| Deutsch English Français Italiano |
|
<vcmom6$1l3ue$1@dont-email.me> View for Bookmarking (what is this?) Look up another Usenet article |
Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: OT: For those waiting breathlessly for news of my racing weekend. Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:28:06 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 149 Message-ID: <vcmom6$1l3ue$1@dont-email.me> References: <vc5r93$20fvj$1@dont-email.me> <vc7q0b$25bpk$3@dont-email.me> <vc8ekd$2lpoo$1@dont-email.me> <vc94od$2q5t1$3@dont-email.me> <vcbt51$3gssr$1@dont-email.me> <vcm6d5$1i2ms$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 17:28:07 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e093875c439f48b585b752bd68c8cdac"; logging-data="1740750"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19MG3UlI7b4KgqjAqNevKA8m6jKZ0dKMXY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:gVRJQQ6bPLZtm9q3aE75nFeRHK4= In-Reply-To: <vcm6d5$1i2ms$2@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-CA Bytes: 8027 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: >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://drive.google.com/file/ >>>>>> 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. >>> >>> <https://shop.yosmart.com/products/ys5001-dn15#owl1> >>> >>> 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: >>> >>> <https://www.lowes.com/pd/Orbit-White-Wired-Rain-and-Freeze- >>> Sensor/1043275> >>> vs >>> <https://shop.yosmart.com/products/ys4102> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> <https://drive.google.com/file/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.