OT, Snow!

[Muggles]

I'm not so worried about me driving in snow as I am about the people around me doing stupid stuff and sliding into me!

[Muggles]

HAHA! "interesting parking places!"

[Muggles]

Don't get it wet? LOL

[Ed Pawlowski]

A few years ago I was driving to work in the snow. I saw flashing lights ahead and then saw a car off the road and a woman about 60 standing next to it. Looked like it could just be pulled out of the grass.

Going home I was going down a hill and approaching a curve and saw flashing lights ahead. Yes, she should have just stayed home that day.

[Muggles]

HAHA! I was coming home from work and there was enough new snow on the road to make it treacherous. I was ALMOST home, and had gotten in the middle lane to turn left from the main street into my neighborhood when a large UPS truck pulled out of a business, turned right parallel to me and the back end of the truck slid in my direction and just about got me! There wasn't anything I could have done to get out of the way because I was stopped waiting for traffic so I could turn left. I think I squeaked something like "ACKKK!!", my heart skipped a beat or three, and I was probably turned white as a ghost all at the same time. Those UPS trucks are huge when you see them sliding in your direction!

[gfretwell]

Me either

[rbowman]

When they built the house on the outside of the curve, they put up a nice, white, fence like a Kentucky horse farm. The guy repaired it after the first couple of parking incidents. After the next one, he incorporated some railroad ties. Each incident led to more ties so now it's all ties with a lot of reflectors. I don't think anybody has made it through the fence lately.

Conversely, the horse farm type fence on the inside of the curve remains unscathed, unfortunately. It completely blocks the sight line through the curve so you don't see the F350 using your lane until you are halfway through the curve.

[rbowman]

Good trick when you're out playing in the snow. I have a pair of gaiters I use that keep the snow and mud away up to my knees at least.

[rbowman]

There's about 3" outside my door if you want practice. It looks light so I may be able to shovel it with a broom.

[rbowman]

Tell me about it. I drive a Toyota Yaris in the land of the F350.

[Muggles]

geesh ... how many close calls have you had there?

[Muggles]

When I was a kid mom used to put plastic bags on my feet over my socks before she'd put our snow boots on. Worked pretty good to keep our feet dry, but if other kids saw it it was due cause to me the joke of the day! lol

[Muggles]

I used a broom to sweep away the snow off the back porch steps. It wasn't very deep, either.

[Muggles]

You're a small target, though! lol

[Ed Pawlowski]

Friday we had about 1 1/2" of light and flugy. Used the battery powered leaf blower to clean off the car.

Today I used the snowblower for 6" we got yesterday.

This is the best car cleaner I've ever had in 55 years of driving

[rbowman]

I saw someone using a leaf blower Friday and never had thought of that as a way to remove snow. Not that I have a leaf blower anyway.

[rbowman]

Nimble, too. The biggest problem is I can't see around the damn arks and you never know what evil is lurking behind a SUV. At least with the bikes I can stand up on the pegs.

[rbowman]

A few. When I'm on the inside lane I hug the edge to the point of being on the shoulder. It's not bad this time of year but they turn the ditch on in the summer. If someone downstream isn't cleaning their portion it backs up and floods the roadway.

Two years ago the county cut the pines along the road and I thought they were going to do something stupid like actually pave the road, widen it, and rework the corner. Dream on.

[clare]

Wool flanel myboy, WOOL flanel!!!! stays warm even when you have to wring it out.

[Dean Hoffman]

Does it have a metal blade on the scraper end? I've been getting these:

(Amazon)