Subj : snow.. To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Dec 22 2025 11:10:00 Hi Daryl! BM> Agree: with snow can push through and get some grip whereas the BM> frozen layer is solid with nothing to grasp. DS> You can good traction with snow chains, and if the snow is DS> packed down. But, when it melts and refreezes, that's when the DS> problems go into high gear. No! Use low gear!! When I first moved to Iowa from New Hampshire did the seasonal change of tires from the 'summer tread' to using studded tires for the winter -- on in the Fall, off in the Spring. I guess the studs provided extra traction: not sure as I tried to avoid being driving moves to loose traction. Know I was driving from undergrad college to my parents' house on the other side of town during an ice storm -- no choice of timing. Highway wasn't bad: relatively flat and everyone was safely creeping alone. ...Almost to parents: calculating the right angle I'll have to make -- up a short incline of about four feet! Too slow and I won't make it; too fast and slide into the retaining wall. Calculated it reasonably: pretty much middle of the driveway but I couldn't get up into the park section: lost traction even with studded tires. Parked where I was, hope the car didn't slide down the inclide into the street, and shuffled on the ice inside. BM> "New! For Christmas! Holly-decorated BM> donut-pillows! Also available in Christmas trees, angels BM> tooting, Minorahs to light!" BM> (Since you've been reasonably good this year I've left you a few BM> openings!) DS> As I noted in another message, there was a meme where Santa DS> Claus said "I've been watching you all year. You're not only DS> naughty... you're mentally disturbed!!". And that conclusion took until about January 10th! BM> You must have Dionne Warwick playing on your phonograph! DS> One of her songs was "Promises, Promises". BTDT! Got the disappointment. BM> (Spokeswoman for the Psyhic Hotline ages ago -- the company BM> went bankrupt.) DS> Why do the folks on Psychic Hotline ask for your name?? Umm, same way doctors, nurses, technicians, etc., ask: they know who you are but do you know who you are?! 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. DS> In south Florida, when it drops below 70s, the winter gear DS> comes out!! It's all relative! BM> As for the creosote and blowtorches, they do the same in the BM> cold parts of the country. DS> You can preach fire safety all year long, but for some folks, DS> it never "registers". I think it's mostly because they hadn't learned the basics, and that's one of those no one's fault yet is everyone's fault. Plug electric item into outlet - works! The cord is supplied so don't have to think about overloading. The problem is if need an extension: "get an extension cord". Some figure at least the same size (thickness), other's just do "extension cord" and stop there. I knew someone who wanted to use a zip cord as an extension for a window air conditioner. 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. DS> Bummer. The good news was the homeless person was unharmed and taken to a shelter. I don't know if he was charged with anything. Bad news is of course the damage to the shed. I could see how the homeowner would not know if someone was in there: my shed is in the back corner of the yard. Harder to access because of various fences but unless see footprints I wouldn't suspect anything. 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! DS> Interesting. The whole story in person is much better. 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? DS> I multitask -- I read in the bathroom. As long as not that How To Potty book! BM> I ain't no lady, bub! DS> Only if you have to play the girls part in a skit. So in the skit wearing a skirt -- which could be skirting the issue. BM> Mother!! Quit playing with your joystick!! DS> Or the kid finds his Mom's dildo (I thought that was money for DS> buying pickles ), and he puts it on his nose. Then, he walks DS> into the living room where his Mom and other ladies are, and he DS> has that on his nose...saying "Look, Mom!! I'm a unicorn!!". 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