Richard Henry wrote:
A couple of years ago when I was in my campaign to ski every area
near Lake Tahoe, I rode up on a chair with a guy who had some
unusually short skis with a see-through top layer and what looked
like ball bearings in a thick fluid that squished around as he moved
them. I am sure he told me all about them*, but I can't remember
anything he said.

*People who wear, carry, or use odd bits of technology - do they get
sick of explaining them to everybody they meet? I have a friend here
in San Diego that owns a fancy Italian sports car, but he rarely
drives it -- "Every time I stop at a light I have to tell my whole
life story."

It is like a shock absorber to dampen the vibrations.


Often it depends on how the question is asked, determines the level of
tech response.
I get asked tech questions in Home Depot all the time. My response is I
am not wearing any Orange and I am a consultant and will want a CC on
file before I answer any tech questions.

But often I do shows and events and will happily answer any formula car
question, it done to promote the sport. But unless there is a purpose I
will avoid answering.

Example I will answer a guy in a Porsche about driving stuff places to
race and who to see for help. If a guy in a Nissan with a giant wing and
drifting sticker on the car I start singing about drifting the figure
skating edition of Motorsports.