• Re: Small thing, but wow

    From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Sep 18 08:04:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/10/26 6:06 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-10 13:09, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 8/26/26 1:55 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-08-26 06:45, Tom Elam wrote:
    Any claim of yours as a exceptional is invalidated by the lack of >>>>>> race wins against quality competition from McKay, McColl and
    Floer. If your

    I beat Dave multiple times in 2019 as you acknowledge, so how is
    claiming I "lack [] race wins" against him NOT a lie, Liarboy.

    And FYI: while I can't recall if I ever beat Alan McColl, I most
    certainly did beat Doug Floer.

    You never beat McColl. I think there was one race out of many where
    you placed first and Floer was second.

    I never beat McColl, because I never got to compete against him in
    fully-competitive FF.

    I only started racing in 2013, Liarboy, and Alan's last race in FF
    was during 2017...

    ...when I still had my first car, which was overweight.

    When I got my '98 Van Diemen, sadly, Alan was drawing back from
    racing for health reasons.

    The fact remains that over the course of an entire season...

    (not something you can pretend is a fluke)

    ...Dave McKay...

    (whom you refer to as "exceptional")

    ...and I raced over 4 hours of racing head-to-head.

    And after all those races...

    (14 in all)

    ...our total times were within 0.16% of each other...

    (Just 41.366 seconds, or a little less than 3 seconds a race)

    ...and mine was the faster.

    Suck it, asshole.

    That would be Alan for you. Cherry-picking 2019 data is not explaining
    HOW Dave McKay beat you to the finish line more often that not. Or why
    you did not follow that up when Doug Floer and Dave McKay came back
    full time in 2023.

    Hmmmmm...maybe the fact that I was supporting my family after the death
    of my younger brother had something to do with it.


    Did Erle Archer winning the 2022 FF championship make him and elite
    driver? No, Doug Floer and Dave McKay sat the year out except for
    McKay's two races run. It's easy to win when the best drivers do not
    show up.
    You're making my point, Liarboy.

    Championships are the result of many factors; driver ability being only
    one of them.

    Supporting your family? How? That was years ago. You have not raced for
    years. Did you sell #21 to help them out? If so well done.

    So you are claiming that you are an exceptional driver, but cannot
    compete with others because you never the entire package required to win
    a season crown?
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sat Sep 19 12:08:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-09-18 05:04, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 9/10/26 6:06 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-10 13:09, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 8/26/26 1:55 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-08-26 06:45, Tom Elam wrote:
    Any claim of yours as a exceptional is invalidated by the lack of >>>>>>> race wins against quality competition from McKay, McColl and
    Floer. If your

    I beat Dave multiple times in 2019 as you acknowledge, so how is
    claiming I "lack [] race wins" against him NOT a lie, Liarboy.

    And FYI: while I can't recall if I ever beat Alan McColl, I most
    certainly did beat Doug Floer.

    You never beat McColl. I think there was one race out of many where >>>>> you placed first and Floer was second.

    I never beat McColl, because I never got to compete against him in
    fully-competitive FF.

    I only started racing in 2013, Liarboy, and Alan's last race in FF
    was during 2017...

    ...when I still had my first car, which was overweight.

    When I got my '98 Van Diemen, sadly, Alan was drawing back from
    racing for health reasons.

    The fact remains that over the course of an entire season...

    (not something you can pretend is a fluke)

    ...Dave McKay...

    (whom you refer to as "exceptional")

    ...and I raced over 4 hours of racing head-to-head.

    And after all those races...

    (14 in all)

    ...our total times were within 0.16% of each other...

    (Just 41.366 seconds, or a little less than 3 seconds a race)

    ...and mine was the faster.

    Suck it, asshole.

    That would be Alan for you. Cherry-picking 2019 data is not
    explaining HOW Dave McKay beat you to the finish line more often that
    not. Or why you did not follow that up when Doug Floer and Dave McKay
    came back full time in 2023.

    Hmmmmm...maybe the fact that I was supporting my family after the
    death of my younger brother had something to do with it.


    Did Erle Archer winning the 2022 FF championship make him and elite
    driver? No, Doug Floer and Dave McKay sat the year out except for
    McKay's two races run. It's easy to win when the best drivers do not
    show up.
    You're making my point, Liarboy.

    Championships are the result of many factors; driver ability being
    only one of them.

    Supporting your family? How? That was years ago. You have not raced for years. Did you sell #21 to help them out? If so well done.

    So you are claiming that you are an exceptional driver, but cannot
    compete with others because you never the entire package required to win
    a season crown?

    I'm not claiming I'm exceptional, Liarboy.

    I'm stating as verifiable fact that I raced with someone you declare to
    be "exceptional"...

    (with no real basis to declare anyone any such a thing, but we'll gloss
    over that)

    ...and over the course of entire season racing head to head, we
    completed over 4 hours of races (4h 17:37.825 for me to be precise)...

    ...within 0.16% of each other.

    Yes, Dave won more races, but how can I be this mediocre driver you
    claim me to be and actually complete all those races in LESS time that
    your so-called "exceptional" driver?

    :-)
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  • From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Sep 22 09:29:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/19/26 3:08 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-18 05:04, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 9/10/26 6:06 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-10 13:09, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 8/26/26 1:55 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-08-26 06:45, Tom Elam wrote:
    Any claim of yours as a exceptional is invalidated by the lack >>>>>>>> of race wins against quality competition from McKay, McColl and >>>>>>>> Floer. If your

    I beat Dave multiple times in 2019 as you acknowledge, so how is >>>>>>> claiming I "lack [] race wins" against him NOT a lie, Liarboy.

    And FYI: while I can't recall if I ever beat Alan McColl, I most >>>>>>> certainly did beat Doug Floer.

    You never beat McColl. I think there was one race out of many
    where you placed first and Floer was second.

    I never beat McColl, because I never got to compete against him in
    fully-competitive FF.

    I only started racing in 2013, Liarboy, and Alan's last race in FF
    was during 2017...

    ...when I still had my first car, which was overweight.

    When I got my '98 Van Diemen, sadly, Alan was drawing back from
    racing for health reasons.

    The fact remains that over the course of an entire season...

    (not something you can pretend is a fluke)

    ...Dave McKay...

    (whom you refer to as "exceptional")

    ...and I raced over 4 hours of racing head-to-head.

    And after all those races...

    (14 in all)

    ...our total times were within 0.16% of each other...

    (Just 41.366 seconds, or a little less than 3 seconds a race)

    ...and mine was the faster.

    Suck it, asshole.

    That would be Alan for you. Cherry-picking 2019 data is not
    explaining HOW Dave McKay beat you to the finish line more often
    that not. Or why you did not follow that up when Doug Floer and Dave
    McKay came back full time in 2023.

    Hmmmmm...maybe the fact that I was supporting my family after the
    death of my younger brother had something to do with it.


    Did Erle Archer winning the 2022 FF championship make him and elite
    driver? No, Doug Floer and Dave McKay sat the year out except for
    McKay's two races run. It's easy to win when the best drivers do not
    show up.
    You're making my point, Liarboy.

    Championships are the result of many factors; driver ability being
    only one of them.

    Supporting your family? How? That was years ago. You have not raced
    for years. Did you sell #21 to help them out? If so well done.

    So you are claiming that you are an exceptional driver, but cannot
    compete with others because you never the entire package required to
    win a season crown?

    I'm not claiming I'm exceptional, Liarboy.

    I'm stating as verifiable fact that I raced with someone you declare to
    be "exceptional"...

    (with no real basis to declare anyone any such a thing, but we'll gloss
    over that)

    ...and over the course of entire season racing head to head, we
    completed over 4 hours of races (4h 17:37.825 for me to be precise)...

    ...within 0.16% of each other.

    Yes, Dave won more races, but how can I be this mediocre driver you
    claim me to be and actually complete all those races in LESS time that
    your so-called "exceptional" driver?

    :-)

    Simple, your new nickname is Fakerboy. Thus the totals do not tell the complete story. The totals are a fake comparison.

    There were 16 races you both ran

    Dave placed ahead of Fakerboy in 11

    Dave outright won 10 of 16 races

    Fakerboy outright won 3 of those 16 races

    Fakerboy was so close in season points only because Dave DNS for the
    first race date.

    That is not all by chance. Dave was a much better driver than you in the
    2019, and all prior seasons.

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  • From -hh@recscuba_google@huntzinger.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Sep 22 11:24:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/22/26 09:29, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 9/19/26 3:08 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-18 05:04, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 9/10/26 6:06 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-10 13:09, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 8/26/26 1:55 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-08-26 06:45, Tom Elam wrote:
    ...

    I'm not claiming I'm exceptional, Liarboy.

    I'm stating as verifiable fact that I raced with someone you declare
    to be "exceptional"...

    (with no real basis to declare anyone any such a thing, but we'll
    gloss over that)
    ...
    Yes, Dave won more races, but how can I be this mediocre driver you
    claim me to be and actually complete all those races in LESS time that
    your so-called "exceptional" driver?

    Simple, your new nickname is Fakerboy. Thus the totals do not tell the complete story. The totals are a fake comparison.

    Irrelevant, because it still wasn't Alan who made the "extraordinary"
    driver claim: that claim is 100% on you, Tom Elam.

    What's painfully obvious is that you created a high pedestal for him
    just so you can knock it down.

    What's fake begins & ends with the disingenuously set up pedestal.


    -hh
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Sep 22 12:46:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-09-22 06:29, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 9/19/26 3:08 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-18 05:04, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 9/10/26 6:06 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-10 13:09, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 8/26/26 1:55 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-08-26 06:45, Tom Elam wrote:
    Any claim of yours as a exceptional is invalidated by the lack >>>>>>>>> of race wins against quality competition from McKay, McColl and >>>>>>>>> Floer. If your

    I beat Dave multiple times in 2019 as you acknowledge, so how is >>>>>>>> claiming I "lack [] race wins" against him NOT a lie, Liarboy. >>>>>>>>
    And FYI: while I can't recall if I ever beat Alan McColl, I most >>>>>>>> certainly did beat Doug Floer.

    You never beat McColl. I think there was one race out of many
    where you placed first and Floer was second.

    I never beat McColl, because I never got to compete against him in >>>>>> fully-competitive FF.

    I only started racing in 2013, Liarboy, and Alan's last race in FF >>>>>> was during 2017...

    ...when I still had my first car, which was overweight.

    When I got my '98 Van Diemen, sadly, Alan was drawing back from
    racing for health reasons.

    The fact remains that over the course of an entire season...

    (not something you can pretend is a fluke)

    ...Dave McKay...

    (whom you refer to as "exceptional")

    ...and I raced over 4 hours of racing head-to-head.

    And after all those races...

    (14 in all)

    ...our total times were within 0.16% of each other...

    (Just 41.366 seconds, or a little less than 3 seconds a race)

    ...and mine was the faster.

    Suck it, asshole.

    That would be Alan for you. Cherry-picking 2019 data is not
    explaining HOW Dave McKay beat you to the finish line more often
    that not. Or why you did not follow that up when Doug Floer and
    Dave McKay came back full time in 2023.

    Hmmmmm...maybe the fact that I was supporting my family after the
    death of my younger brother had something to do with it.


    Did Erle Archer winning the 2022 FF championship make him and elite >>>>> driver? No, Doug Floer and Dave McKay sat the year out except for
    McKay's two races run. It's easy to win when the best drivers do
    not show up.
    You're making my point, Liarboy.

    Championships are the result of many factors; driver ability being
    only one of them.

    Supporting your family? How? That was years ago. You have not raced
    for years. Did you sell #21 to help them out? If so well done.

    So you are claiming that you are an exceptional driver, but cannot
    compete with others because you never the entire package required to
    win a season crown?

    I'm not claiming I'm exceptional, Liarboy.

    I'm stating as verifiable fact that I raced with someone you declare
    to be "exceptional"...

    (with no real basis to declare anyone any such a thing, but we'll
    gloss over that)

    ...and over the course of entire season racing head to head, we
    completed over 4 hours of races (4h 17:37.825 for me to be precise)...

    ...within 0.16% of each other.

    Yes, Dave won more races, but how can I be this mediocre driver you
    claim me to be and actually complete all those races in LESS time that
    your so-called "exceptional" driver?

    :-)

    Simple, your new nickname is Fakerboy. Thus the totals do not tell the complete story. The totals are a fake comparison.

    There were 16 races you both ran

    Dave placed ahead of Fakerboy in 11

    Dave outright won 10 of 16 races

    And we only raced head-to-head in 14 of those.

    You're counting both a race where I was taken out by a rookie driver's
    poor overtaking attempt...

    ...and one race from which I voluntarily withdrew.

    So it's 9 head-to-head wins.


    Fakerboy outright won 3 of those 16 races

    Head to head, I won:

    CACC #3, Race 1
    CACC #4, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 3

    Funny how a supposed PhD suddenly looses the ability to count.

    Fakerboy was so close in season points only because Dave DNS for the
    first race date.

    That is not all by chance. Dave was a much better driver than you in the 2019, and all prior seasons.


    You should really think things through, Liarboy.

    Consider what it means that while Dave won more races than I did...

    ...but that running head to head, I finished all the laps we raced
    together faster?

    You surely have enough innate sense for figures to work that out, right?
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Sep 27 11:44:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-09-27 10:55, Tom Elam wrote:
    On 9/22/26 3:46 PM, Alan wrote:
    And we only raced head-to-head in 14 of those.

    You're counting both a race where I was taken out by a rookie driver's
    poor overtaking attempt...

    ...and one race from which I voluntarily withdrew.

    So it's 9 head-to-head wins.


    Fakerboy outright won 3 of those 16 races

    Head to head, I won:

    CACC #3, Race 1
    CACC #4, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 3

    Funny how a supposed PhD suddenly looses the ability to count.

    Again you ignore the bigger picture. My count is correct. 4 out of 11 is
    not 50%.

    You ignore that you lied.


    There were 16 races where you ran against each other. Your poor driving and/or lack of preparation is no excuse. Even if you take those two out
    you are still nowhere close to being fully competitive with Dave. Even
    less so looking back in time. At your very best, still a loser.
    How was my "poor driving" to blame for a rookie driver making an
    impossible move?
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  • From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Sep 27 13:55:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/22/26 3:46 PM, Alan wrote:
    And we only raced head-to-head in 14 of those.

    You're counting both a race where I was taken out by a rookie driver's
    poor overtaking attempt...

    ...and one race from which I voluntarily withdrew.

    So it's 9 head-to-head wins.


    Fakerboy outright won 3 of those 16 races

    Head to head, I won:

    CACC #3, Race 1
    CACC #4, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 3

    Funny how a supposed PhD suddenly looses the ability to count.

    Again you ignore the bigger picture. My count is correct. 4 out of 11 is
    not 50%.

    There were 16 races where you ran against each other. Your poor driving
    and/or lack of preparation is no excuse. Even if you take those two out
    you are still nowhere close to being fully competitive with Dave. Even
    less so looking back in time. At your very best, still a loser.


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  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Sep 27 22:42:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-09-27, Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 9/22/26 3:46 PM, Alan wrote:
    And we only raced head-to-head in 14 of those.

    You're counting both a race where I was taken out by a rookie driver's
    poor overtaking attempt...

    ...and one race from which I voluntarily withdrew.

    So it's 9 head-to-head wins.


    Fakerboy outright won 3 of those 16 races

    Head to head, I won:

    CACC #3, Race 1
    CACC #4, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 3

    Funny how a supposed PhD suddenly looses the ability to count.

    Again you ignore the bigger picture. My count is correct. 4 out of 11 is
    not 50%.

    There were 16 races where you ran against each other. Your poor driving and/or lack of preparation is no excuse. Even if you take those two out
    you are still nowhere close to being fully competitive with Dave. Even
    less so looking back in time. At your very best, still a loser.

    Who really cares what his stats are?
    After all Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in a single game for Polk High School. Aside from Al, does anyone care?
    All they care about it Al Bundy played football. And even that's a stretch. Alan races cars.
    So what?
    --
    pothead

    "The goal of socialism is Communism"
    -- Vladimir Lenin

    "Communism may be summed up in a single sentence: 'Abolition of private property"
    -- Karl Marx

    "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other
    people's money"
    -- Margaret Thatcher
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  • From Joel W. Crump@joelcrump@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Sep 27 19:01:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/27/2026 6:56 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-27 15:42, pothead wrote:
    On 2026-09-27, Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 9/22/26 3:46 PM, Alan wrote:

    And we only raced head-to-head in 14 of those.

    You're counting both a race where I was taken out by a rookie driver's >>>> poor overtaking attempt...

    ...and one race from which I voluntarily withdrew.

    So it's 9 head-to-head wins.


    Fakerboy outright won 3 of those 16 races

    Head to head, I won:

    CACC #3, Race 1
    CACC #4, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 3

    Funny how a supposed PhD suddenly looses the ability to count.

    Again you ignore the bigger picture. My count is correct. 4 out of 11 is >>> not 50%.

    There were 16 races where you ran against each other. Your poor driving
    and/or lack of preparation is no excuse. Even if you take those two out
    you are still nowhere close to being fully competitive with Dave. Even
    less so looking back in time. At your very best, still a loser.

    Who really cares what his stats are?
    After all Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in a single game for Polk High
    School.
    Aside from Al, does anyone care?
    All they care about it Al Bundy played football. And even that's a
    stretch.
    Alan races cars.
    So what?

    He's been crazy since I mentioned the obvious:

    That road racing a car requires more continuous focus that flying a
    light plane.


    As an observer, I'd be more intrigued if this Tom fellow had anything of
    *his own* to submit, rather than tearing you down with boring
    statistical spin. It sounds to me like Tom is all talk and no action.
    --
    Joel W. Crump
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Sep 27 15:56:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-09-27 15:42, pothead wrote:
    On 2026-09-27, Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 9/22/26 3:46 PM, Alan wrote:
    And we only raced head-to-head in 14 of those.

    You're counting both a race where I was taken out by a rookie driver's
    poor overtaking attempt...

    ...and one race from which I voluntarily withdrew.

    So it's 9 head-to-head wins.


    Fakerboy outright won 3 of those 16 races

    Head to head, I won:

    CACC #3, Race 1
    CACC #4, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 3

    Funny how a supposed PhD suddenly looses the ability to count.

    Again you ignore the bigger picture. My count is correct. 4 out of 11 is
    not 50%.

    There were 16 races where you ran against each other. Your poor driving
    and/or lack of preparation is no excuse. Even if you take those two out
    you are still nowhere close to being fully competitive with Dave. Even
    less so looking back in time. At your very best, still a loser.

    Who really cares what his stats are?
    After all Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in a single game for Polk High School. Aside from Al, does anyone care?
    All they care about it Al Bundy played football. And even that's a stretch. Alan races cars.
    So what?
    He's been crazy since I mentioned the obvious:

    That road racing a car requires more continuous focus that flying a
    light plane.
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  • From -hh@recscuba_google@huntzinger.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Sep 27 19:46:28 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/27/26 19:01, Joel W. Crump wrote:
    On 9/27/2026 6:56 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-09-27 15:42, pothead wrote:
    On 2026-09-27, Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 9/22/26 3:46 PM, Alan wrote:

    And we only raced head-to-head in 14 of those.

    You're counting both a race where I was taken out by a rookie driver's >>>>> poor overtaking attempt...

    ...and one race from which I voluntarily withdrew.

    So it's 9 head-to-head wins.


    Fakerboy outright won 3 of those 16 races

    Head to head, I won:

    CACC #3, Race 1
    CACC #4, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 2
    CACC #6, Race 3

    Funny how a supposed PhD suddenly looses the ability to count.

    Again you ignore the bigger picture. My count is correct. 4 out of
    11 is
    not 50%.

    There were 16 races where you ran against each other. Your poor driving >>>> and/or lack of preparation is no excuse. Even if you take those two out >>>> you are still nowhere close to being fully competitive with Dave. Even >>>> less so looking back in time. At your very best, still a loser.

    Who really cares what his stats are?
    After all Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in a single game for Polk High
    School.
    Aside from Al, does anyone care?
    All they care about it Al Bundy played football. And even that's a
    stretch.
    Alan races cars.
    So what?

    He's been crazy since I mentioned the obvious:

    That road racing a car requires more continuous focus that flying a
    light plane.


    As an observer, I'd be more intrigued if this Tom fellow had anything of *his own* to submit, rather than tearing you down with boring
    statistical spin.-a It sounds to me like Tom is all talk and no action.

    Tommy goes on these rants which are from his personal insecurity.

    It goes back years. For example, he's tried to brag about his personal wealth, but resists any consideration of making fair comparisons, such
    as since how wealth compounds that he's got a ~20 year advantage over
    others. Similarly, any personal preference or choice that wasn't
    identical to his own is criticized as invariably a "bad" one. And so
    forth.

    Overall, despite his high opinion of himself, he's quite average, as his financial brag was largely because he worked a decade longer than the
    age that most people choose to retire at, into his mid-70s.


    -hh
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