• FYI

    From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 12 07:38:11 2022
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits by Alan Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't know how Alan finds time to actually earn a living since he spends so much time trolling newsgroups looking for opportunities to abuse. A quick
    search showed his trolling in these groups over the last few years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1
    comp.sys.mac.advocacy
    alt.privacy
    can.politics
    misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican
    alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming
    alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats
    misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine
    comp.mobile.android
    rec.arts.sf.written
    microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an employer, not himself. That way he can draw a salary while trolling USENET looking for opportunities to hurl insults at those who disagree. I wish someone would have the time to document, and if
    successful the cajones to send to his company, some timestamped working hours posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Mon Dec 12 09:28:52 2022
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits by Alan Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't know how Alan finds time to actually earn a living since he spends so much time trolling newsgroups looking for opportunities to abuse. A quick
    search showed his trolling in these groups over the last few years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1
    comp.sys.mac.advocacy
    alt.privacy
    can.politics
    misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican
    alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming
    alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats
    misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine
    comp.mobile.android
    rec.arts.sf.written
    microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an employer, not himself. That way he can draw a salary while trolling USENET looking for opportunities to hurl insults at those who disagree. I wish someone would have the time to document, and if
    successful the cajones to send to his company, some timestamped working hours posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL

    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this morning, aren't you?

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Thu Dec 15 15:50:20 2022
    On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits by Alan Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't know how Alan finds time to actually earn a living since he spends so much time trolling newsgroups looking for opportunities to abuse. A
    quick search showed his trolling in these groups over the last few years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1
    comp.sys.mac.advocacy
    alt.privacy
    can.politics
    misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican
    alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming
    alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats
    misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine
    comp.mobile.android
    rec.arts.sf.written
    microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an employer, not himself. That way he can draw a salary while trolling USENET looking for opportunities to hurl insults at those who disagree. I wish someone would have the time to document, and if
    successful the cajones to send to his company, some timestamped working hours posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL
    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this morning, aren't you?

    You know there is pretty much nobody but you, me and Hugh left here. That is other than a few worthless trollers. Hmmmmmm, what does that say about us?

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Thu Dec 15 15:51:20 2022
    On 2022-12-15 15:50, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits by Alan
    Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't know how Alan finds
    time to actually earn a living since he spends so much time
    trolling newsgroups looking for opportunities to abuse. A quick
    search showed his trolling in these groups over the last few
    years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1 comp.sys.mac.advocacy alt.privacy
    can.politics misc.phone.mobile.iphone rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine comp.mobile.android rec.arts.sf.written
    microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an employer, not
    himself. That way he can draw a salary while trolling USENET
    looking for opportunities to hurl insults at those who disagree.
    I wish someone would have the time to document, and if successful
    the cajones to send to his company, some timestamped working
    hours posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL
    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this morning, aren't
    you?

    You know there is pretty much nobody but you, me and Hugh left here.
    That is other than a few worthless trollers. Hmmmmmm, what does that
    say about us?


    I wouldn't care to speculate.

    What I know about you is that you'll take your speculations and call it
    fact.

    That's why you're the lying little shit you are.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Thu Dec 29 06:24:05 2022
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:51:23 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-15 15:50, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits by Alan
    Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't know how Alan finds
    time to actually earn a living since he spends so much time
    trolling newsgroups looking for opportunities to abuse. A quick
    search showed his trolling in these groups over the last few
    years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1 comp.sys.mac.advocacy alt.privacy
    can.politics misc.phone.mobile.iphone rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine comp.mobile.android rec.arts.sf.written
    microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an employer, not
    himself. That way he can draw a salary while trolling USENET
    looking for opportunities to hurl insults at those who disagree.
    I wish someone would have the time to document, and if successful
    the cajones to send to his company, some timestamped working
    hours posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL
    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this morning, aren't
    you?

    You know there is pretty much nobody but you, me and Hugh left here.
    That is other than a few worthless trollers. Hmmmmmm, what does that
    say about us?
    I wouldn't care to speculate.

    What I know about you is that you'll take your speculations and call it fact.

    That's why you're the lying little shit you are.

    All I know about you is that you feel free to abuse based on your assumptions of intent.

    Did you ever brag about being a millionaire in a certain golf forum?

    As for honesty, please tell us the truth about why you are now working for a consulting company. Please tell us what you did for a living out in Ontario right after you left high school. Please tell us why you only went to college for 1 year. Please tell
    us why you pulled up roots and went to BC. Please tell us who paid for your 500 square foot $100+k (original price) condo. Please tell us what happened to your bakerMEDIA gig. Please tell us why your FB posts are not shared with the world.

    Finally, please tell us why you think this selfie

    https://digitalfinancial.ca/alan-baker/

    portrays a successful professional. OMG, you could have at least put on a clean shirt. BTW I'd love to see the rest of the condo. What's in the background is not very attractive.

    A professional's head shot looks like this http://tiny.cc/5ml2vz

    I am well dressed, no scraggly facial hair, neutral background, looking directly at the camera, friendly smile. And it's all genuine, that is who I am.

    None of that is present in your photo, or your LinkedIn photo. Do you actually want people to take you seriously? Do you know that body language speaks louder than words?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Thu Dec 29 09:20:01 2022
    On 2022-12-29 06:24, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:51:23 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-15 15:50, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits by
    Alan Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't know how
    Alan finds time to actually earn a living since he spends so
    much time trolling newsgroups looking for opportunities to
    abuse. A quick search showed his trolling in these groups
    over the last few years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1 comp.sys.mac.advocacy alt.privacy
    can.politics misc.phone.mobile.iphone rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine comp.mobile.android rec.arts.sf.written
    microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an employer,
    not himself. That way he can draw a salary while trolling
    USENET looking for opportunities to hurl insults at those who
    disagree. I wish someone would have the time to document, and
    if successful the cajones to send to his company, some
    timestamped working hours posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL
    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this morning,
    aren't you?

    You know there is pretty much nobody but you, me and Hugh left
    here. That is other than a few worthless trollers. Hmmmmmm, what
    does that say about us?
    I wouldn't care to speculate.

    What I know about you is that you'll take your speculations and
    call it fact.

    That's why you're the lying little shit you are.

    All I know about you is that you feel free to abuse based on your
    assumptions of intent.

    Did you ever brag about being a millionaire in a certain golf forum?

    As for honesty, please tell us the truth about why you are now
    working for a consulting company. Please tell us what you did for a
    living out in Ontario right after you left high school. Please tell
    us why you only went to college for 1 year. Please tell us why you
    pulled up roots and went to BC. Please tell us who paid for your 500
    square foot $100+k (original price) condo. Please tell us what
    happened to your bakerMEDIA gig. Please tell us why your FB posts are
    not shared with the world.

    Finally, please tell us why you think this selfie

    https://digitalfinancial.ca/alan-baker/

    portrays a successful professional. OMG, you could have at least put
    on a clean shirt. BTW I'd love to see the rest of the condo. What's
    in the background is not very attractive.

    A professional's head shot looks like this http://tiny.cc/5ml2vz

    I am well dressed, no scraggly facial hair, neutral background,
    looking directly at the camera, friendly smile. And it's all genuine,
    that is who I am.

    None of that is present in your photo, or your LinkedIn photo. Do you actually want people to take you seriously? Do you know that body
    language speaks louder than words?


    So you went trolling through an entire site to find a post that I put up quickly as a test and failed to remove.

    Bravo, Lying Little Shit!

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Thu Dec 29 19:07:33 2022
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:20:04 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-29 06:24, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:51:23 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-15 15:50, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits by
    Alan Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't know how
    Alan finds time to actually earn a living since he spends so
    much time trolling newsgroups looking for opportunities to
    abuse. A quick search showed his trolling in these groups
    over the last few years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1 comp.sys.mac.advocacy alt.privacy
    can.politics misc.phone.mobile.iphone rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine comp.mobile.android rec.arts.sf.written
    microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an employer,
    not himself. That way he can draw a salary while trolling
    USENET looking for opportunities to hurl insults at those who
    disagree. I wish someone would have the time to document, and
    if successful the cajones to send to his company, some
    timestamped working hours posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL
    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this morning,
    aren't you?

    You know there is pretty much nobody but you, me and Hugh left
    here. That is other than a few worthless trollers. Hmmmmmm, what
    does that say about us?
    I wouldn't care to speculate.

    What I know about you is that you'll take your speculations and
    call it fact.

    That's why you're the lying little shit you are.

    All I know about you is that you feel free to abuse based on your assumptions of intent.

    Did you ever brag about being a millionaire in a certain golf forum?

    As for honesty, please tell us the truth about why you are now
    working for a consulting company. Please tell us what you did for a
    living out in Ontario right after you left high school. Please tell
    us why you only went to college for 1 year. Please tell us why you
    pulled up roots and went to BC. Please tell us who paid for your 500 square foot $100+k (original price) condo. Please tell us what
    happened to your bakerMEDIA gig. Please tell us why your FB posts are
    not shared with the world.

    Finally, please tell us why you think this selfie

    https://digitalfinancial.ca/alan-baker/

    portrays a successful professional. OMG, you could have at least put
    on a clean shirt. BTW I'd love to see the rest of the condo. What's
    in the background is not very attractive.

    A professional's head shot looks like this http://tiny.cc/5ml2vz

    I am well dressed, no scraggly facial hair, neutral background,
    looking directly at the camera, friendly smile. And it's all genuine,
    that is who I am.

    None of that is present in your photo, or your LinkedIn photo. Do you actually want people to take you seriously? Do you know that body
    language speaks louder than words?
    So you went trolling through an entire site to find a post that I put up quickly as a test and failed to remove.

    Bravo, Lying Little Shit!

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday. We have quite the offline discussion going on about your history of abuse of other people in various newsgroups. I have never seen that post myself.
    Thanks for confirming that you made it. Regardless of intent you posted a grossly inaccurate lie. I also learned that you really posted a video supposedly showing you depositing $1000 at an ATM.

    More juicy stuff in that conversation too. More of that later. You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.

    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.

    So here is my theory of one item based on timing of life events you supplied. There is no way a single guy left an Ontario job, moved to BC, bought a Vancouver condo, and then set up a new company with no customer base, all without some outside help. No
    bank would write that mortgage without assurances of income. Most likely a family member fronted money and/or cosigned a mortgage. Or, maybe family bought the condo and you made payments to that person.

    Why is bakerMEDIA no longer paying the bills? Did your foul mouth finally do you in or was it incompetence? If your company was making you a great living why are you working for a company? I notice too that 2018 was the year you bought a race car and
    went to work for Digtal Financial. Coincidence that you needed to do that???? LoL.

    And those selfies! OMG. Are you trying to scare away potential Digital Financial clients? If I was in management and saw those I would take them down and let you know to clean up your act and act your age.

    Have a great holiday weekend.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Thu Dec 29 19:44:57 2022
    On 2022-12-29 19:07, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:20:04 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-29 06:24, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:51:23 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-15 15:50, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 PM UTC-5, Alan
    wrote:
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits
    by Alan Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't
    know how Alan finds time to actually earn a living since
    he spends so much time trolling newsgroups looking for
    opportunities to abuse. A quick search showed his
    trolling in these groups over the last few years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1 comp.sys.mac.advocacy alt.privacy
    can.politics misc.phone.mobile.iphone rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine comp.mobile.android
    rec.arts.sf.written microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an
    employer, not himself. That way he can draw a salary
    while trolling USENET looking for opportunities to hurl
    insults at those who disagree. I wish someone would have
    the time to document, and if successful the cajones to
    send to his company, some timestamped working hours
    posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL
    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this
    morning, aren't you?

    You know there is pretty much nobody but you, me and Hugh
    left here. That is other than a few worthless trollers.
    Hmmmmmm, what does that say about us?
    I wouldn't care to speculate.

    What I know about you is that you'll take your speculations
    and call it fact.

    That's why you're the lying little shit you are.

    All I know about you is that you feel free to abuse based on
    your assumptions of intent.

    Did you ever brag about being a millionaire in a certain golf
    forum?

    As for honesty, please tell us the truth about why you are now
    working for a consulting company. Please tell us what you did for
    a living out in Ontario right after you left high school. Please
    tell us why you only went to college for 1 year. Please tell us
    why you pulled up roots and went to BC. Please tell us who paid
    for your 500 square foot $100+k (original price) condo. Please
    tell us what happened to your bakerMEDIA gig. Please tell us why
    your FB posts are not shared with the world.

    Finally, please tell us why you think this selfie

    https://digitalfinancial.ca/alan-baker/

    portrays a successful professional. OMG, you could have at least
    put on a clean shirt. BTW I'd love to see the rest of the condo.
    What's in the background is not very attractive.

    A professional's head shot looks like this http://tiny.cc/5ml2vz

    I am well dressed, no scraggly facial hair, neutral background,
    looking directly at the camera, friendly smile. And it's all
    genuine, that is who I am.

    None of that is present in your photo, or your LinkedIn photo. Do
    you actually want people to take you seriously? Do you know that
    body language speaks louder than words?
    So you went trolling through an entire site to find a post that I
    put up quickly as a test and failed to remove.

    Bravo, Lying Little Shit!

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in
    an email I received yesterday. We have quite the offline discussion
    going on about your history of abuse of other people in various
    newsgroups. I have never seen that post myself. Thanks for confirming
    that you made it. Regardless of intent you posted a grossly
    inaccurate lie. I also learned that you really posted a video
    supposedly showing you depositing $1000 at an ATM.

    Hey, great!

    More stalking!


    More juicy stuff in that conversation too. More of that later. You
    have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.

    And you just assume it's all true, don't you, you Lying Little Shit!


    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items
    above. Asshole.

    Now why would I answer any question you asked, Lying Little Shit


    So here is my theory of one item based on timing of life events you
    supplied. There is no way a single guy left an Ontario job, moved to
    BC, bought a Vancouver condo, and then set up a new company with no
    customer base, all without some outside help. No bank would write
    that mortgage without assurances of income. Most likely a family
    member fronted money and/or cosigned a mortgage. Or, maybe family
    bought the condo and you made payments to that person.

    Why should I address any of your false assumptions, Lying Little Shit.


    Why is bakerMEDIA no longer paying the bills?

    Who says it isn't, Lying Little Shit?

    Did your foul mouth
    finally do you in or was it incompetence? > If your company was making
    you a great living why are you working for a company? I notice too
    that 2018 was the year you bought a race car and went to work for
    Digtal Financial. Coincidence that you needed to do that???? LoL.

    Yes, yes! More assumptions without any basis!


    And those selfies! OMG. Are you trying to scare away potential
    Digital Financial clients? If I was in management and saw those I
    would take them down and let you know to clean up your act and act
    your age.

    Have a great holiday weekend.

    Fuck you.

    Say some of this in person some time, Lying Little Shit.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Thu Dec 29 20:07:10 2022
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.

    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.


    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.

    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.


    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.

    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    -hh

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Fri Dec 30 06:00:45 2022
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:45:01 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-29 19:07, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:20:04 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-29 06:24, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:51:23 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-15 15:50, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 PM UTC-5, Alan
    wrote:
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits
    by Alan Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't
    know how Alan finds time to actually earn a living since
    he spends so much time trolling newsgroups looking for
    opportunities to abuse. A quick search showed his
    trolling in these groups over the last few years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1 comp.sys.mac.advocacy alt.privacy
    can.politics misc.phone.mobile.iphone rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine comp.mobile.android
    rec.arts.sf.written microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an
    employer, not himself. That way he can draw a salary
    while trolling USENET looking for opportunities to hurl
    insults at those who disagree. I wish someone would have
    the time to document, and if successful the cajones to
    send to his company, some timestamped working hours
    posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL
    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this
    morning, aren't you?

    You know there is pretty much nobody but you, me and Hugh
    left here. That is other than a few worthless trollers.
    Hmmmmmm, what does that say about us?
    I wouldn't care to speculate.

    What I know about you is that you'll take your speculations
    and call it fact.

    That's why you're the lying little shit you are.

    All I know about you is that you feel free to abuse based on
    your assumptions of intent.

    Did you ever brag about being a millionaire in a certain golf
    forum?

    As for honesty, please tell us the truth about why you are now
    working for a consulting company. Please tell us what you did for
    a living out in Ontario right after you left high school. Please
    tell us why you only went to college for 1 year. Please tell us
    why you pulled up roots and went to BC. Please tell us who paid
    for your 500 square foot $100+k (original price) condo. Please
    tell us what happened to your bakerMEDIA gig. Please tell us why
    your FB posts are not shared with the world.

    Finally, please tell us why you think this selfie

    https://digitalfinancial.ca/alan-baker/

    portrays a successful professional. OMG, you could have at least
    put on a clean shirt. BTW I'd love to see the rest of the condo.
    What's in the background is not very attractive.

    A professional's head shot looks like this http://tiny.cc/5ml2vz

    I am well dressed, no scraggly facial hair, neutral background,
    looking directly at the camera, friendly smile. And it's all
    genuine, that is who I am.

    None of that is present in your photo, or your LinkedIn photo. Do
    you actually want people to take you seriously? Do you know that
    body language speaks louder than words?
    So you went trolling through an entire site to find a post that I
    put up quickly as a test and failed to remove.

    Bravo, Lying Little Shit!

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in
    an email I received yesterday. We have quite the offline discussion
    going on about your history of abuse of other people in various newsgroups. I have never seen that post myself. Thanks for confirming
    that you made it. Regardless of intent you posted a grossly
    inaccurate lie. I also learned that you really posted a video
    supposedly showing you depositing $1000 at an ATM.
    Hey, great!

    More stalking!

    More juicy stuff in that conversation too. More of that later. You
    have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    And you just assume it's all true, don't you, you Lying Little Shit!

    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items
    above. Asshole.
    Now why would I answer any question you asked, Lying Little Shit

    So here is my theory of one item based on timing of life events you supplied. There is no way a single guy left an Ontario job, moved to
    BC, bought a Vancouver condo, and then set up a new company with no customer base, all without some outside help. No bank would write
    that mortgage without assurances of income. Most likely a family
    member fronted money and/or cosigned a mortgage. Or, maybe family
    bought the condo and you made payments to that person.
    Why should I address any of your false assumptions, Lying Little Shit.

    Why is bakerMEDIA no longer paying the bills?
    Who says it isn't, Lying Little Shit?
    Did your foul mouth
    finally do you in or was it incompetence? > If your company was making
    you a great living why are you working for a company? I notice too
    that 2018 was the year you bought a race car and went to work for
    Digtal Financial. Coincidence that you needed to do that???? LoL.
    Yes, yes! More assumptions without any basis!

    And those selfies! OMG. Are you trying to scare away potential
    Digital Financial clients? If I was in management and saw those I
    would take them down and let you know to clean up your act and act
    your age.

    Have a great holiday weekend.
    Fuck you.

    Say some of this in person some time, Lying Little Shit.

    Stalking? Just asking a few questions about events you have made public in this group, on LinkedIn and looking at pictures you have posted. And what do I get? No answers, just insults. Why? Almost certainly if you answer with the truth it's embarrassing.

    I have applied for several mortgages in my day. A basic metric for getting a mortgage is ability to pay back the money. There you are, freshly arrived in one of the most expensive housing markets in North America. This after moving from job to job in
    Ontario. You claim to have started up bakerMEDIA after records show you bought the condo. No record of long term employment, no record of a Vancouver job. Wow I ask, how did that happen? According to my sources your mother helped support you after you
    dropped out of college. That fits. Or maybe it was your brother, the one who gave you a great deal on a car?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to -hh on Fri Dec 30 06:05:48 2022
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    -hh

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on the Digital Financial site? Those are the current norm, not Alan in his condo or 17th century Dutch oils. Alan's picture is a sore thumb. Just like Alan himself. I
    suppose you can say the picture is honest. Good for Alan, not pretending he is something he is not.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Fri Dec 30 06:58:38 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.

    -hh

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Fri Dec 30 06:31:23 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:00:47 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:45:01 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-29 19:07, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:20:04 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-29 06:24, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:51:23 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-15 15:50, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 PM UTC-5, Alan
    wrote:
    On 2022-12-12 07:38, Thomas E. wrote:
    For those of you who have been call lying little shits
    by Alan Baker rest assured you are not alone. I don't
    know how Alan finds time to actually earn a living since
    he spends so much time trolling newsgroups looking for
    opportunities to abuse. A quick search showed his
    trolling in these groups over the last few years:

    rec.autos.sport.f1 comp.sys.mac.advocacy alt.privacy
    can.politics misc.phone.mobile.iphone rec.sport.golf
    alt.politics.usa.republican alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    alt.global-warming alt.politics.republican
    alt.politics.democrats misc.phone.mobile.iphone
    rec.skiing.alpine comp.mobile.android
    rec.arts.sf.written microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

    This MIGHT explain why Alan is now working for an
    employer, not himself. That way he can draw a salary
    while trolling USENET looking for opportunities to hurl
    insults at those who disagree. I wish someone would have
    the time to document, and if successful the cajones to
    send to his company, some timestamped working hours
    posts. Not, me, not going there.

    LOL
    Wow.

    You're really quite the butt-hurt little shit this
    morning, aren't you?

    You know there is pretty much nobody but you, me and Hugh
    left here. That is other than a few worthless trollers.
    Hmmmmmm, what does that say about us?
    I wouldn't care to speculate.

    What I know about you is that you'll take your speculations
    and call it fact.

    That's why you're the lying little shit you are.

    All I know about you is that you feel free to abuse based on
    your assumptions of intent.

    Did you ever brag about being a millionaire in a certain golf
    forum?

    As for honesty, please tell us the truth about why you are now
    working for a consulting company. Please tell us what you did for
    a living out in Ontario right after you left high school. Please
    tell us why you only went to college for 1 year. Please tell us
    why you pulled up roots and went to BC. Please tell us who paid
    for your 500 square foot $100+k (original price) condo. Please
    tell us what happened to your bakerMEDIA gig. Please tell us why
    your FB posts are not shared with the world.

    Finally, please tell us why you think this selfie

    https://digitalfinancial.ca/alan-baker/

    portrays a successful professional. OMG, you could have at least
    put on a clean shirt. BTW I'd love to see the rest of the condo.
    What's in the background is not very attractive.

    A professional's head shot looks like this http://tiny.cc/5ml2vz

    I am well dressed, no scraggly facial hair, neutral background,
    looking directly at the camera, friendly smile. And it's all
    genuine, that is who I am.

    None of that is present in your photo, or your LinkedIn photo. Do
    you actually want people to take you seriously? Do you know that
    body language speaks louder than words?
    So you went trolling through an entire site to find a post that I
    put up quickly as a test and failed to remove.

    Bravo, Lying Little Shit!

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in
    an email I received yesterday. We have quite the offline discussion going on about your history of abuse of other people in various newsgroups. I have never seen that post myself. Thanks for confirming that you made it. Regardless of intent you posted a grossly
    inaccurate lie. I also learned that you really posted a video
    supposedly showing you depositing $1000 at an ATM.
    Hey, great!

    More stalking!

    More juicy stuff in that conversation too. More of that later. You
    have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    And you just assume it's all true, don't you, you Lying Little Shit!

    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Now why would I answer any question you asked, Lying Little Shit

    So here is my theory of one item based on timing of life events you supplied. There is no way a single guy left an Ontario job, moved to
    BC, bought a Vancouver condo, and then set up a new company with no customer base, all without some outside help. No bank would write
    that mortgage without assurances of income. Most likely a family
    member fronted money and/or cosigned a mortgage. Or, maybe family
    bought the condo and you made payments to that person.
    Why should I address any of your false assumptions, Lying Little Shit.

    Why is bakerMEDIA no longer paying the bills?
    Who says it isn't, Lying Little Shit?
    Did your foul mouth
    finally do you in or was it incompetence? > If your company was making you a great living why are you working for a company? I notice too
    that 2018 was the year you bought a race car and went to work for
    Digtal Financial. Coincidence that you needed to do that???? LoL.
    Yes, yes! More assumptions without any basis!

    And those selfies! OMG. Are you trying to scare away potential
    Digital Financial clients? If I was in management and saw those I
    would take them down and let you know to clean up your act and act
    your age.

    Have a great holiday weekend.
    Fuck you.

    Say some of this in person some time, Lying Little Shit.
    Stalking? Just asking a few questions about events you have made public in this group, on LinkedIn and looking at pictures you have posted. And what do I get? No answers, just insults. Why? Almost certainly if you answer with the truth it's
    embarrassing.

    I have applied for several mortgages in my day. A basic metric for getting a mortgage is ability to pay back the money. There you are, freshly arrived in one of the most expensive housing markets in North America. This after moving from job to job in
    Ontario. You claim to have started up bakerMEDIA after records show you bought the condo. No record of long term employment, no record of a Vancouver job. Wow I ask, how did that happen? According to my sources your mother helped support you after you
    dropped out of college. That fits. Or maybe it was your brother, the one who gave you a great deal on a car?

    Missed an item, you also had a sales job there when you moved to BC.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to -hh on Fri Dec 30 08:30:50 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on the Digital Financial site?
    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.

    -hh

    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position. The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those
    attributes. Also, the picture was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish condo interior selfie? He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Fri Dec 30 09:59:27 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.

    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?

    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.

    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.

    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.

    -hh

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to -hh on Fri Dec 30 10:21:33 2022
    On 2022-12-30 09:59, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote: >>>>>> ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.

    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?

    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.

    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.

    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.

    -hh

    Meh.

    I didn't even realize that that photo was still on that page.

    I was building the site and threw up the first photo I had.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to -hh on Fri Dec 30 12:55:27 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 12:59:29 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.
    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.
    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?
    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.
    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.
    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.

    -hh

    Really? Room rater? I'm retired from consulting but busier than ever flying and training for CAP. We have started traveling again. East Coast and Canada in September, Atlanta for family Christmas, Costa Rica in January, Beaver Creek skiing Feb-March,
    probably at least one trip to Europe this year. Plus, every chance I get I'm out flying RC models and quad drones. My only basement time is building and modifying aircraft. This month we bought a new embroidery machine that the wife and I are learning
    how to program. No Hugh, we are living the dream. Travel, hobbies, family...love it.

    Read Alan's reply related to that condo picture. He forgot it was on the site. Hope he changes it.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Fri Dec 30 12:55:50 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 1:21:43 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-30 09:59, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote: >>>>>> ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.

    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?

    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.

    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.

    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.

    -hh
    Meh.

    I didn't even realize that that photo was still on that page.

    I was building the site and threw up the first photo I had.

    :-)

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Alan on Fri Dec 30 16:08:01 2022
    On 2022-12-30 10:21, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-30 09:59, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote: >>>>>>> ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you >>>>>>> in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet
    they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other
    items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and >>>>>> you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved
    for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own
    portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a
    hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th
    Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other
    professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The
    comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch
    merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already
    changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a
    2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital
    2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D
    VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry
    and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my
    own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me
    specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be
    looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but
    other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding,
    electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed
    professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those
    attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a
    subtle message.

    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's
    post-Information Age.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert
    in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?

    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product.  I'd
    say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.

    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.

    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas
    I'm trying not to.

    -hh

    Meh.

    I didn't even realize that that photo was still on that page.

    I was building the site and threw up the first photo I had.

    And now I've set it to the correct image...

    ...which will make the Lying Little Shit happy...

    ...until he dreams up a new "theory".

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Fri Dec 30 16:28:26 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 3:55:28 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 12:59:29 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.
    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.
    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?
    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.
    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.
    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.


    Really? Room rater?

    Yup. It illustrates how the workplace has evolved with teleworking. My own setup
    hasn't been fancy ... just a framed print backdrop, but it has a useful note tagged on it
    that's only visible when I'm not in the chair:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/BRB.jpg>


    I'm retired from consulting ...

    Which then makes your headshot pic even more obsolete and irrelevant.

    We have started traveling again. East Coast and Canada in September, Atlanta for family
    Christmas, Costa Rica in January, Beaver Creek skiing Feb-March, probably at least one trip
    to Europe this year.

    With what appears to be a chronological listing, suggesting that 'Costa Rica in January'
    means next month, and those that follow are 2023 plans subject to change as well.



    ...No Hugh, we are living the dream. Travel, hobbies, family...love it.

    To assuage your fears, others have been traveling too .. just not advertising it here on COLA.
    Case in point:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/brac/20220523-1303-beach.jpeg> <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/France/2022FR_Eugisheim.jpg>

    Plus much of the 'hobby' year was busy with a project that I've also not talked much about.
    But suffice that 'Stage II' is now complete.

    Read Alan's reply related to that condo picture. He forgot it was on the site.
    Hope he changes it.

    Doesn't matter when you'll invariably contrive some sort of criticism to whine about.

    Even a formal portrait headshot just like yours, you'll then complain that the color
    of the background isn't exactly the same shade! /s


    -hh

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to -hh on Sat Dec 31 09:01:47 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 7:28:28 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 3:55:28 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 12:59:29 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.
    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.
    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?
    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.
    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.
    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.


    Really? Room rater?

    Yup. It illustrates how the workplace has evolved with teleworking. My own setup
    hasn't been fancy ... just a framed print backdrop, but it has a useful note tagged on it
    that's only visible when I'm not in the chair:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/BRB.jpg>


    I'm retired from consulting ...

    Which then makes your headshot pic even more obsolete and irrelevant.
    We have started traveling again. East Coast and Canada in September, Atlanta for family
    Christmas, Costa Rica in January, Beaver Creek skiing Feb-March, probably at least one trip
    to Europe this year.
    With what appears to be a chronological listing, suggesting that 'Costa Rica in January'
    means next month, and those that follow are 2023 plans subject to change as well.



    ...No Hugh, we are living the dream. Travel, hobbies, family...love it.

    To assuage your fears, others have been traveling too .. just not advertising it here on COLA.
    Case in point:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/brac/20220523-1303-beach.jpeg> <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/France/2022FR_Eugisheim.jpg>

    Plus much of the 'hobby' year was busy with a project that I've also not talked much about.
    But suffice that 'Stage II' is now complete.
    Read Alan's reply related to that condo picture. He forgot it was on the site.
    Hope he changes it.
    Doesn't matter when you'll invariably contrive some sort of criticism to whine about.

    Even a formal portrait headshot just like yours, you'll then complain that the color
    of the background isn't exactly the same shade! /s


    -hh

    My God Hugh, you complain about travel plans being plans then accuse me of contriving criticism. LOL!

    The point about the portrait was that is was suitable for a purpose at a point in time, not my current situation. I don't have a company website to post to these days. It went away more than a year ago.

    I've not advertised my travel here either, at least until you implied that I'm a stay-at-home dinosaur.

    Actually the picture of Alan on the Who We Are company page is OK, and similar to other staff shown on the site.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Sat Dec 31 10:12:48 2022
    On 2022-12-31 09:19, Thomas E. wrote:
    Looks good to me.

    Speaking of theories, how about theories being used to extrapolate into imagined lies based on 0 personal experience, actual observation and limited knowledge? Like these:

    15 touch and goes in an hour of logged flight time

    Information offered by YOU.

    correct use of roundabout lanes in Carmel Indiana

    Information offered by YOU

    auto structural impingement into the passenger area in a crash

    Information offered by YOU

    a new 16" Apple Mac dying 14 days after purchase

    Information offered by YOU.

    Do you sense a theme here, stalker?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Sat Dec 31 09:19:40 2022
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 7:08:03 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-30 10:21, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-30 09:59, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote: >>>>>>> ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you >>>>>>> in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet
    they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other
    items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and >>>>>> you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved >>>>>> for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own
    portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a >>>>>> hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th >>>>>> Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other
    professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The >>>> comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch
    merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already
    changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a >>>> 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital
    2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D
    VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry
    and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my >>>> own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me
    specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be
    looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but
    other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding,
    electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed
    professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those
    attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a
    subtle message.

    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's
    post-Information Age.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert
    in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?

    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd
    say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.

    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me. >>
    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas
    I'm trying not to.

    -hh

    Meh.

    I didn't even realize that that photo was still on that page.

    I was building the site and threw up the first photo I had.
    And now I've set it to the correct image...

    ...which will make the Lying Little Shit happy...

    ...until he dreams up a new "theory".

    Looks good to me.

    Speaking of theories, how about theories being used to extrapolate into imagined lies based on 0 personal experience, actual observation and limited knowledge? Like these:

    15 touch and goes in an hour of logged flight time
    correct use of roundabout lanes in Carmel Indiana
    auto structural impingement into the passenger area in a crash
    a new 16" Apple Mac dying 14 days after purchase

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Sat Dec 31 10:49:46 2022
    On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 12:01:48 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 7:28:28 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 3:55:28 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 12:59:29 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.

    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?
    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.

    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.

    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.


    Really? Room rater?

    Yup. It illustrates how the workplace has evolved with teleworking. My own setup
    hasn't been fancy ... just a framed print backdrop, but it has a useful note tagged on it
    that's only visible when I'm not in the chair:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/BRB.jpg>


    I'm retired from consulting ...

    Which then makes your headshot pic even more obsolete and irrelevant.

    We have started traveling again. East Coast and Canada in September, Atlanta for family
    Christmas, Costa Rica in January, Beaver Creek skiing Feb-March, probably at least one trip
    to Europe this year.

    With what appears to be a chronological listing, suggesting that 'Costa Rica in January'
    means next month, and those that follow are 2023 plans subject to change as well.

    ...No Hugh, we are living the dream. Travel, hobbies, family...love it.

    To assuage your fears, others have been traveling too .. just not advertising it here on COLA.
    Case in point:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/brac/20220523-1303-beach.jpeg> <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/France/2022FR_Eugisheim.jpg>

    Plus much of the 'hobby' year was busy with a project that I've also not talked much about.
    But suffice that 'Stage II' is now complete.

    Read Alan's reply related to that condo picture. He forgot it was on the site.
    Hope he changes it.

    Doesn't matter when you'll invariably contrive some sort of criticism to whine about.

    Even a formal portrait headshot just like yours, you'll then complain that the color
    of the background isn't exactly the same shade! /s

    My God Hugh, you complain about travel plans being plans then accuse me of contriving criticism. LOL!

    Considering that they were totally out of the blue, it was a transparent brag attempt.

    FWIW, I could also list my plans too, with our dead 2020 list (thanks CoVid) to illustrate.
    It was: Spring/Montreal (weekend) & TN; Summer/Norway(Svalbard cruise?); Fall/South
    Africa (DM), & Brac (S+K); Late/Australia (D+S), plus the short list also had: New Zealand
    (south island); Spain; Croatia. This is now going to be inputs into our 2023 formulations,
    with of course flexibility to adapt/pivot, like last month's trip to France, which initially started
    with a different EU destination.

    The point about the portrait was that is was suitable for a purpose at a point in time,
    not my current situation. I don't have a company website to post to these days. It went
    away more than a year ago.

    Which means you're now admitting that it is a relic of the past...dinosaur.

    I've not advertised my travel here either, at least until you implied that I'm a stay-at-home dinosaur.

    No, the "dinosaur" was in the context of technologically driven social change.

    Actually the picture of Alan on the Who We Are company page is OK, and similar to other staff shown on the site.

    What, no complaint that no eyeglasses, so it could be deceptive? /s


    -hh

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  • From John@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Sun Jan 1 11:21:46 2023
    On 12/30/2022 8:30 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote: >>>>> ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on the Digital Financial site?
    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.

    -hh

    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position. The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those
    attributes. Also, the picture was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish condo interior selfie? He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.


    Trolls normally do not dress or look professional.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Jan 2 06:21:52 2023
    On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 1:12:51 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-31 09:19, Thomas E. wrote:
    Looks good to me.

    Speaking of theories, how about theories being used to extrapolate into imagined lies based on 0 personal experience, actual observation and limited knowledge? Like these:

    15 touch and goes in an hour of logged flight time
    Information offered by YOU.
    correct use of roundabout lanes in Carmel Indiana
    Information offered by YOU
    auto structural impingement into the passenger area in a crash
    Information offered by YOU
    a new 16" Apple Mac dying 14 days after purchase
    Information offered by YOU.

    Do you sense a theme here, stalker?

    The point being that in each instance you conjured up a "lie" based on no first-hand observation or relevant experience. This is how you attempt to destroy those who dare doubt you.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to -hh on Mon Jan 2 06:25:34 2023
    On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 1:49:48 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 12:01:48 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 7:28:28 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 3:55:28 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 12:59:29 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.

    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?
    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.

    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.

    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.


    Really? Room rater?

    Yup. It illustrates how the workplace has evolved with teleworking. My own setup
    hasn't been fancy ... just a framed print backdrop, but it has a useful note tagged on it
    that's only visible when I'm not in the chair:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/BRB.jpg>


    I'm retired from consulting ...

    Which then makes your headshot pic even more obsolete and irrelevant.

    We have started traveling again. East Coast and Canada in September, Atlanta for family
    Christmas, Costa Rica in January, Beaver Creek skiing Feb-March, probably at least one trip
    to Europe this year.

    With what appears to be a chronological listing, suggesting that 'Costa Rica in January'
    means next month, and those that follow are 2023 plans subject to change as well.

    ...No Hugh, we are living the dream. Travel, hobbies, family...love it.

    To assuage your fears, others have been traveling too .. just not advertising it here on COLA.
    Case in point:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/brac/20220523-1303-beach.jpeg> <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/France/2022FR_Eugisheim.jpg>

    Plus much of the 'hobby' year was busy with a project that I've also not talked much about.
    But suffice that 'Stage II' is now complete.

    Read Alan's reply related to that condo picture. He forgot it was on the site.
    Hope he changes it.

    Doesn't matter when you'll invariably contrive some sort of criticism to whine about.

    Even a formal portrait headshot just like yours, you'll then complain that the color
    of the background isn't exactly the same shade! /s

    My God Hugh, you complain about travel plans being plans then accuse me of contriving criticism. LOL!
    Considering that they were totally out of the blue, it was a transparent brag attempt.

    FWIW, I could also list my plans too, with our dead 2020 list (thanks CoVid) to illustrate.
    It was: Spring/Montreal (weekend) & TN; Summer/Norway(Svalbard cruise?); Fall/South
    Africa (DM), & Brac (S+K); Late/Australia (D+S), plus the short list also had: New Zealand
    (south island); Spain; Croatia. This is now going to be inputs into our 2023 formulations,
    with of course flexibility to adapt/pivot, like last month's trip to France, which initially started
    with a different EU destination.
    The point about the portrait was that is was suitable for a purpose at a point in time,
    not my current situation. I don't have a company website to post to these days. It went
    away more than a year ago.
    Which means you're now admitting that it is a relic of the past...dinosaur.
    I've not advertised my travel here either, at least until you implied that I'm a stay-at-home dinosaur.
    No, the "dinosaur" was in the context of technologically driven social change.
    Actually the picture of Alan on the Who We Are company page is OK, and similar to other staff shown on the site.
    What, no complaint that no eyeglasses, so it could be deceptive? /s


    -hh

    Really, I interpreted your comments as implying that I'm old and irrelevant. So I mentioned my travel plans to show I'm still looking forward to new experiences.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to -hh on Mon Jan 2 06:28:29 2023
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 7:28:28 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 3:55:28 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 12:59:29 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.
    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.
    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?
    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.
    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.
    Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.


    Really? Room rater?

    Yup. It illustrates how the workplace has evolved with teleworking. My own setup
    hasn't been fancy ... just a framed print backdrop, but it has a useful note tagged on it
    that's only visible when I'm not in the chair:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/BRB.jpg>


    I'm retired from consulting ...

    Which then makes your headshot pic even more obsolete and irrelevant.
    We have started traveling again. East Coast and Canada in September, Atlanta for family
    Christmas, Costa Rica in January, Beaver Creek skiing Feb-March, probably at least one trip
    to Europe this year.
    With what appears to be a chronological listing, suggesting that 'Costa Rica in January'
    means next month, and those that follow are 2023 plans subject to change as well.



    ...No Hugh, we are living the dream. Travel, hobbies, family...love it.

    To assuage your fears, others have been traveling too .. just not advertising it here on COLA.
    Case in point:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/brac/20220523-1303-beach.jpeg> <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/France/2022FR_Eugisheim.jpg>

    Plus much of the 'hobby' year was busy with a project that I've also not talked much about.
    But suffice that 'Stage II' is now complete.
    Read Alan's reply related to that condo picture. He forgot it was on the site.
    Hope he changes it.
    Doesn't matter when you'll invariably contrive some sort of criticism to whine about.

    Even a formal portrait headshot just like yours, you'll then complain that the color
    of the background isn't exactly the same shade! /s


    -hh

    I would only add that Alan immediately replaced that photo on the company site with one more suitable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to John on Mon Jan 2 06:26:53 2023
    On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 2:21:54 PM UTC-5, John wrote:
    On 12/30/2022 8:30 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote: >>>>> ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on the Digital Financial site?
    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.

    -hh

    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position. The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those
    attributes. Also, the picture was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.

    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish condo interior selfie? He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me.
    Trolls normally do not dress or look professional.

    Certainly true in this case.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Mon Jan 2 09:21:22 2023
    On 2023-01-02 06:28, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 7:28:28 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 3:55:28 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 12:59:29 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 11:30:52 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, -hh wrote:
    On Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9:05:50 AM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote: >>>>>>> On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 11:07:11 PM UTC-5, -hh wrote: >>>>>>>> On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10:07:35 PM UTC-5, Thomas E. wrote: >>>>>>>>> ...

    Actually another person active on that golf forum snitched on you in an email I received yesterday.
    Translation: another sore butthurt bag of resentment.
    You have a lot of people who despise you and want to talk.
    Translation: they know they can't do a damn thing about it, yet they still whine.
    I note that you totally deflected from replying to any other items above. Asshole.
    Oh, such as a headshot composition troll? That really was lame and you should have
    known better, as every industry and every generation has evolved for just what can be
    acceptable or not ... case in point, why is it that your own portrait a photo instead of an
    oil painting? Likewise, why aren't you wearing black, and with a hat (black) & a white lace
    collar? Just because you're not Dutch, nor its no longer the 17th Century isn't an excuse:

    <https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frans-hals-dutch-c1582-1583-1666.html#slide_5>

    So how does that selfie in his condo compare to the other professionals' pictures on
    the Digital Financial site?

    Don't know, don't care, as that wasn't the point of the comment. The comment was
    noting that standards aren't fixed but they change. The 17C Dutch merchant portraits
    exploited time so as to emphasize just how much things have already changed, and
    will continue to change. Even the medium is illustrative: what was a 2D projection
    on oils has migrated through B&W and Color film to now be a digital 2D image, and
    it probably isn't long until it moves again, perhaps to a 3D VR/hologram representation.

    Those are the current norm, ...

    No, it is what *you* think the 'current norm' is from your industry and expectations.

    That's also why when I look at your volunteered portrait pic from my own profession
    perspective, I see elements within your visage which tells me specific things about you,
    some of which may be immediately disqualifying for what I may be looking to hire...

    ...and I'm not talking about gender, race, age of the "you", but other elements therein.


    That's true. I'm not looking for a truck driving, welding, electrician, or lawn care position.
    The image is what I was at the time, an educated well-dressed professional in good health
    looking for consulting opportunities a field that requires those attributes. Also, the picture
    was taken by a professional photographer, which in itself sends a subtle message.
    The attributes & messages is that of a ''dinosaur", not of today's post-Information Age.
    Do you actually think Alan looks like a professional computer expert in that amateurish
    condo interior selfie?
    It is a lot warmer & humanistic and appropriate to the product. I'd say that Alan would
    get a higher score by Room Rater than you would.
    He looks like a Gen Y mom's basement-dweller Usenet-addicted geek to me. >>>> Because you've surrendered to being one of those dinosaurs, whereas I'm trying not to.


    Really? Room rater?

    Yup. It illustrates how the workplace has evolved with teleworking. My own setup
    hasn't been fancy ... just a framed print backdrop, but it has a useful note tagged on it
    that's only visible when I'm not in the chair:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/BRB.jpg>


    I'm retired from consulting ...

    Which then makes your headshot pic even more obsolete and irrelevant.
    We have started traveling again. East Coast and Canada in September, Atlanta for family
    Christmas, Costa Rica in January, Beaver Creek skiing Feb-March, probably at least one trip
    to Europe this year.
    With what appears to be a chronological listing, suggesting that 'Costa Rica in January'
    means next month, and those that follow are 2023 plans subject to change as well.



    ...No Hugh, we are living the dream. Travel, hobbies, family...love it.

    To assuage your fears, others have been traveling too .. just not advertising it here on COLA.
    Case in point:

    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/brac/20220523-1303-beach.jpeg>
    <https://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2022/France/2022FR_Eugisheim.jpg>

    Plus much of the 'hobby' year was busy with a project that I've also not talked much about.
    But suffice that 'Stage II' is now complete.
    Read Alan's reply related to that condo picture. He forgot it was on the site.
    Hope he changes it.
    Doesn't matter when you'll invariably contrive some sort of criticism to whine about.

    Even a formal portrait headshot just like yours, you'll then complain that the color
    of the background isn't exactly the same shade! /s


    -hh

    I would only add that Alan immediately replaced that photo on the company site with one more suitable.

    And of what relevance is that, you Lying Little Shit?

    As I already said I was unaware that I'd left that photo up from when I
    was building the site in the first place.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Mon Jan 2 09:20:20 2023
    On 2023-01-02 06:21, Thomas E. wrote:
    On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 1:12:51 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
    On 2022-12-31 09:19, Thomas E. wrote:
    Looks good to me.

    Speaking of theories, how about theories being used to
    extrapolate into imagined lies based on 0 personal experience,
    actual observation and limited knowledge? Like these:

    15 touch and goes in an hour of logged flight time
    Information offered by YOU.
    correct use of roundabout lanes in Carmel Indiana
    Information offered by YOU
    auto structural impingement into the passenger area in a crash
    Information offered by YOU
    a new 16" Apple Mac dying 14 days after purchase
    Information offered by YOU.

    Do you sense a theme here, stalker?

    The point being that in each instance you conjured up a "lie" based
    on no first-hand observation or relevant experience. This is how you
    attempt to destroy those who dare doubt you.

    The point being that at no time did I lie about anything.

    I offered my opinions on some subjects.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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