Half baked means that they are still floating around in MLC, i.e., just like a turkey...if you take the turkey out too soon, it will still be raw and you have to put it back in the oven until it's completely cooked.
Baked means that they've completed the crisis and have come out the other side as whole, mature individuals, i.e., the turkey comes out of the oven and is completely baked up and ready to serve up to folks. Being baked doesn't necessarily mean that the MLCer and LBS will reconcile, but they do wake up and live out their lives as mature, whole individuals.
Actually there isn't a thread about these particular descriptive terms that we use to describe the MLCer. Can you tell me what other links that you've attempted to open? Some of the threads you've attempted to open were purged and are no longer available. As for the stages, well...they are just a guideline and the time frames are not set in stone.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
