow me to
>>>>>>>>>> appologize. It is difficult to be polite when you're constantly
>>>>>>>>>> being attacked by the likes of Liebermann, Flunky and
>>>>>>>>>> Krygowski. It would be fine if these people could actually know
>>>>>>>>>> much about bicycling but only Flunky has a passing acquaintance
>>>>>>>>>> with modern bikes and he will scream exactly the opposite from
>>>>>>>>>> me despite having the experience to know better.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As soon as you publish something that's right, I'll agree with
>>>>>>>>> you. FWIW, I agreed with your position on helmets, from both a
>>>>>>>>> safety and performance perspective.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You've shown us that you do not have the capacity of knowing
>>>>>>>> anything that is right or wrong. You must like being a dumb ass.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lol...from the guy that thinks:
>>>>>>> - you can ride a dent out of a top tube - "light lines" is a
>>>>>>> common term for fiber optic communication cables - PWM is used to
>>>>>>> test cables - campagnolo makes special pre-stretched shifter
>>>>>>> cables - Your knees interfere with downtube shifters - everyone
>>>>>>> needs to look down to shift downtube shifters - everyone
>>>>>>> accelerates from a stop at full power - trump saved the obama
>>>>>>> economy - aluminum oxide is flammable - A metric screw with a 4mm
>>>>>>> drive means it's a 4mm screw - the covid vaccines have killed more
>>>>>>> people than the virus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's just off the top of my head, the list goes on and on!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Add xx to reply
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The very fact that you are trying to pretend that you actually know
>>>>>> something and can  pretend to make a joke out of it shows just how
>>>>>> stupid you are.
>>>>>
>>>>> You're the only joke here tommy. Meanwhile, everything I posted
>>>>> above are real claims of yours that have been repeatedly proven
>>>>> false.
>>>>>
>>>>> correction - You didn't claim that campagnolo makes special
>>>>> pre-stretched shifter cables. You claimed that campagnolo makes
>>>>> special _non_ stretch shifter cables...equally as false BTW
>>>>>
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/g/rec.bicycles.tech/c/csOVQ3qa2ko/m/
pHje0rQ2AQAJ
>>>>>
>>>>>> The lowest possible graduates are hired for QC.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, I guess it's good that I wasn't hired for QC then. (Besides the
>>>>> fact that nothing could be further from the truth)
>>>>>
>>>>>> And any company that would have a boss coming by and see you
>>>>>> watching a bicycle race and asking you who is winning shows that
>>>>>> you're working at a NOTHING company.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or, It's been a successful company since 1936 with no signs of
>>>>> slowing down _precisely_ because they understand there's more to the
>>>>> individual than just a body in a chair. Just yesterday during a
>>>>> staffing meeting our CEO reiterated that people involved in the
>>>>> interviewing process should be looking at the candidate
>>>>> holistically, not just on their vocational qualifications, and that
>>>>> we should promote our work/life balance philosophy (we currently
>>>>> have several openings due to some retirements and new product
>>>>> initiatives).
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a pity you never worked anywhere that took an interest in what
>>>>> tommy did outside of the office. Perhaps because they realized you
>>>>> were an asshole that wouldn't last long anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Add xx to reply
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So you have to go almost 3 years back to misrepresent what I said?
>>>> Cool man.
>>>
>>> lol...nothing was misrepresented. You made the claim, and stood by it,
>>> even though no such product exists (much like 'light lines').
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have asked you before and will ask you again, when did you ever worl
>> with optical cables in a practical sense so that you would have even a
>> passing knowledge of their terminology?
> 
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