Don't hit the brakes, steer away from the ditch and if all else fails just remember there is a reason you pay for the rip off thing they call insurance.

 

Mornin' crew going for a ride in a few. Sunny and in the forties going up to the fifties....WOOT.

 

Well ****... go to sleep and it's jeans and t weather. Wake up freezing *** and raining.. dubya tee eff...

 

This flu has me wiped out.

 

That sucks, have you tried getting snockered yet. It may not get rid of the flu bought you can get it drunk.

 

argh. busy morning. bright & sunny. state tax e-file rejected, update program & try again. did all that, can't see any changes, hope it wurked this time.

rolling glide around the house to get some other stuff moved. plan is, glide in grudge today.

weather gonna suck the next couple days, & of course the gf hadda plumbing camera day scheduled at the hospital 45 minutes away friday morning (I go to the one 10 minutes away, but ain't many docs use that one, must not give good kick backs). got good news this morning, she re-scheduled for july. i'm overdue for physical, dental, plumbing camera, but I ain't scheduling anything in snow months.

got 3 days left to get ready for the daughter moving in, anyone got a 48' truck i can borrow? got a few things i oughta take to goodwill...

 

rear drive - steer into it, foot off gas, hope the back end doesn't try becoming the front end
front wheel drive - uphill, power into it
fwd - downhill, coast into it, back end starts coming around, give it power as last resort
fwd - flat, regular tires (those things they call all season tires - ain't no such thing, they're compromise tires, but better'n nuttin) coast into it, give it power as last resort
fwd - flat, snow tires, power into the direction you wanna go, the back end follows; Bridgestone Blizzak tires feel like they have snow glue on em, "all season" don't even come close. Probably a good thing most Minnysota peeps don't use snow tires, they'd just drive faster and hit harder.

If you're driving something front wheel drive with an automatic trans that ain't American, it won't freewheel with engine idling (engine braking even in high gear - something like an Accord will slow down real fast) so you gotta be quick to shift into neutral if you get in a situation where you've lost front end response. Good luck with an import if it starts sliding. Those expensive ones (American too) with traction, stability, and who knows what kinds of computer control - see plenty of em wrecked and off the road, nothing saves you if you drive like a fool.

 

Was talkin bout the bike. Didnt hit any ice. Just rain.

 

You crazy fug.

 

bikes - fall down, feel pain, maybe break something. Actually, it can be surprising how well they can do in snow. Ice... no. I went partly sideways around 60 for a long ways in a few inches of snow once, that's scary, I wouldn't recommend it. Got to the top of a hill once, didn't like the snow covered view going down and tried to stop. Just went down, and then the bike I slowly slid all the way to the bottom. That was damned cold, blue jeans didn't do much for insulating from froze over pavement, just glad there weren't any dry spots.