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I was going to make a joke about how yankee drivers are the worst in snow and ice. Whenever we have a really bad ice storm down here it's pretty common to see northern plates in the ditch, disproportionately to their numbers here. I guess they want to show us how to do it and get a little carried away. But I don't have the heart because one guy died in all this mess. I'm surprised no more than that did.


Bad drivers are everywhere guys don't dogpile me - we have some of the worst drivers anywhere down here believe me.
 
When we get snow and ice around here, it's like a bunch of student drivers after a bar crawl... I stay home as much as possible.
 
Nice thing about the first snow here is that the idiots do not have cars anymore- safer the next day.

I do think this is appropriate here.


Gore the prophet predicts hotter weather just ahead..

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Kevin said:
I was going to make a joke about how yankee drivers are the worst in snow and ice. Whenever we have a really bad ice storm down here it's pretty common to see northern plates in the ditch, disproportionately to their numbers here. I guess they want to show us how to do it and get a little carried away. But I don't have the heart because one guy died in all this mess. I'm surprised no more than that did.
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Other than Florida, couldn't nearly any out of state plate be considered northern?

And, the northerners who move south are failed northerners. That's why they move south.
 
The whole Northerners in the ditch more thing down there- I talked to a civil engineer once and he says there are two reasons for that, The surface is finished differently down south on the roadways ( He said it had to do with faster water drainage or something) since the ice is a lot less common down there and also that they don't sand and de-ice to the extent we do up here (After a few weeks of salting the highway it has enough of a residue to de-ice itself somewhat it seems)

So combine those two things with a northerner that thinks he knows what he's doing and you get instant roadside decoration.

I also learned though the last time I was in Dallas that rental cars down there my have a tire that says all weather on it but it's sure not like the all weather tires I put on my vehicles up here.....
 
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I touched a nerve. I have never done that before . . . .
 
Kevin said:
I touched a nerve. I have never done that before . . . .
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Don't worry about it, yankees can be a bit sensitive. As soon as I have one more scotch, I'll jump in and help you.
 
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I touched a nerve. I have never done that before . . . .
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Nah, No nerve. I had noticed the same thing one time when I was down south and that was the info I got. Up here the body shops put on extra guys to write estimates the week after the first snowfall of the year. I guess the 3 months between one winter and the next is enough for all the folks up here to forget how to drive in snow.
 
I'll never forget the time though I was in Texas and they were closing interstates, roads, sidewalks, etc from some ice. I really needed to be on the road heading north and a cop said the only vehicles allowed had to have chains. He seemed a little surprised when I pulled a set out of the trunk. Nowadays I don't know if people even know what those are anymore.
 
SENC said:
Don't worry about it, yankees can be a bit sensitive. As soon as I have one more scotch, I'll jump in and help you.
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i have to rememeber when I go to NC that all the eggs are drunk.................
 
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SENC said:
Don't worry about it, yankees can be a bit sensitive. As soon as I have one more scotch, I'll jump in and help you.
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That's okay Hen. I think I have all I can handle with the pissed of Yanks as it is I sure don't need any of your "help". Hell, even the Left Coaster Yankee-wanna-be's are joining in. Real Yankees don't even claim those liberal Washingtoners do they? I think they all drive Dodge's anyway.
 
Schroedc said:
I'll never forget the time though I was in Texas and they were closing interstates, roads, sidewalks, etc from some ice. I really needed to be on the road heading north and a cop said the only vehicles allowed had to have chains. He seemed a little surprised when I pulled a set out of the trunk. Nowadays I don't know if people even know what those are anymore.
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There's an entire chapter in "51 shades of Brink" devoted to chains.
 
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I wish I didn't have any chains in December of 1988 I used them to go see my future ex wife. Without them I would have never been able to go. She was born in New Rochelle. That ought to give you my sentiments on chains and ice and crazy people born in cold weather.
 
Kevin said:
That's okay Hen. I think I have all I can handle with the pissed of Yanks as it is I sure don't need any of your "help". Hell, even the Left Coaster Yankee-wanna-be's are joining in. Real Yankees don't even claim those liberal Washingtoners do they? I think they all drive Dodge's anyway.
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Liberal left coasters- my @$$ some of us live in the desert. nice thing about it we do not have to worry about texicanirish coming north- they are skeered of white...........
 
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