Gotta love ice rinks on the city streets! I bet the cop didn't get any fines or tickets. And, it's quite obvious from the video that the bus backed up and "rear-ended" the cop.
I've seen stuff like that happen in L.A. in the rain.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I've seen stuff like that happen in L.A. in the rain.
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I've seen stuff like that happen in Milan on a warm, sunny day.
Too much limoncello on a lazy sunny day, things happen on the road.
To quote...One of the finer points of Italian style isn’t found in fashion boutiques or art museums, but over cocktail hour.
How to Drink Like An Italian - Walks of Italy
To quote...One of the finer points of Italian style isn’t found in fashion boutiques or art museums, but over cocktail hour.
How to Drink Like An Italian - Walks of Italy
On another note about driving in snow (buckle up , this could get a bit long) My folks divorced when I was about 4 years old. I went with my dad (living in the D.C. suburbs) and my two year old brother went with mom and her new hubby to Lansing Mich. We kept in touch but weren't real close. We grew up , started driving and even visited each other occasionally. My brother used to joke that we were a bunch of sissys when it came to winter driving. I tried to explain that the situations in D.C and Lansing were a bit different but he didn't want to hear it. He ragged on me for many years about it. Stuff like closing schools to easily , no one can drive in snow around D.C. and the like. Lansing snow was one thing , D.C. ice storms were quite another. Still didn't want to hear it. He lived happily in Lansing , Howell and Port Huron Mich all his life calling occasionally to laugh at me when schools closed for two or three inches of snow. I tried to remind him that around here , it quickly turned to ice. Nope....... D.C. drivers are sissys. So be it.
One thing led to another and his work finally sent him to live near Richmond Va. Very similar driving conditions in the winter to the D.C area. He even commented about how he should come up to D.C that winter and give me winter driving lessons. Winter hit and the first snow of the season hit Richmond. The next day it turned to ice and what do you know , little brother totaled his new BMW. Being rather well to do and well insured , it wasn't long before he replaced it with another new Beemer. It doesn't snow too often in Richmond and he happily drove his new Beemer most of the rest of the winter. Somewhere in mid February , it snowed again in Richmond. The next day it melted and the next night it froze. The morning after that , he wrecked his NEW Beemer. A couple of days later he called and apologized to me for making fun of southern winters.
As someone who grew up and still lives in Michigan (about an hour west of Lansing), I have never had a problem driving in snow. I have driven down the road with the front end of my old Ford Taurus lower than the snow drifts in the road.
But icy roads make me extremely nervous. Nothing makes my sphincter pucker more than some good ol' black ice on the road. Hats off to those that are able to navigate the icy roads. Maybe that is why I use to enjoy the TV show "Ice Road Truckers".
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Agreed, a limocello is the perfect disgestivo. The ceremony is watching the frosty bottle pulled from the freezer as your tot is poured.
I prefer my Campari with soda and an orange wheel. I use sparkling mineral water for soda, myself.
I prefer my Campari with soda and an orange wheel. I use sparkling mineral water for soda, myself.
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What I find IRL is the attractiveness of LPs is proportionally diminished with each move. Sometimes it seems to me best when I can carry everything I need. There's a bass that's been with me, as you know...
And I happened to recently consider the question — what is the oldest itAm you ̶w̶o̶n̶ own? As in, some object that has been in your sole possession from the time you became its caretaker until now? The answer, for me, was a little surprising (unless I squint). It's a red climber's bandolier that has seen use on the rocks. Not in a long time ... Going to say the bandolier dates to 72-4 at the latest.
What's my personal takeaway? Summiting means nothing if you can't get back in one piece. Funny how I forgot but never forgot the first thing I was shown on my first real ascent was the grave site of another climber.
Glad to be around, myself.
And I happened to recently consider the question — what is the oldest itAm you ̶w̶o̶n̶ own? As in, some object that has been in your sole possession from the time you became its caretaker until now? The answer, for me, was a little surprising (unless I squint). It's a red climber's bandolier that has seen use on the rocks. Not in a long time ... Going to say the bandolier dates to 72-4 at the latest.
What's my personal takeaway? Summiting means nothing if you can't get back in one piece. Funny how I forgot but never forgot the first thing I was shown on my first real ascent was the grave site of another climber.
Glad to be around, myself.
McCartney has enough of my money. The album wasn’t that great.
Looks like we dodged the bullet here. That storm hit 112 mph near us, and there's a lot of damage around, but we just lost a few branches. Power is out, and likely to be for awhile, but the rescue has a 7.5 kw Generac, and I ran a drop line to the house for critical stuff...like charging my tablet. We had zip warning, but the house has stood up to everything for 130 years, and I designed the bird facility to be tornado resistant.
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Any fear of height is long gone in this one. What I found is there's so much attention to where I am in the moment there isn't room to consider the distance between me and the bottom way, way down there.
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Woah, glad you and all are safe.
How do the birds handle all the racket?
Well, the building is earth-sheltered on three sides and heavily insulated above, so not much noise inside. Plus, the birds typically are pretty noisy themselves. So, no prob.
With power, I’d want to move in with the birds.
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Entirely uncertain why any might believe that looks scary compared to living in 2020
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