Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I am neither in IT nor an IP lawyer, but I have a PhD so (judging from some others) I might as well be qualified for both.

Wait a second, are you an epidemiologist? I thought you all left the internet after 2021!

 

[dragoner]

I used to race a bmw, had a huge rayjay turbo on it, made for small aircraft, thing wouldn't even spool before 3 grand, not street legal at all. Except when I would test drive around the block.

 

[Ryujin]

Lexus drivers too IME. They're the cars I see weaving in and out of traffic cutting people off the most.

Add Tesla to the mix. They lose their crap over that instant torque.

I had a BMW motorcycle. Trust me, BMW riders are a much different breed from the car drivers.

 

[Ryujin]

I am neither in IT nor an IP lawyer, but I have a PhD so (judging from some others) I might as well be qualified for both.

On the other hand, I don't have the money for a BMW...

Have a PhD and say that qualifies you in a field that you don't have a degree in? Must be a university professor

 

[pukunui]

I am the lone ENWorld poster who's neither in IT nor an IP lawyer.

You are not alone! I am also not in IT or a lawyer. I'm a graphic designer.

 

[dragoner]

One has a different relationship with the road, after building machines, and racing. Most drivers seem laughably bad. I also had to get certified by the CHP. Yeah huh, nightmares. You can't really expect too much.

Had a friend worked for Scuderia Ferrari of San Francisco, he'd drop by with cars on a test drive and we'd go have lunch. Beautiful machines, every part luxurious, like the finest tailored Italian suit. Their utility was about the same, a lot different than a jeans, and t-shirt chevy truck.

 

[Ryujin]

One has a different relationship with the road, after building machines, and racing. Most drivers seem laughably bad. I also had to get certified by the CHP. Yeah huh, nightmares. You can't really expect too much.

Had a friend worked for Scuderia Ferrari of San Francisco, he'd drop by with cars on a test drive and we'd go have lunch. Beautiful machines, every part luxurious, like the finest tailored Italian suit. Their utility was about the same, a lot different than a jeans, and t-shirt chevy truck.

20+ years around motorcycle racers as a photographer, 8 racing schools, and many track days taught me one thing: I'm not very good.

At my first racing school I thought I was going flat out behind the head instructor, who was a retired Canadian pro racer. Not a top guy, but rather an also-ran. No way I can go any faster.

... Then the instructor put is left hand on the tail section and twisted his body around to watch me going through the corner behind him. Ego, crushed.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

20+ years around motorcycle racers as a photographer, 8 racing schools, and many track days taught me one thing: I'm not very good.

At my first racing school I thought I was going flat out behind the head instructor, who was a retired Canadian pro racer. Not a top guy, but rather an also-ran. No way I can go any faster.

... Then the instructor put is left hand on the tail section and twisted his body around to watch me going through the corner behind him. Ego, crushed.

I remember an episode of Top Gear where James May (a.k.a. “Captain Slow”) took racing lessons from long-retired professional racer Jackie Stewart. The lessons actually did improve his lap time.

 

[Cadence]

Have a PhD and say that qualifies you in all the fields that you don't have a degree in? Must be a university professor

FTFY

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You are not alone! I am also not in IT or a lawyer. I'm a graphic designer.

Anyone's who's seen my PDFs knows I'm not.