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|    Tom Elam to -hh    |
|    Re: OT: to Hugh H (1/2)    |
|    09 Dec 25 06:48:10    |
      From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com              On 12/8/2025 4:37 PM, -hh wrote:       > On 12/8/25 15:12, Tom Elam wrote:       >> On 12/7/2025 5:11 PM, -hh wrote:       >>> On 12/7/25 12:06, Tom Elam wrote:       >>>> On 12/6/2025 9:11 PM, -hh wrote:       >>>>> On 12/6/25 09:47, Tom Elam wrote:       >>>>>> On 12/5/2025 1:36 PM, -hh wrote:       >>>>>>>> LOL, it was just a partial picture. Just like yours.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Except that it clearly says "all accounts" with a total of $2.51M.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Here again you jump to a bogus conclusion.       >>>>>       >>>>> Nope, for I'm not who posted a pic which said "All accounts".       >>>>>       >>>>>> That was all accounts at that one company. There are 4 of them. We       >>>>>> have investments with other companies (and cash not shown) too.       >>>>>> Imagine that! Apparently you cannot.       >>>>>       >>>>> That claim doesn't square with what your own image displayed,       >>>>> because your image shows five accounts, not four. There's the four       >>>>> obvious ones, with claimed balances of $5.5K, $10.8K, $39K and       >>>>> $0.4K, plus there's also "Individual Brokerage-2955" wtih $751.6K.       >>>>>       >>>>> Plus as I've said before, there's ~$1.7M unaccounted for because       >>>>> the above five accounts sum to $807.4K, but the "All Accounts" line       >>>>> claims four accounts for $2.5M: $1,704,519 is not accounted for/       >>>>> undocumented.       >>>>>       >>>>> Hmmm...maybe there was a Photoshop job done here, eh? /s       >>>>>       >>>>>       >>>>>> To make you happy here are all of our investment accounts:       >>>>>>       >>>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UevoIJ1SUe26Zq0XadMqEpgldjtJEq3B/       >>>>>> view? usp=sharing       >>>>>>       >>>>>> As of today, formatted just for you.       >>>>>       >>>>> Funny how none of the balances are even close to what you posted as       >>>>> your balances on just seven days ago.       >>>>>       >>>>> Funny how you're guilty of YA "do as I say, not as I do"...       >>>>> ...because you showed five digits, contrary to your own instructions:       >>>>>       >>>>> "So show us your numbers, with some details on where they are, with       >>>>> 7 digits on the left of the decimal point. I did."       >>>>>       >>>>> Plus the second brag attempt is fishy smelling too, as some lines       >>>>> look like subtotals, possibly as a deception to try to encourage       >>>>> double- counting. For example, $14,186.87 is the exact sum of       >>>>> $7,048.54 + $7,138.33 values listed immediately below it, as is       >>>>> also $54,223.21 ($26,945.97 + $27,227.24).       >>>>>       >>>>> Plus despite being allegedly of the same accounts, the two brags       >>>>> attempts don't appear to align well: where is the former's $39.1K       >>>>> HYSA in the latter? Did it drop by ~$12K in value in just one week?       >>>>>       >>>>>       >>>>> -hh       >>>>       >>>> LOL! You are totally confused. Score!       >>>       >>> Tommy confesses that deception was actually his goal.       >>>       >>>> You will never see all details, > but look at this again:       >>>>       >>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/145PxsEKUioG_HkUEKF8mzkUZQx_wsZqB/       >>>> view? usp=sharing       >>>>       >>>> The first image is a brokerage with 4 accounts. The second is a       >>>> credit union snapshot with 4 accounts.       >>>       >>> Incorrect, for you provided only one image.       >>>       >>> That you Photoshopped multiple images together doesn't change that       >>> the first says that its total is $2.511M       >>>       >>> Nor that we can sum the four CU accounts to get $55.8K, so even if       >>> your latest attempted explanation is accepted that these are in       >>> addition to the prior, its a "so what?" because adding the CU's       >>> $55.8K is just a minor +2% change.       >>>       >>>       >>>> There are other brokerage and cash accounts.       >>>       >>> To which we're expected to believe that while Tommy's trying to make       >>> a maximal brag about himself that he chose to not include? Does not       >>> fly.       >>>       >>>       >>>> Stop trying to put is all together when you do not, and never will       >>>> see, the total picture.       >>>       >>> Yet that didn't stop you from trying to demand the total picture of       >>> others...hypocrite much?       >>>       >>>       >>>> Yes, the carefully redacted Excel version I downloaded from Quicken       >>>> has different numbers. That is because it is investments only, not       >>>> any banking numbers.       >>>       >>> Since you've already provided what you claimed were four credit union       >>> banking accounts, what sense does it make to do that?       >>>       >>>> What you are saying is a major change in amounts is actually VERY       >>>> VERY different accounts, investments not cash, with the names hidden       >>>> from you. There subtotals in the Excel image. Of course you are       >>>> confused. The intent was not to inform.       >>>       >>> Of course the intent was not to inform: it is to try to deceive.       >>> Notice how Tommy avoided acknowledging that at least two of his       >>> numbers were subtotals?       >>>       >>>       >>>> The only way this ever go started in the first place was you baiting       >>>> with claims that I am bragging about my financial status. Honest       >>>> person that I am I tried to show I'm not lying.       >>>       >>> Just merely two deceptive documents (so far) & lying through omission:       >>>       >>> "Throwing out misleading and irreverent numbers to impress others.       >>> Bad, very bad."       >>> - Tom Elam, on 12/5/25 10:10       >>>       >>>       >>>> I could care less that you are among the many who have accumulated       >>>> more in less time that we have.       >>>       >>> Gosh, what a quick 180 turn, from just over a week ago, when Tommy       >>> was claiming the opposite (still!):       >>>       >>> Right side of Tommy's piehole, on 11/28/25 16:40: "But since you       >>> seem to need $120 SO badly you had to wait for Black Friday..."       >>>       >>> Likewise, same arrogant piehole, on 11/28/25 10:58: "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?"       >>>       >>>       >>>> Your amateurish attempts to reconcile incomplete and seemingly       >>>> inconsistent data, all of which are accurate by themselves, are       >>>> hilarious, never ending, and fruitless. I'm going to stop this here.       >>>> You need to give it up too. You are being made a fool.       >>>       >>> Translation:       >>> Tommy knows that he's been caught (again) with his deception attempt,       >>> so instead of being honest & accountable, he's going to run away       >>> (again), in a futile effort to try to save face (again). Who's the       >>> fool again?       >>>       >>> TL;DR on all of this: assuming minimal forgeries, Tommy's provided       >>> about the best evidence seen to date that he's probably accumulated a       >>> bit over $2.5M after having worked into his mid/upper-70s. Of       >>> course, the Stock Market's long Bull run over the past ~decade+ has       >>> made some pretty big gains on paper for a lot of folks, both smart &       >>> dumb alike.       >>>       >>>       >>> -hh       >>>       >> No again Hugh, That was 2 JPG screenshots on a Word page.       >              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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