Stijn!!

[RKDinOKC]

Usually just use Safari on my mac, but do have Chrome installed but it does not display correctly on latest macOS. On the Win10 box for work used Edge because that is what installed. Had to download and use Chrome for some sites, it was all they worked with. MS did change the Edge browser a few months ago though. Have not booted the Win10 box since being furloughed April 11th.

[RKDinOKC]

Got a robo call to extend my car warrantee. They passed me to an obviously towel head. Told him I was excited about getting an extend warranty. When I told him I had a 1994 Porsche 928 and a 2006 Porsche Cayenne he hung up.

Saw a thing on VinWiki where they talked about the cost of ownership of cars like Ferraris and Lamborginis. Discussed that these rental places that let you rent exotic cars don't charge enough to keep the maintenance up. He says it's about $1.10 per mile.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

Got a robo call to extend my car warrantee. They passed me to an obviously towel head. Told him I was excited about getting an extend warranty. When I told him I had a 1994 Porsche 928 and a 2006 Porsche Cayenne he hung up.

I had one call urging me to renew my warranty. I kept asking stupid questions abut what it covered. And even made up some stuff. Just to keep the jerk on the line. He was pretty exasperated, and I told him I felt like he did not like me, and was just interested in my money. So I kept chatting and made up crap about the dog and other random BS.

Finally he asked point blank, what car I have. Of course for them to have called about the warranty coverage ending the would have to know what car I had. I finally told him and he too just hung up. I did not feel bad.

[RKDinOKC]

Them using robo calls to get a oerson, then pass the call off to a sales person is actually illegal. Like they are going to prosecute or stop some towel head call center in india?

[GH85Carrera]

I am on the do not call registry. Yea, it is illegal, and they fine someone every so often, but for the most part, it is just ignored. It does irritate me.

It would be simple to simply stop the Caller ID spoofing, but the phone companies like the use of the network, and the traffic I guess. If it was impossible to spoof caller ID it would not take long to identify the real culprits. It is impossible to call myself, yet I have received calls from myself. One lady called at told me to quit calling her. I told her it is not me, just a spoofed number.

I have seem my cell phone number call my land line, and my land line call my cell number, and it was not me or my wife making the calls. Just a spoofed number. That should be easy to stop.

[RKDinOKC]

Got Verizon's call filter and Hiya both running and while they stop a lot, some still get thru.

I've had my cell number a very very long time, like 30 years. Originally got it from Sprint. (405) 819-XXXX. I have never gotten a legitimate call from my 3 digit prefix, 819. Not the area code, the prefix before the 4 digits. The caller ID just has my city, state name. They just hang up if I answer, so I don't.

If the call makes it past Verizon's filter Hiya changes the caller ID to sale spam, debt collecter, spoofed, etc. All of which are bogus.

[GH85Carrera]

I have an app from AT&T that catches a lot of spam calls. They show up as a telemarketer call or spam call.

My home phone has a call blocker mode as well.

[GH85Carrera]

Hot time at the autocross. It is "just" 92 but the heat index is 104. We finished up at noon. Sitting of standing in the shade was not too bad, but in the sun and especially sitting in the car in line to get my next run was toasty. As usual I had the fresh air fan and the AC blower blowing on me. Warm outside temp air is better than no air. Windows down of course.

Nice turnout, we made money for the club. No one had any issues, and most important, we all had fun. The 2019 911 GTS in line in front of me was FTD by a 1/2 a second and several seconds faster then my old car.

On the way home coming down the street a pickup pulled up next to me side by side. So I looked over and he was hanging out the window. He too several pictures, and yelled "what year" and I yelled back 85. At the light he pulled up next to me and asked "did you say 05?" and said, no 1985. He replied OMG, we love your car, but I was just owned by my girlfriend, she said it was an 1980s car and I said no way, it is lots newer, it has to be an 05. They had really excellent taste!

[GH85Carrera]

One interesting bit of trivia. My 1985 911 was the oldest car at the track, and the only car from the 1980s. There was not one vehicle from the 1990s. Just one lone 2007 911 Turbo, and the rest of the cars were from 2010s except the one 2020 Camaro.

I keep pushing for a new timing system handicap. Add up the age of the car and driver, and each year removes .10 of a second from the times. It sounds totally fair to me.

[RKDinOKC]

My timing handicap would be -8.6 seconds in the 94 GTS, -7.4 in the 06 Cayenne. Doesn't account for my physical handicap though.

[GH85Carrera]

Most of the other guys out there are mid 30s and younger. A few 40 somethings and just one other guy that is over 60.

[Noah930]

Arrrgggh! I let Mrs Noah cut my hair today. That was a mistake. She hardly knows what end of the clippers to hold, even after we watched a youtube video on it.

Sigh. I blame myself.

[GH85Carrera]

There is some talent involved in haircuts.

One of the guys at the autocross was driving a fairly new Subaru BRZ and was the typical 20-30 year old dude. Tight black skinny jeans, black t-shirt no hat and a weird looking man bun. The important thing is he was having fun at the autocross. I bet he was wringing wet with sweat dressed all in black, and tight fitting clothes. Not my problem. I am sure he though I was the weird one there as the old geezer with the oversized Outback style hat, loose fitting shorts and a polo shirt with a collar to keep the sun off my neck, and with my name embroidered on it. It was a shirt handed out to the workers at a large event we put on. I have my water bottle with me at all times in a holder on my belt. I look even weirder when I put on my cool vest for the last 4 runs. I don't care one iota what anyone think on my outfit, I was as cool as possible. Maybe not "cool" looking but temperature wise. The only other man out there over 50 sat out the last 4 runs because he was too hot. That is wise as heat stroke is not a good thing.

And my Glen's Autocross timing handicap would be -10 seconds.

[RKDinOKC]

I actually have sand use a Flowbee. In house before this one and this house have mirrors to easily see the back of my head. Cut my own hair for years. Right after moving here brother gave me a flowbee for Christmas. It's like clippers you connect to your vacuum. That was the only real problem cutting my own hair, having to clean up the hair. With the flowbee it is a non-issue.

Have my pith helmet for hot days. Sometimes felt like getting one with a solar panel and fan.

What about the Maycan handicap? Remember setting FTD with a -2 second handicap on the BMW X3. Don't think that guy with the 914 from Tulsa has been back losing FTD by .006 seconds. He was so angry nobody would tell him about the handicap.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by Noah930

Arrrgggh! I let Mrs Noah cut my hair today. That was a mistake. She hardly knows what end of the clippers to hold, even after we watched a youtube video on it.

Sigh. I blame myself.

I use a clippers, but then I have no hair really.

[GH85Carrera]

Wow, I just reordered some deposit slips for the Porsche club account. The bank the club uses does not have a "business" account that does electronic deposits for free. With cash from the autocross, I have to depots that in the night deposit anyway. I ordered 100 deposit slips in 2112 so in 8 years I have used them up. I just ordered more. 100 deposit slips are just $18 but the shipping for UPS ground is $35.62. For GROUND shipping. That is nuts for a shipping cost.

[RKDinOKC]

Kept my hair and beard pretty short with the flowbee.



No clippings to make me itchy or clean up around the cutting spot. All sucked into the vacuum bag as I cut my hair.

used to have this shakespear looking collar bib that snapped around the neck to catch clippings. Didn't need it with Flowbee. Disappeared with a LOT of other stuff when Mom Passed. &^%$!! sisters. Didn't help a bit when I needed it, but didn't waste any time trashing anything that might have even remotely been hers whether i used it or not the weekend Mom passed.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

Kept my hair and bear pretty short with the flowbee.



No clippings to make me itchy or clean up around the cutting spot. All sucked into the vacuum bag as I cut my hair.

Did you loose the Flowbee? Your hair is far from short on your face or head. Maybe a haircut every other year is a little long too wait.

[RKDinOKC]

Over the last 10 years, after the foot ordeal quit cutting. Got a trim at a local Clips about 5 years ago. Didn't trust the lady that did my Mom's hair, she wanted to shave my head.

Kinda like the long beard.

[GH85Carrera]

This morning I am gonna have more fun.

Going out to the garage to get the 911 up in on the lift, and then get started on replacing the pulley end crank seal. It should not be leaking, but it is. So just remove the muffler, then the sheet metal for the back of the engine remove the engine cross brace, and then of course remove the pulley. Then I have to lower the engine about 4 inches to get to the pulley. It is gonna be fun. At the speed I work I figure I will get it all taken apart and ready to get the seal out, then put it all back together tomorrow.