Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tom Elam Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: OT: For those waiting breathlessly for news of my racing weekend. Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 13:42:52 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 245 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 19:42:50 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="59f96b899fedeed7a4e104de62e9e494"; logging-data="517856"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+0vB9Ey+q7kF2xhnyPZiF/KumkMlD9NtU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:6RAB0e7pNZmCawXfLFnV4Obd9Jo= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 11650 On 11/2/2024 9:06 PM, Alan wrote: > On 2024-11-02 17:25, Tom Elam wrote: >> On 9/21/2024 11:28 AM, Alan wrote: >>> On 2024-09-21 03:16, -hh wrote: >>>> On 9/17/24 8:36 AM, Tom Elam wrote: >>>>> On 9/16/2024 7:28 AM, -hh wrote: >>>>>> On 9/16/24 1:10 AM, Alan wrote: >>>>>>> On 2024-09-15 16:18, -hh wrote: >>>>>>>> On 9/15/24 1:28 AM, Alan wrote: >>>>>>>>> Well... ...it came to an abrupt end at about 1:25pm today, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Our race had only just started, and at turn 3 of lap 1, the car >>>>>>>>> immediately ahead of me spun, and while I was able to get my >>>>>>>>> speed off to the point where all we did was bump tires... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ...there was nothing I could do about the Formula Vee following >>>>>>>>> me... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ...who hit might right rear tire hard enough to fold up and/or >>>>>>>>> break every piece of the right year suspension... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ...and who ended up half on top of my car with his left front >>>>>>>>> tire immediately beside my head. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I haven't seen the video from his car yet (we have to have >>>>>>>>> video cameras now), nor have I heard from the steward of the >>>>>>>>> meeting about his conversation with the Vee driver, but to my >>>>>>>>> mind, this was just a racing incident. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Conditions were marginal--there had been rain for qualifying >>>>>>>>> but it was drying out, but all three of the fast(ish) FF driver >>>>>>>>> determined that we would all go out on the same tires, and the >>>>>>>>> very last- minute choice was to run on slicks. 15 minutes >>>>>>>>> before our race, it looked like the better call would be rain >>>>>>>>> tires, but then the sun came out, and with other race groups >>>>>>>>> before us dissipating the water on the track,  we call changed >>>>>>>>> to dry tires. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And this change proved too much for Martin's traction in turn 3. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> With me running close behind him, he spun 1/4 of the way >>>>>>>>> around, and there was just no way I could have tightened my >>>>>>>>> line to go to his left. So I moved as much to the right as I >>>>>>>>> dared (with a wall preventing a complete off-track avoidance, >>>>>>>>> and hoped for the best. And I nearly pulled it off. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, the FV running behind me had opted for wet >>>>>>>>> tires, and so had better grip in the mid-corner phase, and >>>>>>>>> (despite not having seen the video or heard the report) I don't >>>>>>>>> think there was any way he could have tightened his line enough >>>>>>>>> to avoid me. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The end result was this: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> d/1Y9CbWveqC2PS5R3yR0vahcfqMSQ7cV4d/ view? usp=share_link> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Bottom of the line: bad luck. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dang, that's an Ouchie. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Nevertheless beats my weekend project, which started with >>>>>>>> removing some landscaping plants to gain access to replace a >>>>>>>> failing concrete skim coat.  Naturally, there's also some other >>>>>>>> scope creep discoveries involved... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Scope creep in one's house is often bad news. I hope it's not too >>>>>>> bad. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Leaks on the irrigation system, which has also revealed that its >>>>>> indoor winter water shutoff valve has a leak too.  Resulted in >>>>>> ripping out the control valves too, to have easier wall access for >>>>>> the concrete work; now debating how to change the design while >>>>>> buying all new to put it back together, and what to do about the >>>>>> inside valve. >>>>>> >>>>>> Been debating adding this from YoLink, and if that would do >>>>>> double- duty or would be for belt-and-suspenders on the seasonal >>>>>> shutoff. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Similarly, thinking about adding the capability of a rain detector >>>>>> to save water too; pros/cons of adding a local rain sensor to the >>>>>> controller, vs going to a "smart" device that checks the weather: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Sensor/1043275> >>>>>> vs >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> To make matters worse, the same FV driver was involved in an >>>>>>> incident with Dave McKay that was even worse; resulting in the >>>>>>> rear and front suspension of Dave's Lola being absolutely destroyed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> d/1CX7HmLymYCg_q9obYjWTQdk6GGXyTCYG/ view? usp=share_link> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apparently, as Dave was coming up to pass, the FV driver >>>>>>> committed one of the cardinal sins: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Having received the blue flag that a faster car was coming up >>>>>>> behind him, he moved of his line to "help" let the faster car by, >>>>>>> but by doing so, he had to guess where Dave was intending to go; >>>>>>> guessed wrong, putting Dave into the grass on driver's left, >>>>>>> where he spun, and hit the wall driver's right at something like >>>>>>> 65-75mph. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sadly, in addition to the incidents with me and Dave, this >>>>>>> particular driver has at least once had his license pulled. >>>> >>>> >>>> While mistakes happen, so too does accountability. >>> >>> I certainly hope so. >>> >>> Not only is he (in my opinion) lying about his part in both >>> incidents, it looks like he's playing fast and loose with the rules >>> and--despite being a Canadian--racing on a US license. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Two days before we left for Paris last month a basement water >>>>> sensor went off. A leak had developed at the water softener's >>>>> plastic intake. >>>> >>>> We've gone for decades without having any modern sensor/alarms, but >>>> I included two of them on the YoLink order which arrived yesterday. >>>> >>>> >>>>> I pulled it apart, cleaned it up, put it back on, but the leak >>>>> persisted. With some spare copper parts I soldered in a bypass and >>>>> ordered all new parts. If that leak had developed a few days later >>>>> I hate to think what might have happened in the 2 weeks we were >>>>> gone. The parts were delayed but finally arrived last week and >>>>> fixed the issue. >>>> >>>> We had a similar luck some years ago.  A holidays trip to family >>>> which got changed at the last minute from leaving in the evening >>>> right after work to sleeping overnight and heading out in the >>>> morning for the 4hr drive.  Washing machine's hot water hose failed >>>> catastrophically at 4AM, so we caught it within an hour instead of 4 >>>> days later. >>>> >>>> Since then, the washing machine's water supply gets turned off >>>> whenever we're not doing laundry.  Of course, with the irrigation >>>> work being adjacent, pulling the washer for plumbing access revealed >>>> that this shutoff valve has a slow seep to it (doesn't close off >>>> 100%).  So I've picked up a replacement valve (they're not really >>>> rebuildable) and located the torch ... just need to find the solder >>>> & flux, as they weren't stored with the torch for some reason. >>> The joys of being a homeowner, huh? >>> >>> The laundry room in our condo has been torn apart to deal with some >>> water leaks... >>> >>> Sigh. >> >> Water, so necessary and so destructive. >> >> Just to set the record straight, you are about done with racing. > > Nope. Wrong again. > >> Just 1 race entered, late this year, none finished, > > Two races actually: > > The British Columbia Historic Motor Races (which you knew about, because > you made multiple replies to my post here about it). ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========