[s-cars] Friday Spring Dribble

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

Mahoney Baloney:

<<<Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:40:53 -0500
From: bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com>
Subject: [s-cars] Friday Spring Dribble

Finally tomorrow is the day I don my blues bros. trench coat and sunglasses
and head down to Soldier Field for some Q5 mesopotamiamania.  I am still
smarting from being booted from the Q7 event for irrational exuberance so
we'll see if the "art of engineering" image recognition software can see
through my clever disguise.

Bill~first '09 hot friday~M>>>



Best of luck 'working' the event In Congnito.  Your mission:  Invoke NavChic "HELPHELPHELP" at any/all costs.  Anything short just isn't Sergeworthy.

Funny note on image recognition software tho...

I went to AAA for my license renewal the other day (go figure I still have one?).  Armed with my Fletch (notso) funnyteeth, I popped them in and presented my best cross-eyed and crooked 'smile' (seemed only natural) as the attendant snapped the pic.  Upon her turning the monitor to me so I could see / approve the prospective shot posed next to my existing shot - I nearly wet mesself it was so damn funny looking.  PRICELESS.  Inside, I was beaming 'success!' in disbelief I'd actually pulled this off.

Then...  doom.  She says, quite seriously at that "ooops, going to have to shoot it again, this time no smile" as she pointed to a green/red bar across the bottom of the screen all lit up red saying the system was rejecting it as it was not a 'match' to my existing photo on file.  I tried 3-4 more times just flashing 'a little' ahem teeth, she started getting frustrated at my inability to follow the 'no smile' instruction...  all the while refraining from commenting on my pearly notsowhites as I bet she thought they were real and I am slow (I am).  She said I was holding up the line (of 2 retirees behind me).  D'oh.

I finally had to capitulate and remove them and just stare blankly for my shot - hey this isn't a frickin yearbook photo it's a DL.  Who knew they had facial recognition software?

Then I signed "Me" for signature as I always do.  Well, that created 2 more gyrations of the process as they didn't catch that immediately and then refused to proceed until I "signed" commenting "what, are you trying to be funny or something?".

Trying?

The Man, Keeping Me DOWN I tell ya.

I'm bummed - can only picture handing said DL out the window to JohhnyL and awaiting his quizzical response.  *FOILED*

Report back on Q5 shenanigans.  We'll hoist one or 14 or 20 in your honor @ tomorrow's GoF we will (your ears should start ringing about 7p.m. est yes).  My Baloney Has a First Name...

-Paul


ps.  did you tell your ticketing officer that your flags made you feel "racy" at least and that the car only "looks fast"?