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I am truly devastated to inform you that I won't be able to make it to Tacoma this year. We have sold our Newberg house and are in the process of purchasing a new one in West Linn (the Newberg deal fell through due to an undisclosed easement showing up 8 days before close). The closing on the new house is scheduled for November 9, so we will be engaged in moving in and unpacking at the time of the Tacoma race. This will be the first race I've missed in probably 10 years, so it's a real downer for me. And I wish I could be there to help the team, Chris, but my marriage wouldn't survive if I didn't stay home to get things organized.

Good luck in the race; I'll be watching online and rooting for you!

Stan

In previous years, the failures of the cars were due to mechanical issues rather than accidents. As Chris says, the elimination of a number of gear/spring/etc. choices pretty much eliminated most of these. What causes failures lately is poor driving and bad accidents. Last year, one team's car was in pieces by the end of the race.

This year, the cars held up pretty well indeed. Chris' pictures of ours aprés race show just how well they stood up.

You might wonder "what the heck is that DOLL doing in the picture?"

Stan was in a play in McMinnvile, one about a mental institution. One of the characters is a woman who lost her son, and who has replaced him with a doll which is a replacement for the lost child, John Thomas. The cast of the play had so much fun riffing on doing things with JT that he became kind of a "where is John Thomas" exercise; people took him on vacation, to restaurants, etc.

I thought it might be fun to get JT interested in slot racing, so I took him up to Tacoma for the experience. The other cast members thought it was a hoot.

After this weekend, I'm done with the play (sold out the entire run and added weekend!) so I can be back racing. IROC races are always fun. I'd be up for it.

Chris— As always, I will be there. I was wondering if you'd heard about this already!

Bill, they are being run better than past days. Alan has learned a lot in 9 years.

Well then, for four I'd drop the GT3.

The play is "R.U.R. — Rossum's Universal Robots", actually written in 1920, but adapted by the director to streamline the language and be a little bit more contemporary. It deals with robots replacing humans (sort of like The Terminator), but is actually pretty topical in light of the increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence.

The play actually introduced the word "robot" to the English language. In Czech, "robota" means "forced laborer" (or slave). It runs Thursdays through Sundays from 9/13-10/20 at the Lakewood Theater, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

"R.U.R.: ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS
September 13 - October 20, 2024
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sunday Mattinees at 2:00 PM and 1 Saturday mattinee on October 5

Location: The Lakewood Center For The Arts / 368 S. State St. Lake Oswego, OR. 97034

Ticket Prices: Adults = $42.00 / Seniors= $40.00 / Students = $30.00
Online ticket purchases include a $3.00 service fee.

By Karel Capek
Adaption by Matthew Zrebski
Directed by Matthew Zrebski

Artificial Intelligence or AI is today's hot topic. However, in 1921, playwright Karel Capek envisioned a world with millions of highly efficient humanoid robots that love nothing and have no will of their own. But what happens when the president of the League of Humanity seeks to protect the robots and ensure they are treated like people? A prescient look at AI and new technologies."

https://lakewood-center.org/upcoming-season-2024-25/

"Was Pinocchio a real boy?"

Who nose? I wooden. I never met him.

Well, I had intended to come tonight, but tripped on some rocks while rejuvenating the drip watering system for our Airbnb cottage, and twisted my ankle, and avoided a face plant by alternatively accepting a "knee plant," so it hurts to stand up.

See you next time!

Thanks for the info, Doc

I could do Wednesday night at either place. Any takers?