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Post by TD2K on Feb 21, 2011 13:39:23 GMT -5
Ummm, I didn't know that Ford trucks have manually locking hubs......You would if you owned one and read the manual.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Feb 21, 2011 13:57:40 GMT -5
You would if you owned one and read the manual.
That's your job.....you get to read the manual and tell me the important stuff. ;D
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 21, 2011 14:02:44 GMT -5
It would be closer to a week than a weekend, so it would probably cost us over $1000. Plus, we are driving quite a ways, so the cost of gas would probably double. And, we wouldn't have a ski rack (or might not) so we would have to rent on the mountain instead. The price differential is probably nominal, but if the mountain is busy it can be quite a wait.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 21, 2011 14:04:44 GMT -5
When I lived in Alberta the first significant snowfall each year always caused a big surge in accidents for the first week or so till people remembered to slow down in snow, leave more room, etc. Same here which I have never understood. It isn't like we only get a major blizzard once every hundred years. We get one every year!
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Post by MN-Investor on Feb 21, 2011 14:22:41 GMT -5
My RAV4 has AWD, however the tires that came on it were terrible on snow. So that first winter we bought Blizzacks and mounted them on their own rims to make it easy to switch them out. My 15 year old RAV4 is now on its third set of snow tires and it can go anywhere in the wintertime!
My DH's father taught him how to drive in snow, how to get un-stuck, etc. Plus, DH and his pals would try their winter driving techniques in empty parking lots. I trust DH completely in the snow.
I convince DH to not drive when the roads are bad not because I don't trust him, but because of all the other fools out there. I don't want him to be hit into!
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Post by doxieluvr on Feb 21, 2011 14:25:28 GMT -5
It would be closer to a week than a weekend, so it would probably cost us over $1000. Plus, we are driving quite a ways, so the cost of gas would probably double. And, we wouldn't have a ski rack (or might not) so we would have to rent on the mountain instead. The price differential is probably nominal, but if the mountain is busy it can be quite a wait. In that case, I would put chains on the accord.
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Post by doxieluvr on Feb 21, 2011 14:27:07 GMT -5
M My DH's father taught him how to drive in snow, how to get un-stuck, etc. Plus, DH and his pals would try their winter driving techniques in empty parking lots. I trust DH completely in the snow. ! We did this too, and those lessons have proved to be beneficial over and over.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 21, 2011 14:32:28 GMT -5
I hear about people learning how to deal with snow and skids and such - but being in Phoenix, it was never a skill my Dad taught me.
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Post by dianartemis on Feb 21, 2011 15:02:18 GMT -5
apple: They probably tried switching lanes and realized they were screwed. We're getting a rain/snow mix (at least that's what the weatherman said, and it's beautiful and sunny) through out the week. That's on the valley floor, so dummies are driving will apply!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 21, 2011 15:27:42 GMT -5
We live a couple of blocks from a bar, so when it snows we take it as a sign to walk there!
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Feb 21, 2011 15:56:01 GMT -5
We live a couple of blocks from a bar, so when it snows we take it as a sign to walk there! I always knew you were a genius! And alcohol doesn't freeze, so if you pass out on the way... you're good!
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Feb 21, 2011 15:58:18 GMT -5
Did any of you ever watch that story on Dateline where the couple and their new baby and young daughter went on an impromptu trip (it was snowing the entire time) and they got lost and it took 9 days to find her and the kids and her husband tried to go find help and froze to death? Horrible, horrible story! That should cure any stupid thinking if we could just get people to watch that.
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Post by TD2K on Feb 21, 2011 16:15:52 GMT -5
so when it snows we take it as a sign to walk there!
I can see it now. "Honey, I saw a snowflake, time to head to the bar to ride it out"
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Post by dianartemis on Feb 21, 2011 16:23:07 GMT -5
POM, it was really sad, because they got lost and turned on a logging road. It makes it really hard to find someone that way, especially because there are so many in Oregon.
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Post by Mad Dawg Wiccan on Feb 21, 2011 17:30:15 GMT -5
Did any of you ever watch that story on Dateline where the couple and their new baby and young daughter went on an impromptu trip (it was snowing the entire time) and they got lost and it took 9 days to find her and the kids and her husband tried to go find help and froze to death? Horrible, horrible story! That should cure any stupid thinking if we could just get people to watch that. Seems like you hear at least one of those stories every year, along with a story about some fool who decides to ski the back slope at a ski resort. I always carry a lighter in my car, just in case I get stuck somewhere.
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Post by TD2K on Feb 21, 2011 17:36:23 GMT -5
A few years ago we had a lot of snow and a very high avalanche risk even for this area. We lost lots of backwood skiers and downhill skiers that went out of bounds and triggered or got caught in an avalanche. It was this constant toll. Granted, we always lose a few people each year.
One experienced skier was on an edge when it apparently gave way under her and she fell a few hundred feet.
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Post by dianartemis on Feb 21, 2011 17:36:32 GMT -5
Every year a hiker gets killed freezing to death on Mt. Hood because they wouldn't take a GPS transponder w/ them. They won't get lost or otherwise need it. Most hikers that take them survive in case they get lost or injured. A few have been lost due to really crappy weather conditions and rescuers couldn't reach them, but at least they were found. Too many people try to rely on cell phones, forgetting that the battery isn't limitless.
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Post by TD2K on Feb 21, 2011 17:37:58 GMT -5
Too many people try to rely on cell phones, forgetting that the battery isn't limitless.
Or that coverage can be limited.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Feb 21, 2011 17:44:07 GMT -5
POM, it was really sad, because they got lost and turned on a logging road. It makes it really hard to find someone that way, especially because there are so many in Oregon. Diana, that's the one! That road was supposed to be blocked off and locked and, for some reason they never figured out, it wasn't. The road in that area just kept going and going... Their story haunts me it was so awful. But it could have been so much worse! And it was just every day citizens that found them. I was irritated that they didn't give that man more credit and the techy kid who traced their cell and jumped through hoops to get approval to report the info. I was so pissed off how the cops treated him! Her husband would have lived had they just listened to him instead of hanging up on him. But he kept at them until he got through. They both were the heros of that story - the tech kid and the older gentleman with the helicoper/small plane (can't remember). And the mom too with her clever thinking. And she didn't seem all that bright to me.
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Post by comokate on Feb 21, 2011 23:51:17 GMT -5
I live in Minnesota. We got more than 13 inches of snow in less than 12 hours ( along with thunder and lightening !). My street, alley,neighborhood have yet to be plowed. I trudged, by foot, to the nearest county road where a friend picked me up and took me to work ( a dental clinic). *Every single one* of our patients showed up today, on time. None of the appointments were emergencies. That's just how it goes up here !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2011 0:16:17 GMT -5
I guess that I'm (and she) are clueless as to what's so important that you'd risk your life, and that of your kids, to be on the roads in this sort of mess. Is 24 hours really too long to wait?
I can only say this 2nd hand (because I'm a Texan, but the wife is from MN). If you try to in unless it's safe on the roads in MN then your may be home for months at a time. Of course some of it may depend on where you live though. My wife grew up 12 miles outside of a town with 1,200 people in it so they did the best they could with the roads.
My wife also remembers being pushed thru the attic access so that she could push the end vent off the roof. Then she would step out on the snow (yes, step) & dig out the front door. All of her brothers & sisters did that at one time or another. (If it had been me I would have just kept going until I got to somewhere warmer).
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 23, 2011 17:40:34 GMT -5
Q: What kind of apple isn’t an apple?
A: A pineapple.
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