Subj : Re: snow.. To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Dec 21 2025 23:28:54 Barry, BM> Agree: with snow can push through and get some grip whereas the BM> frozen layer is solid with nothing to grasp. You can good traction with snow chains, and if the snow is packed down. But, when it melts and refreezes, that's when the problems go into high gear. BM> "New! For Christmas! Holly-decorated BM> donut-pillows! Also available in Christmas trees, angels BM> tooting, Minorahs to light!" BM> (Sinc you;ve been reasonably good this year I've left you a few BM> openings!) As I noted in another message, there was a meme where Santa Claus said "I've been watching you all year. You're not only naughty... you're mentally disturbed!!". I told a lady friend "Damn!! We've been found out!!" Or could it be us Sysops, who run the BBS's as a labor of love, or do other things classified as "Thankless Jobs". BM> You must have Dionne Warwick playing on your phonograph! One of her songs was "Promises, Promises". BM> (Spokeswoman for the Psyhic Hotline ages ago -- the company BM> went bankrupt.) Why do the folks on Psychic Hotline ask for your name?? BM> Right: part of the problem is if not used to cold don't have BM> the clothes, removal hardware like shovels and ice scrapers. In south Florida, when it drops below 70s, the winter gear comes out!! BM> As for the creosote and blowtorches, they do the same in the BM> cold parts of the country. You can preach fire safety all year long, but for some folks, it never "registers". BM> The news reported a fire in a homeowner's shed - homeless BM> person went in, apparently lit a fire in the grill to keep BM> warm, something managed to catch fire. Homeowner hadn't a clue BM> someone was in his shed. Bummer. BM> My parents had a terraced retaining wall made from old railroad BM> ties. Hired someone to do the job; Dad explained what he BM> wanted, maybe a sketch -- I was probably in 3rd Grade at the BM> time so not really in on it. BM> Guy built it, quite proud of the exacting results: even tiers, BM> flat terraces.... From street level looked like one continuous BM> 12-15 foot wall! ...Dad paid. Parents rebuilt with visual BM> spacing and angled terraces: muuuuch better! Interesting. DS> If I don't finish this QWK mail soon, I won't make it to the DS> potty in time. :P BM> Reading or typing? I multitask -- I read in the bathroom. BM> I ain't no lady, bub! Only if you have to play the girls part in a skit. BM> Mother!! Quit playing with your joystick!! Or the kid finds his Mom's dildo (I thought that was money for buying pickles ), and he puts it on his nose. Then, he walks into the living room where his Mom and other ladies are, and he has that on his nose...saying "Look, Mom!! I'm a unicorn!!". Daryl .... Man swallows frog. Doctors fear he might croak. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.32-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .