ASeriously, you'd think with all the time spent researching me people would at least come up with accurate information.

:detective:

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I don't need Google, he posted the information here in this thread. Not sure how he can now say it's misinformation.

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The misinformation you posted was that the bakery was home-based (home-based bakeries were illegal in CA before this year) and that my business experience was limited to founding and running the bakery.

I'm also still waiting to hear when I've "questioned someone's background".

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Home based, as in no storefront. You may have baked your cakes in a commercial kitchen, but it was my understanding that you shared a kitchen and rented by the hour, which would mean your other business operations were performed from home. Hence home-BASED, not home-BAKED. You'll have to correct me if I'm wrong.

As for questioning someone's background, I can't believe you would deny it. If you are really challenging me to prove it, I will do so on one condition... When I find a single post confirming it, you give up your "15 minutes" on CC for one week. :-)

AGawd just stoppppppp!!!!

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You are wrong. The common understanding is that a home-based kitchen performs all activities at home, including baking. I have never seen the term "home-baked kitchen".

As for questioning someone's background, I can't believe you would deny it. If you are really challenging me to prove it, I will do so on one condition... When I find a single post confirming it, you give up your "15 minutes" on CC for one week. :-)

I don't need to agree to conditions, especially one as ridiculous as that. Given your track record at posting misinformation I am assuming this is more of the same if you do not produce an example. If you do produce an example, I will apologize to the wronged party.

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Well, OP did ask what she missed....this thread is a prime example. ;)

AI am not "wrong". If your interpretation of the phrase is different than mine, that doesn't make me wrong and you right. That's not the way it works.

Provide me an example of any misinformation I've posted. Everything I said was just repeating what you said yourself.

AI can google too! Read the first line of this page: http://definitions.uslegal.com/h/home-based-business/

AStop!!!! You are tearing this family apart! Waaaaaaah

A[quote name="BrandisBaked" url="/t/760649/im-back-what-have-missed/90#post_7413629"]I can google too! Read the first line of this page: http://definitions.uslegal.com/h/home-based-business/[/quote]

That's great, except you said I ran a "home-based bakery", not a "home-based business". Definition below.

http://cottagefoodlaws.com/definitions/what-home-based-baker/

Which, now that I look at it, does mention that home-based bakers may use a commercial kitchen. Touche. I don't agree with that definition (it makes for a confusing lack of distinction) but I'll give you that one. I do see what you are getting at in that I don't have hands-on experience with a retail storefront, but based on the context of our discussion (related to business valuation) the point was not relevant.

So we're down to two pieces of misinformation (that the bakery was my entire business experience, and that I question other peoples' backgrounds).

ASeriously, what is this really about?

I'm going to guess:

Jason gave you good business advice but it wasn't what you wanted to hear so you hate him now.

Am I right?

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Close. I think OP is just getting a solid answer to the question of what they missed lol

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OMG! That is laughable! I have been trying to stay back, but that is the dumbest thing I have very read. The people Jason irks have hand on knowledge and object to him Googling himself to death while the rest of us are living it.

Does Googling yourself make for hairy palms?

Wow. This is up there with one of the weirdest threads I have ever read on CC. Why, just why??? 

 

Jason, hats off to you for staying so level-headed. I think I would have gotten just a leeeetle testy by now. 

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Number 15

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So people are upset because I try to improve my knowledge by doing research?

Okay, I'm watching this thread. If there are any personal attacks or name-calling, it will be removed.

 

For those flagging this thread, please remember this is the Lounge, where members can discuss anything not cake-related. This does not mean its a free-for-all. But, there will not necessarily be answers to your cake questions in the Lounge.

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On a related note, are there any plans to start removing the ability to flag from those who abuse the privilege too much?

I have not heard about any plans to start removing flagging ability from members. However, I have also not noted any one particular member 'abusing' their privilege to flag to this date.

 

We often have flags from members who are not actively participating in a flagged thread, but who are still offended by what they are seeing. Which is a good reminder to all members that what they are writing is here for all to see, and if a member has a personal gripe, perhaps its best to take it off-site and communicate privately.

AGot it. Not sure if it's possible, but perhaps the flag screen for threads in the Lounge could have an additional message explaining the looser restrictions, since some are probably not aware of the difference.

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Nope. Just tired of people who actually know what they are doing getting run off because someone likes to be BMOC. Anyone whose posts are more knowledgeable gets badgered with demands of "post your facts or you must be lying/wrong". Jason likes to push people's buttons until they snap. Seen it a few times already. Not sure why the mods haven't.

Wow

AHahaha! That is too funny!

I wrote "have it in for" - not "have the hots for"!

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If I read a post that I don't understand or doesn't make sense, I'll ask for clarification or more details, and yes, sometimes that may involve posting facts. No one is forced to reply to me. CC even has a built-in feature that allows people to completely block others and hide their posts, yet apparently these hypothetical community members who are "run off" choose to abandon the site rather than avail themselves of this feature.

I don't like to "push people's buttons". I like discussing the business of cake decorating, and that will occasionally involve a lively debate in which I do my best to stick to facts and logic. If simply participating in a debate is enough to "push people's buttons", perhaps said people should not be participating in a public forum.