Subj : snow.. To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Dec 24 2025 07:44:00 Hi Daryl! BM> traction. Know I was driving from undergrad college to my BM> parents' house on the other side of town during an ice storm -- BM> no choice of timing. Highway wasn't bad: relatively flat and BM> everyone was safely creeping alone. ...Almost to parents: BM> calculating the right angle I'll have to make -- up a short BM> incline of about four feet! Too slow and I won't make it; too BM> fast and slide into the retaining wall. Calculated it BM> reasonably: pretty much middle of the driveway but I couldn't BM> get up into the park section: lost traction even with studded BM> tires. Parked where I was, hope the car didn't slide down the BM> incline into the street, and shuffled on the ice inside. DS> I had a wreck on the ice in freezing rain in 1978, when the car DS> windshield iced over. After that, if weather was an issue, I DS> stayed home. Now, that I no longer can drive or have a car, I DS> won't even call Lyft drivers on those days. Besides, if there's DS> snow and ice, the medical clinics won't be open anyway. Right: if don't need to be out in the nasty conditions don't be. In my situation was driving home from college and what started off as rain turned to an icy rain. As for the Lyft/Uber/taxi (etc. ?) drivers, I wouldn't call them in bad conditions either. I'm thinking the medical clinics might be open -- depends on when the bad weather started relative to their opening hours -- if the weather is nasty they should forgive the cancellation fee. DS> He works one day a year, then spends the rest of the time DS> watching us. :P Tom. Peeping Tom. BM> Umm, same way doctors, nurses, technicians, etc., ask: they BM> know who you are but do you know who you are?! DS> At least I don't have my ID marks on my butt. :P I think I have a scar back there. BM> It's all relative! DS> In Arkansas, schools shut down at a few flakes of snow. Up DS> north, it has to be a virtual blizzard. LIS, it's all relative! We'll do early dismissals or close schools when it gets in the upper 90's. Older buildings were built without air conditioning and between Mother Nature's heat and the heat given off by crowded classrooms get a bit toasty. DS> Speaking of which, I saw a HIGH RISK of both excessive rain in DS> the lower elevations of southern California, and excessive snow DS> (over 8 feet, with 100 mph winds) in the Sierras. Donner Pass DS> will be a travel nightmare!! Will the restaurant be serving arm roast, leg of Ian, kidney pie? BM> I think it's mostly because they hadn't learned the basics, and BM> that's one of those no one's fault yet is everyone's fault. BM> Plug electric item into outlet - works! The cord is supplied BM> so don't have to think about overloading. The problem is if BM> need an extension: "get an extension cord". Some figure at BM> least the same size (thickness), other's just do "extension BM> cord" and stop there. I knew someone who wanted to use a zip BM> cord as an extension for a window air conditioner. DS> Or they use a penny for a fuse. Not a good idea. I forgot about that one! BM> So in the skit wearing a skirt -- which could be skirting the BM> issue. DS> Never mind dress down Fridays. And dress up on Marilyn Monroe Mondays?! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... I had a job as a historian until I realized there was no future in it. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .