On 2010-12-12 22:40:46 -0500, "Datesfat Chicks"
>> The north wind is howling, the thermometer is dropping, and four or
>> five inches of white stuff is blowing around out there, and I need to
>> scrape the driveway down to concrete before the slush underneath bonds
>> indelibly to it, but that can wait I guess.
>
> Yep, same here.
>
> It made it up to about 40 yesterday. I started the bike and rode it
> around the apartment complex for about 3 laps to charge up the battery.
>
> The snow and ice were yukky today.
>
> I made a left turn off of a freeway exit ramp and got simultaneously
> ice on the bridge and an slight slope upward (as I crossed the freeway
> I had just exited from). Anyway, I ended up drifting sideways for the
> equivalent of about four lanes--the rear wheels spinning and me
> manipulating the steering wheel to keep the longitudinal axis pointed
> in the right direction. From behind, I'm sure it looked very surreal
> -- kind of a car traveling sideways effect.
>
> Anyway, I wasn't really free to reduce the throttle to stop the rear
> wheels from spinning a bit, as if I didn't make it up the little hill
> (the bridge), I'd then have to back up (not a problem--not much
> traffic) and get a running start at it. So I made it.
>
> And, in addition to cleaning the snow and ice off the truck, those are
> the little annoyances that happen about every 5 minutes in the Winter.
> After a while, you get to be an old pro at it. You learn little tricks
> like when you pull into a parking spot to run the vehicle backward and
> forward a few times in a straight line to compact the snow and make it
> easier to muscle out if more snow falls.
>
> Just saw the news. Just about every school is closed tomorrow.
>
> DF
90 freakin' minutes for the drive to work today. The idiots were
practicing their driving non-skills all day. I saw some really
creative parking solutions. <evil grin> I got passed by a truck doing
well over the speed limit only to catch him parked in the median
spinning his wheels less than a mile later. Who sez Murphy doesn't
have a sense of humor?
--
sleazy
On 12/13/2010 4:28 PM, sleazy wrote:
> 90 freakin' minutes for the drive to work today. The idiots were
> practicing their driving non-skills all day. I saw some really
> creative parking solutions. <evil grin> I got passed by a truck doing
> well over the speed limit only to catch him parked in the median
> spinning his wheels less than a mile later. Who sez Murphy doesn't
> have a sense of humor?
Here in beautiful Colorado we have a saying: four-wheel drive is that
wonderful invention that lets idiots get their trucks even farther off
the road before getting them hopelessly stuck....;-)
Bob M.
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>> five inches of white stuff is blowing around out there, and I need to
>> scrape the driveway down to concrete before the slush underneath bonds
>> indelibly to it, but that can wait I guess.
>
> Yep, same here.
>
> It made it up to about 40 yesterday. I started the bike and rode it
> around the apartment complex for about 3 laps to charge up the battery.
>
> The snow and ice were yukky today.
>
> I made a left turn off of a freeway exit ramp and got simultaneously
> ice on the bridge and an slight slope upward (as I crossed the freeway
> I had just exited from). Anyway, I ended up drifting sideways for the
> equivalent of about four lanes--the rear wheels spinning and me
> manipulating the steering wheel to keep the longitudinal axis pointed
> in the right direction. From behind, I'm sure it looked very surreal
> -- kind of a car traveling sideways effect.
>
> Anyway, I wasn't really free to reduce the throttle to stop the rear
> wheels from spinning a bit, as if I didn't make it up the little hill
> (the bridge), I'd then have to back up (not a problem--not much
> traffic) and get a running start at it. So I made it.
>
> And, in addition to cleaning the snow and ice off the truck, those are
> the little annoyances that happen about every 5 minutes in the Winter.
> After a while, you get to be an old pro at it. You learn little tricks
> like when you pull into a parking spot to run the vehicle backward and
> forward a few times in a straight line to compact the snow and make it
> easier to muscle out if more snow falls.
>
> Just saw the news. Just about every school is closed tomorrow.
>
> DF