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Sorry Fred...imagine two thugs in a car trying to elude the police while on ice..the wheel spinning car goes nowhere..now behind them are two police office in a squad car also on ice..wheels spinning going nowhere..siren blaring..lights flashing..one thugs gets out to push the car in hopes to get traction and speed away..to answer that threat, one police office get outs also to push the squad car so as not to be outrun...

sorry but I found this just to dang funny...

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Fred, it's the current tv commercial for Midas with the stationary car chase.

No snow here yet...touch wood.

Got my studded snow tires on and a big box of sand by the garage.

Waiting.

Tim, it was filmed in front of a Tim Horton's...neither of them really wanted to leave the lot!!!!

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Fred, it's the current tv commercial for Midas with the stationary car chase.

No snow here yet...touch wood.

Got my studded snow tires on and a big box of sand by the garage.

Waiting.

Tim, it was filmed in front of a Tim Horton's...neither of them really wanted to leave the lot!!!!

Heck Pat, you guys in Calgary never keep the same snow very long anyways, Chinooks usually melt what you get then you get more, but this goes on to July.............LOL

In the Winnipeg area, the ground is covered with snow, but here in the country the fields are still pretty bare, snow is about ankle deep.

But man is it cold here today, it was about 10 farenheit, damp with a northwest wind, we pay for it during the winter, but come summer we have nice hot weather, while you Calgarians could entertain a late snow or frost out of the mountains, again LOL

PS the local Tim Hortons in Selkirk Manitoba is a nightmare, heck you can't get in the lotnevermind get out of it. But the coffee is so fine, Tim , you would like Tim Horton's coffee

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I have brewed up some Tim Horton's thanks to Pat S and his generosity..the first pot washed down a Pumpkin roll....I know I should drink all this but I am holding it in reserve and brewing a pot just now and then...I must admit that I did not even look inthe background..I guess I was too busy laughing..

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Im not a coffee drinker but I had the pleasure of being introduced to Tim Hortons by Lanny(lanny is the POC bulletin editor) while on the way to detroit. I enjoyed my lunch and the donuts I bought for the car trip

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Im not a coffee drinker but I had the pleasure of being introduced to Tim Hortons by Lanny(lanny is the POC bulletin editor) while on the way to detroit. I enjoyed my lunch and the donuts I bought for the car trip

Lanny contacted me and wants to use some of my Detroit pictures in the next POC bulletin. As I do not subscribe let me know if you see my pictures.

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Heck Pat, you guys in Calgary never keep the same snow very long anyways, Chinooks usually melt what you get then you get more, but this goes on to July.............LOL

In the Winnipeg area, the ground is covered with snow, but here in the country the fields are still pretty bare, snow is about ankle deep.

But man is it cold here today, it was about 10 farenheit, damp with a northwest wind, we pay for it during the winter, but come summer we have nice hot weather, while you Calgarians could entertain a late snow or frost out of the mountains, again LOL

PS the local Tim Hortons in Selkirk Manitoba is a nightmare, heck you can't get in the lotnevermind get out of it. But the coffee is so fine, Tim , you would like Tim Horton's coffee

Fred, haven't had late (or early) snow here for 25 yrs or more. June July August and Sept are pretty safe, but outside of that, all bets are off.

I was in Winnipeg in the early 70's. Growing up in Calgary I thought I knew what winter was. I was wrong!! Never been so cold in my life...before or since...:eek:

Most Timmy's here are lined up out the door 90% of the time too :mad: I hate lineups more than I like Tim's coffee, so I pass sometimes.

There is one very busy one that has a drive thru that literally flies! You don't hardly even slow down in that DT, but it's not close to home :(

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Lanny contacted me and wants to use some of my Detroit pictures in the next POC bulletin. As I do not subscribe let me know if you see my pictures.

Will do Don. Will probably be a month or so before that issue comes out.

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That ad reminds me of my first car (1958 Pontiac) and 1967. We had a huge snowstorm and my car was stuck out front of my parents' house. I had it in first gear and only had the wheels spin. Got out of the car leaving it running in first and pushed on the door frame with the door open. Worked like a damn with only one problem. When the car started moving, I slipped pushing the door shut, and the car took off down the hill at the end of the road. I chased it but could not catch it in time but it finally ran into a huge snowdrift and stopped. No damage done except to my pride and the car was stuck worse than ever. Had to get a shovel and spend about an hour digging the car out which is what I should have done in the first place. Live and learn! Wish I still had that car.

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Back in high school in the very late 1950s, my first car was a '47 Chevy

Fleetline 2 door fastback. When it snowed and I got stuck, I did similar

to Robert.....put the car in low gear, pulled the throttle out a bit to get

the wheels spinning slowly, then opened the door and pushed. When it

got to moving, hopped in and tried to keep rolling. Fortunately, that

worked most every time.

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My first '49 Chrysler was parked most winters...it was a DOG in the winter.

In fact, in July, at 100 degrees, if you threw a snowball at it...it would get stuck and wouldn't start!!!

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Lanny contacted me and wants to use some of my Detroit pictures in the next POC bulletin. As I do not subscribe let me know if you see my pictures.

I heard through the grapevine that my story about my trip to Roswell in April was published in the most recent issue. My issue hasn't arrived yet so I don't know for sure. I was still living in Colorado when I wrote it.

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