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Re: Apple Store appointment today

From Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject Re: Apple Store appointment today
Date 2026-10-21 15:30 -0700
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On 2026-10-21 15:02, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 10/21/26 3:35 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2026-10-21 06:15, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 10/16/26 3:39 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2026-10-16 11:38, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>> On 10/15/26 12:22 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>> On 2026-10-15 03:49, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>> On 10/14/26 8:10 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2026-10-14 15:27, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 10/14/26 4:24 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2026-10-14 12:59, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/14/26 11:22 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a 2:40 reservation to have my iPad examined. Might 
>>>>>>>>>>>> just be a dirty charging port, but this morning it will not 
>>>>>>>>>>>> charge.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Results later.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Love the Apple Store folks. It was just a dirty port. But, 
>>>>>>>>>>> the tech also informed me that the battery is a 82%, and to 
>>>>>>>>>>> expect a message to bring it back in a few months for a new 
>>>>>>>>>>> battery. Since Apple does not actually replace batteries that 
>>>>>>>>>>> actually means a replacement iPad. All covered under 
>>>>>>>>>>> AppleCare+ For $20 a month for my iPhone 14 Pro, iPad 9th gen 
>>>>>>>>>>> and the MacBook Air.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> An old guy across from me at the store had a 10 year old iPad 
>>>>>>>>>>> the same charging issue. He left with a working iPad too, no 
>>>>>>>>>>> charge for fixing it. The wife's 7 year old iPad 7 is now 
>>>>>>>>>>> done with full update service. Not seeing any need to buy 
>>>>>>>>>>> another any time soon. I did not have a single Android tablet 
>>>>>>>>>>> that lasted more than 3 years. Hers with not be under 
>>>>>>>>>>> AppleCare+ in about a year, but so what?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank goodness your "life" wasn't "disrupted"...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <eyeroll>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yep, no need to go back in a week or so, pickup a replacement, 
>>>>>>>>> restore, and tweak settings. Replacement is much easier than 
>>>>>>>>> Android, but still takes some time. That will happen fairly 
>>>>>>>>> soon though when the battery (in truth, the whole iPad) will be 
>>>>>>>>> replaced under AppleCare+. That will likely not be the last 
>>>>>>>>> such incident until it runs out of AppleCare+ coverage. Since 
>>>>>>>>> it was sold by Apple until May 2024 AppleCare+ should last 
>>>>>>>>> until April 2031. Am I right about that? Almost 5 more years?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Would you like a fan to prevent you from getting the vapours?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just another dose of Fakerboy's abusive rhetoric.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh my, you are such a fragile little flower, aren't you?
>>>>>
>>>>> OMG, the lengths you have gone to to support your inflated opinion 
>>>>> of your FF racing days! Fragile little flower aren't you?
>>>>
>>>> What in the world is that dodge, Liarboy?
>>>>
>>>> I have no inflated opinion.
>>>>
>>>> I have the respect of my peers.
>>>>
>>>> That's why they made me an instructor after only 4 seasons of racing.
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> There is an old saying attributed to George Bernard Shaw: "Those who 
>>> can, do; those who can't, teach" that is true in this instance.
>>
>> Except, as amply demonstrated over 14 races in 2019, I CAN do.
>>
>> Against a driver you classed as "exceptional", across 14 races where 
>> we both finished, I completed the nearly 4 hours and 40 minutes of 
>> racing in a shorter time; not much shorter—only 0.16% IIRC, but shorter.
> 
> Except that you were consistently beaten by the best two - McColl and 
> Floer - you raced against. As in 1 or 2 wins out of too many races to 
> count.

In an overweight car when I was still learning.

> 
> As for McKay -
> 
> I downloaded all 14 2019 races data. Three of those Dave lost badly. Of 
> the remaining 11 closer races you finished ahead of Dave in 2, Dave 
> ahead in 9, by out-driving you.

Where you get to draw "badly" to suit yourself. Certainly there were two 
races where Dave finished behind me by roughly 28 and 44 seconds (and 
where you just declared that it must have meant he had some kind of 
"problem")...

...but there were also three races where I finished behind Dave by 
signifcant numbers: roughly 25, 20, and 20.

Do you suppose that I was that far behind because of a "problem".

The fact remains that over close to 5 HOURS of racing, our overall 
finishing times were within 0.16% of each other.

How is it possible for you to contort that to mean that I'm a "mediocre 
driver"?

I also turned the second fastest lap EVER on the course layout before 
its recent renovation.

> 
> As always you only look at the data in a way that makes you look as good 
> as possible.

Irony.

> 
>  From 2019 forward you raced against historically weaker competition, if 
> you raced at all.
> 
> Teaching and racing are different skill sets. I never said you are not a 
> great teacher. But I do not know. Who were your pupils? Let's see how 
> they performed. Failure to disclose is an admission of failure. How long 
> were you an instructor? Tenure is another metric of success. Year or 
> two, or still instructing?

I was invited to join the RDC in after the end of the 2016 season, 
before I even had a car that was competitive.

So my tenure is from 2017 to date.

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Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 11:22 -0400
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 10:27 -0700
    Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 16:01 -0400
      Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 13:23 -0700
        Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 07:16 -0400
          Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-15 10:15 -0700
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 15:59 -0400
    Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 13:24 -0700
      Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 18:27 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 19:30 -0400
          Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 19:52 -0400
            Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 21:16 -0400
              Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 18:32 -0700
              Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 21:59 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 22:26 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-15 08:10 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 19:50 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 17:10 -0700
          Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 06:49 -0400
            Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-15 09:22 -0700
              Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-16 14:38 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-16 12:39 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 09:15 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-21 11:31 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 15:22 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 12:27 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-21 15:36 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-21 12:47 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 18:04 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 15:34 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-21 18:52 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 16:36 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-21 12:35 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 18:02 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-21 15:30 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-21 16:48 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 08:10 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-22 08:54 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 09:23 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-22 13:33 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 16:47 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-22 14:18 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 16:14 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-23 05:22 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-23 08:28 -0700
                Re: Apple Store appointment today -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-23 06:44 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-23 05:24 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-23 06:44 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-22 09:15 -0400
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 11:53 -0400
    Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-15 12:16 -0400

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