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   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2023-12-19, Alan  wrote:   
   > On 2023-12-18 21:36, Wally J wrote:   
   >> *Hemidactylus*  wrote   
   >>   
   >>> Does it diminish you in any way that Checo is ranked 3rd on that   
   >>> DriverDB Top 100? I wonder if Arlen even knows who that is. My fave   
   >>> driver. I was all set to watch him on his home turf on both TVs (one   
   >>> cockpit view) and he wrecked 1st lap! Sad.   
   >>   
   >> I don't know a damn thing about racing.  But then, I've never claimed   
   >> to be a "racer" nor a "teacher" of racing.   
   >>   
   >> Alan Baker doesn't know a damn thing about anything.   
   >   
   > I know enough about racing to have started in 2012...   
   >   
   > ...and been invited to instruct just 4 years later.   
      
   Unless you have photos of old racing books, Arlen won't believe you. 🤣   
      
   >>> I think you established your bonafides. That he is hung up on what   
   >>> people call BMWs is ridiculous. Who cares.   
   >>   
   >> Heh heh heh... Chris tried the same trick when he ridiculed the use   
   >> of the word "vehicle" in immunological contexts - because he was   
   >> chilishly trying to get out of the simple fact that he doesn't know   
   >> the first thing about immunology - even after having "claimed" to   
   >> have a PhD in the sciences.   
   >>   
   >> It's the same with Alan Baker.   
   >   
   > Other than that you tried to claim that a facetious comment about   
   > "bimmer" vs "beemer" meant that I couldn't possibly be telling the   
   > truth about being a racing driver and race driving instructor.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> He doesn't know the first thing about BMWs.  He just doesn't.   
   >   
   > I know I own one.   
      
   It's not even an exclusive club. BMWs aren't huge fucking secrets. I   
   have only owned BMW cars since 2001, and while I don't do my own   
   repairs, I can certainly tell you where to connect jumper cables, how to   
   do routine maintenance, and so on. Arlen acts like "knowing the first   
   thing about BMWs" is some huge achievement when it just isn't.   
      
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