> Jim wrote:

> This turned out to be one of the skating rink thaw days that
> plague our hill, 

> I figured that if I could just get unstuck I could probably get
> to the bottom of the hill OK.

> The only other real option was to call for a tow out, which
> would have left us very vulnerable to being part of a wreck
> during the no-doubt lengthy time it would have taken a
> chain-equipped tow truck to arrive.

> It worked!

Well done!  I'm not (yet) qualified for issuing "Atta Boy"s so I
just have to say, "Way to go!"  A practical understanding of
physics wins again.

> Lessons for SWMBO in the future, on such days:
> 
> 1) Stay home!
> 2) Use the Hill Descent Mode.

Lesson for Jim - get chains for the Unimog. *smiles*

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