A thought as winter approaches

[greg g]

for those you unfamiliar with traction compromised roadways. Pardon my French. And by Upstate we mean In the Lake Effect Zone.

[plymouthcranbrook]

Silly man, some of us are from Chicago

[Plymouthy Adams]

I was in Chicago for 3 weeks in 1979...it was almost spring..some snow yet about the ground..I was totally amazed at the number of overturned semi's, semi's laying against the berm making up the ramps and such...I limited my driving to the Skokie/Niles area and only vertured east on the weekend to visit relatives in Indiana..the traffic then was brutal..I have stayed out of Chicago since preferring the west side by-pass of town on my few ventures to Wisconsin..two things I hate..traffic and snow on the roads..you folks have the double whammy

[plymouthcranbrook]

Oh Yeah, 79. The Little One

[Merle Coggins]

I always thought that was a Wisconsin saying.

[Dennis_MN]

I always thought that was a Wisconsin saying.

Nope, you guys usually say, "Hang on to my beer and watch this"!

Dennis

[40P10touring sedan]

Silly man, some of us are from Chicago

...yeah, try driving I-88 thru decalb in the middle of winter, the potholes get so big the semi's avoid them...ah, our toll money hard at work!{yes, you hear sarcasm}

[40P10touring sedan]

Oh Yeah, 79. The Little One

Hah, I was 14yrs old with a hand shovel...must've taken 2hrs to clear the short drive and carve out the rest of the stationwagon parked just off of the street - the snow plow was kind enough to sideswipe the wagon when plowing the road...man dad was furious{70 catalina wagon-didn't make it look any worse really}. That year I was able to climb up the TV antenna mast{triangle tube type} and sled off of the roof....till dad busted me and told me to go shovel the drive.

[40P10touring sedan]

I always thought that was a Wisconsin saying.

I was told that wisconsin folks just park on the roof when the garage door gets too covered up with snow...

[Merle Coggins]

Nope, you guys usually say, "Hang on to my beer and watch this"!

Dennis

And the passenger from Minnesota replies, "Ya der, u betcha. Wouldn't whatcha to spill none now. Oh Jeez, this is gonna be a rough one."

[greg g]

Here it would be "Dude did you see the look on that guy's face??? Priceless man!!!!

[JIPJOBXX]

Never heard about that as I was born and raised in sunny California!

[Plymouthy Adams]

here in the south that is not a catch phrase..its a "creed" they live by

[Chester Brzostowski]

here in the south that is not a catch phrase..its a "creed" they live by

No Tim, Down South, people get their 4 wheel drives up to 60mph then realize that they can't stop any better with 4 wheel drive then they can with 2.

Go figure, Chet...