"John Atkinson" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:
"John Atkinson" wrote in message
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on r.a.p. a few months back. Arny Krueger did indeed claim that
this actviity qualified him as a "professional" recording engineer, due
to the cash value of the work he donated to his church free of charge.

I actually fell for this ruse and tried to find a relevant post.
...
I guess Atkinson will have to provide a URL to make a believer out of me.

Sure. The Google message ID is
posted by you in rec.audio.pro on Thu, 19 May 2005 23:10:22. This is
what you wrote:

"Given that people occasionally pay me for some of my audio
efforts, can't I squeek by as a professional? When they have
to hire someone to do my job at church, its a $150 gig for
him. Small pototoes in the larger view, but isn't creating
value at the rate of about $8K a year worth some kind of
standing? ;-)"

Anybody with a brain can see that this is a humorous rhetorical question.
;-)

Perhaps you can explain to Mr. McKelvy that you disagree with
him regarding your "professional" status.

Any fool can see that the paragraph above is not a claim, but a
light-hearted rhetorical question intended to poke fun at people who put on
*professional* airs.

Thanks Atkinson for showing that despite your self-acclaimed literary
talents and experience, you are unable to discern such simple things. One
might think that the question marks and the smiley emoticon would be sure
indicators.

For the record, I don't care whether *anybody* thinks I'm a professional
whatever or not. The whole point of the paragraph was that I really don't
care, I just do what I do.