From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/27/2025 10:27 AM, -hh wrote:   
   > On 11/26/25 13:34, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-26 08:53, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >>> On 11/25/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-11-25 17:45, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >>>>> On 11/25/2025 3:09 PM, -hh wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 11/25/25 14:52, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 11/17/2025 1:44 PM, -hh wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Yeah, so?  Recall that I eyeballed it & noted the nonlinearity   
   >>>>>>>> from the very start without even needing to do any   
   >>>>>>>> math...because I understood the basic data apparently much   
   >>>>>>>> better than you did (and still do).   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> You have not responded for several days. I'm thinking that   
   >>>>>>> calling a simple scatter plot a statistical "work product" has to   
   >>>>>>> be embarrassing.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Nope.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> You've claimed to have offered just one hour's worth of consulting   
   >>>>>> time in total.  What you would get for that is a summary overview   
   >>>>>> of what you've missed, as validated by your 'full' spreadsheet.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Of course you'll not like that answer because you want all of the   
   >>>>>> work to be also done for that one hour, which is unrealistic &   
   >>>>>> disingenuous: the sign of a bad customer who's determined to never   
   >>>>>> be satisfied. Thus, you're not worth my time.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>  > [snipped, without reading]   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> -hh   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> OK, I'll take you up on the one hour. $150 for finding out what I   
   >>>>> missed. I'm always willing to learn.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Of course, the advice must be useful as measured by a material   
   >>>>> model improvement, not duplicate what I have already done, and not   
   >>>>> call for additional data that is not available or does not even   
   >>>>> exist. If your advice calls for a statistical model beyond Excel's   
   >>>>> capability I can rent something else.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> All I need from you if the work is useful is sufficient info for a   
   >>>>> PayPal, Venmo or Zelle transfer.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So you'll get to decide afterward if the "work is useful"...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...and then you'll pay?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> LOL!   
   >>>   
   >>> Why would I pay up front to a person who has confused a 2 dimension   
   >>> data plot with a statistical model?   
   >>   
   >> Where did he do that exactly?   
   >>   
   >> Sounds like another one of your lies.   
   >   
   > It is, which is necessary for him to try to save face.   
   >   
   > And Tommy has made it even more difficult for himself because he's   
   > unwilling to part with even a trivially small amount of money.  In the   
   > context of his frequent refrains which attempt to brag about how wealthy   
   > he is, it is of itself revealing to his actual reality.   
   >   
   >   
   > -hh   
      
   Followup #2   
      
   My take is that in actual reality that $120 seems to be very important   
   to YOU. Needing that for groceries or utility bills, are you?   
      
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