Re: [TriLUG] OFF-TOPIC - Snow "Storm"?

[Ryan Wheaton]

Haha.  out here in colorado (talk about hills), when snow catches the 
plows off guard, i usually tend to make my own lanes and plow right 
through the 2ft of accumulation instead of sitting in traffic...  i 
mean, why not, you can't see the lane lines anyways :-)

but i learned to drive in NC, and i'd have to agree...  North 
Carolinians (for the most part) aren't prepared to drive in cold 
weather conditions...  The thing out here in CO is that people drive 
60mph through the snow, but when it rains traffic slows to a 
standstill.  too bad you can see the lane lines when it's raining, or 
else i'd go around all the idiots then too :-D

i heard about the ice-storm and i'm glad the only thing that was wasted 
was time.  sounds like a hectic time though... are things still 
anywhere near bad, or did they clear most everything up?

oh, and if anyone wants to make a TriLUG ski trip, come to some real 
mountains...I'll show ya a good time...

happy off-topic friday..
-rtw
On Friday, Jan 21, 2005, at 11:32 America/Denver, Byarlay, Wayne A. 
wrote:

Okay we're all getting PRETTY off-topic, but what the hey, it's Friday.
It's all my fault... I started it.
I have a theory: Wherever you learned to drive, and formed your basis
for what is "normal" driving, tends to be your litmus test vs. wherever
you are. Thus, if you learned to drive in New York, you think everybody
should drive like New Yorkers, and other people suck. Or, if you 
learned
to drive in Indiana, you think people from Florida cannot drive (Like
me).

Or, I'm completely wrong. That's the last I'll add to this off-topic
discussion. Happy Friday, everybody!
P.s. I've never been to the Carolinas, but I want to someday, I bet 
it's
really nice there.

WAB
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Subject: RE: [TriLUG] OFF-TOPIC - Snow "Storm"?
If it were up to me, all
North Carolinians should stay home during any inclement weather, and

let only those of us from the North and Midwest who know how to
drive out.
I'm pretty sure you'll find that the coefficient of friction between
rubber and ice is the same for North Carolinians, Midwesterners and
Yankees.
Likewise, I believe that hydroplaning works the same for all 3 groups.
I have never known the laws of physics to make exceptions based on
stereotypes...
[JR> ] me thinks that folks not happy here should go back home
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