Proof a vintage Porsche will turn you homeless.
I took the last couple of days off to get my 30 year old Porsche ready for the summer. I had to open up the engine and adjust some valves, change the engine oil, transmission gear oil and a few other things.
I then took a test drive and took advantage of the setting sun to take some photographs of a 48,000 SF building I designed a few years ago. The building is so large that the best pictures are taken from across the street.
So there I am taking pictures of the building and checking the engine oil level with engine running and all warmed up like I'm supposed to when a guy comes out of the condo sales clubhouse and ask me what I was doing. He explained that the sales lady (his words) that he works with (he's the grounds keeper) asked him to investigate. Realizing that I was a greasy dirty mess I explained and said I know that I don't look like an architect now...........we had a good laugh and I went on my way when I was finished.
I went home ate dinner grabbed some of my work things and went for a ride down scenic Huron River Drive. On my way home I went down town Ann Arbor to drop off my two nice leather carrying bags at my office while still dressed in my car working clothes. I did this because I walk 30 minutes to work and did not want to carry both bags in the morning.
Walking down the street a half a block from my office a police car pulls over, the officer walks up to me and asks me my name, where am I going and what's in the bags.
I told him my name, told him that I'm going to my office, even told him the address as he looked at me suspiciously. I'm an architect and just finished working on my vintage Porsche for the last two days I explained.
He said; well, you can imagine how this looks.
I said; No, I can't imagine, haven't looked in the mirror all day.
So there you go, this is how maintaining your own vintage Porsche can turn you into a homeless person. Ann Arbor has a heck of a homeless population given it's size, if you count the Porsche owners too.
You have been warned.
I went home and told my wife, we both had a very good laugh. The picture she took is attached.
Cheers, George/kach22i
I look pretty bad after working on my hovercraft too.
I took the last couple of days off to get my 30 year old Porsche ready for the summer. I had to open up the engine and adjust some valves, change the engine oil, transmission gear oil and a few other things.
I then took a test drive and took advantage of the setting sun to take some photographs of a 48,000 SF building I designed a few years ago. The building is so large that the best pictures are taken from across the street.
So there I am taking pictures of the building and checking the engine oil level with engine running and all warmed up like I'm supposed to when a guy comes out of the condo sales clubhouse and ask me what I was doing. He explained that the sales lady (his words) that he works with (he's the grounds keeper) asked him to investigate. Realizing that I was a greasy dirty mess I explained and said I know that I don't look like an architect now...........we had a good laugh and I went on my way when I was finished.
I went home ate dinner grabbed some of my work things and went for a ride down scenic Huron River Drive. On my way home I went down town Ann Arbor to drop off my two nice leather carrying bags at my office while still dressed in my car working clothes. I did this because I walk 30 minutes to work and did not want to carry both bags in the morning.
Walking down the street a half a block from my office a police car pulls over, the officer walks up to me and asks me my name, where am I going and what's in the bags.
I told him my name, told him that I'm going to my office, even told him the address as he looked at me suspiciously. I'm an architect and just finished working on my vintage Porsche for the last two days I explained.
He said; well, you can imagine how this looks.
I said; No, I can't imagine, haven't looked in the mirror all day.
So there you go, this is how maintaining your own vintage Porsche can turn you into a homeless person. Ann Arbor has a heck of a homeless population given it's size, if you count the Porsche owners too.
You have been warned.
I went home and told my wife, we both had a very good laugh. The picture she took is attached.
Cheers, George/kach22i
I look pretty bad after working on my hovercraft too.
