Whose bitching about snow. I wish we would get more of it around here, and that it would stay around longer. I'm hoping that this winter we get a lot more snow. I'd love to be able to cross-country ski to work a few times this winter.
larry On 12/9/05, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People bitch'in about snow and cold etc... > Don't like the snow, move to Guam. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 8:33 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Winter Pet Peeves > > on black ice or even normal ice or snow, all 4WD means is that all > four tires spin instead of two. > > larry > > On 12/9/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, I have a 4x4 SUV and still don't drive like that. I've always > had a > > 4x4 and learned very quickly that just because it has 4 wheel drive, > at > > least on of the wheens still has to have traction for it to do much > good. > > > > > > > > The 4x4 does help in most situations, however there is still a line > that > > when you cross it you forfeit the benefits. > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:16 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Winter Pet Peeves > > > > 2. SUVs that are exempt from the laws of physics. > > > > I left work at noon yesterday to get the kids from school. Since I > have > > a rear-wheel-drive car, I took it pretty slow (35-50mpg). All these > > assholes (male and female) in their SUVs and 4x4s just had to pass me > > because I was *not* driving a similar vehicle. (I was slowing them > down > > from their important lives and who am I to keep their SUV in a > > slow-moving line?) > > > > I wonder, when they end up in a ditch around a curve, if they actually > > thought that their vehicle is immune to physics? Sure a 4x4 can get > > started faster, but when on ice, it definitely takes longer to stop > than > > my lightweight car. Also, a 4x4 won't help much when cornering on ice > > at highway speeds. > > > > Assholes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:186998 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
