Well, I'll be... it IS you! ("forreal Alan")
Thanks for checking in, Alan.
I don't know if anyone will read this... it looks like the message thread died off quite awhile ago. But this is Dan B. from Seattle, WA, who posted way back near the bottom of page 4, and the top of page 5.
I bailed out from the conversation after that, when that fake-Alan joker who was calling himself "The REAL Alan Webb" couldn't remember going to a Seattle bar for dinner, only 3 weeks after the fact.
But the guy named "forreal Alan" who answered the security questions at the bottom of page 9, did indeed answer my Seattle-bar question (#1) correctly...
"1. RAM restaurant sat at the bar because the wait for tables was over an hour"
I don't know about the answers to the other 3 security questions, but getting mine right is good enough for me, I believe it's you, Mr. W.! Looks like you came in right at the very tail end to read it all, and probably had a good laugh at all of the goofy imposter action going on.
Some of the discussion was interesting, but what a hassle it is, dealing with some bozo (or bozos) who has nothing better to do than to waste everyone's time pretending to be someone they're not.
Seems like the LetsRun.com dudes could figure out some sort of authentication process, where the real 'public person' could get a validated message-board account somehow. Maybe their user-names could be in a special color, that would indicate that they are in fact the 'real deal'?
Anyway, I guess that's that, it's settled for me... hasta la vista everyone, and have a great season this year Alan!
Dan B.
Seattle, WA