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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-12-19 10:30, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   > 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. 🤣   
      
   Well...   
      
   ...I COULD take a picture of the dozens of books I have on racing...   
      
   ...but they're mostly about the design, construction and care and   
   feeding of race cars.   
      
   I do have the seminal work by Niki Lauda on driving:   
      
   "The Art and Science of Grand Prix Driving".   
      
   Does that count?   
      
   :-)   
      
   >   
   >>>> 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.   
   >   
      
   The truly hilarious part is that he thinks that using two particular   
   slang terms means you know everything else about race driving.   
      
   🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣   
      
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