Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: OT: For those waiting breathlessly for news of my racing weekend. Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 18:06:27 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 227 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 02:06:29 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d2cba7a30807cdf9672f7e57dc7b608d"; logging-data="51908"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/AKiwcA/zZFFOjFy9ieQAI0WD52VPQqZI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:0Lb1AAkAOpmtxCr9/P9a79sr7BU= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 10480 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). And one SCCBC event, where I was taken out just after turn 3 of the first lap of the first race, so really no surprise that I didn't finish any race that weekend. > dead last in club FF ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========