Dangers on Track
06-21-2012, 11:19 PM
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You can wave without looking away. Try it 
(I'm just trying to get to page 17 here)
On another note.... "the canard of an authority"? For the love of God, it's a car forum. Consider re-reading (because I know you have) some Hemingway or McCarthy and keep it tight. Just my opinion, merely a style note.
(I'm just trying to get to page 17 here)
On another note.... "the canard of an authority"? For the love of God, it's a car forum. Consider re-reading (because I know you have) some Hemingway or McCarthy and keep it tight. Just my opinion, merely a style note.
06-21-2012, 11:19 PM
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06-21-2012, 11:23 PM
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Recently I was at a DE doing some data coaching. I had to bring a generator to run AC and computers/ video projector etc. I parked my trailer near the end of the paddock and placed the generator by the truck. I had a participant with a paperback novel in hand come up and ask if I was actually going to run the generator all day.
I replied that I would only use it when required, but it was hot out (and he was welcome to use the AC also). He explained he wanted a nice quiet day at the track. I was puzzled and decided to move the generator a bit to help out his day at which time he instructed me on WHERE he wanted it placed.
There are some people that I understand and some I do not. This is again one of those times.
I replied that I would only use it when required, but it was hot out (and he was welcome to use the AC also). He explained he wanted a nice quiet day at the track. I was puzzled and decided to move the generator a bit to help out his day at which time he instructed me on WHERE he wanted it placed.
There are some people that I understand and some I do not. This is again one of those times.
06-21-2012, 11:46 PM
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Recently I was at a DE doing some data coaching. I had to bring a generator to run AC and computers/ video projector etc. I parked my trailer near the end of the paddock and placed the generator by the truck. I had a participant with a paperback novel in hand come up and ask if I was actually going to run the generator all day.
I replied that I would only use it when required, but it was hot out (and he was welcome to use the AC also). He explained he wanted a nice quiet day at the track. I was puzzled and decided to move the generator a bit to help out his day at which time he instructed me on WHERE he wanted it placed.
There are some people that I understand and some I do not. This is again one of those times.
I replied that I would only use it when required, but it was hot out (and he was welcome to use the AC also). He explained he wanted a nice quiet day at the track. I was puzzled and decided to move the generator a bit to help out his day at which time he instructed me on WHERE he wanted it placed.
There are some people that I understand and some I do not. This is again one of those times.
this thread is full of win!
06-21-2012, 11:51 PM
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Nothing to do with racing. The topic was those arguing that taking a hand off the wheel and looking away from the track is not unsafe. The video is a typical distraction ... set up the canard of an authority to create an entirely separate and irrelevant debate over what ... the semantics of what words are descriptive and what words are criticism? It might be a welcome escape to try to turn the thread into a personal attack, but no, the question is those who advocate waving and their willingness to say it's safe to not bother about inconsequential matter so keeping eyes on the track.
06-21-2012, 11:54 PM
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Recently I was at a DE doing some data coaching. I had to bring a generator to run AC and computers/ video projector etc. I parked my trailer near the end of the paddock and placed the generator by the truck. I had a participant with a paperback novel in hand come up and ask if I was actually going to run the generator all day.
I replied that I would only use it when required, but it was hot out (and he was welcome to use the AC also). He explained he wanted a nice quiet day at the track. I was puzzled and decided to move the generator a bit to help out his day at which time he instructed me on WHERE he wanted it placed.
There are some people that I understand and some I do not. This is again one of those times.
I replied that I would only use it when required, but it was hot out (and he was welcome to use the AC also). He explained he wanted a nice quiet day at the track. I was puzzled and decided to move the generator a bit to help out his day at which time he instructed me on WHERE he wanted it placed.
There are some people that I understand and some I do not. This is again one of those times.
How on earth did this sort of behavior become acceptable?
But one of the funniest lines of the year has to be:
06-22-2012, 12:12 AM
#218
As for who's arguing for the sake of it, each new tangent and irrelevant attempt to take this thread off the topic did not start with me.
I think you've slowly come to the realization it's impossible to advocate waving without painting yourself into the corner of advocating unsafe habits of DE drivers.
06-22-2012, 01:45 AM
#223
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06-22-2012, 01:48 AM
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Nothing to do with racing. The topic was those arguing that taking a hand off the wheel and looking away from the track is not unsafe. The video is a typical distraction ... set up the canard of an authority to create an entirely separate and irrelevant debate over what ... the semantics of what words are descriptive and what words are criticism? It might be a welcome escape to try to turn the thread into a personal attack, but no, the question is those who advocate waving and their willingness to say it's safe to not bother about inconsequential matter so keeping eyes on the track.
06-22-2012, 01:52 AM
#225
Recently I was at a DE doing some data coaching. I had to bring a generator to run AC and computers/ video projector etc. I parked my trailer near the end of the paddock and placed the generator by the truck. I had a participant with a paperback novel in hand come up and ask if I was actually going to run the generator all day.
Was this person a driver or just hanging with someone who was driving?
I replied that I would only use it when required, but it was hot out (and he was welcome to use the AC also). He explained he wanted a nice quiet day at the track. I was puzzled and decided to move the generator a bit to help out his day at which time he instructed me on WHERE he wanted it placed.
Give them an inch and they want a yard
There are some people that I understand and some I do not. This is again one of those times.
Was this person a driver or just hanging with someone who was driving?
I replied that I would only use it when required, but it was hot out (and he was welcome to use the AC also). He explained he wanted a nice quiet day at the track. I was puzzled and decided to move the generator a bit to help out his day at which time he instructed me on WHERE he wanted it placed.
Give them an inch and they want a yard
There are some people that I understand and some I do not. This is again one of those times.