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What is all this white stuff outside??
- Thread starter Grizzly700
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I remember one time I was driving from my home in Columbus, Ohio to Nashville to do some recording for a friend of mine in a pretty bad storm. It started in Cincinnati and didn't let up until I got to the KY/TN border. That's when I saw I 65 backed up all the way into Nashville. It really wasn't that bad down there but I guess Tennessee only has about 5 snow plows. I call my girlfriend, wife now, and asked her to guide me through the back roads over the cell phone. This is before navigation systems were so readily available. So she got her map out and started giving me directions to Nashville through back roads instead of the interstate.
Man, I drove through 2 ft. of snow in some places and there weren't even any tire tracks in the snow. I finally meandered my way to a little building with lights on, the only sign of life I saw since i got off the freeway, and went in. There were 2 big hillbilly tow truck drivers looking at me like I was crazy for being out that night. I asked them if they knew where Sam's Creek Rd. was, since that's where I was headed, and they said, "Boy, you gotta 4 wheel drive?", and I said, "No, but I'm from Ohio and I'm used to this stuff." So they gave me directions and told me not to come calling if I got stuck. Well, a half hour later I made it in my little 2 door Honda Accord with low profile tires and Mille Miglia Spider rims.
The next day Nashville looked like a war zone. There were cars all over the place. Brand new BMW's and Benzes just left in the middle of the road, like Godzilla had struck. Man, if I was a crook I'd be in Heaven. Even big 4 wheel drives were stuck. Sure feels good to be a northerner.
This is what I'm used to seeing every winter. Here's my back porch.
Man, I drove through 2 ft. of snow in some places and there weren't even any tire tracks in the snow. I finally meandered my way to a little building with lights on, the only sign of life I saw since i got off the freeway, and went in. There were 2 big hillbilly tow truck drivers looking at me like I was crazy for being out that night. I asked them if they knew where Sam's Creek Rd. was, since that's where I was headed, and they said, "Boy, you gotta 4 wheel drive?", and I said, "No, but I'm from Ohio and I'm used to this stuff." So they gave me directions and told me not to come calling if I got stuck. Well, a half hour later I made it in my little 2 door Honda Accord with low profile tires and Mille Miglia Spider rims.
The next day Nashville looked like a war zone. There were cars all over the place. Brand new BMW's and Benzes just left in the middle of the road, like Godzilla had struck. Man, if I was a crook I'd be in Heaven. Even big 4 wheel drives were stuck. Sure feels good to be a northerner.
This is what I'm used to seeing every winter. Here's my back porch.
That's instant idiot powder.
Just sprinkle it on your roadways and add vehicles. Instant idiots.
I've never seen so many minivans in ditches. It was ******* chaos.
:scowl:
Just sprinkle it on your roadways and add vehicles. Instant idiots.
I've never seen so many minivans in ditches. It was ******* chaos.
:scowl:
Your table looks like a big fluffy cake...
What is that stuff...
Memphians loose their mind when it rains... just imagine when it snows...
I was thinking more of a marshmallow!Your table looks like a big fluffy cake...
What is that stuff...
Memphians loose their mind when it rains... just imagine when it snows...
Used to live in South Dakota when I was in the Air Force. Times we'd have drifts going over the top of the house...snowed in the doors, we had to climb out of the bathroom window to dig ourselves out. It gets cold here in NJ, but not as cold as SoDak, and ususally no more than an inch or two of snow at a time in the winter.
On the other hand, my husband is currently visiting his parents in Cooper's Landing, 60 miles or so south of Anchorage, AK; he says they have about 5 foot or snow at the moment... And he wants us to move up there? He can move up there by himself!!
Pat
On the other hand, my husband is currently visiting his parents in Cooper's Landing, 60 miles or so south of Anchorage, AK; he says they have about 5 foot or snow at the moment... And he wants us to move up there? He can move up there by himself!!
Pat
