Paul, there is no doubt that when things get white down here in the
South it gets a bit precarious on the roads to say the least. The irony
to this is that Atlanta has been under siege from those darn Yankees for
many years now so much so that it has little good ol' southern flare
left.
I bring this up since the chaos that everyone saw on the roads is not
only caused by the uninitiated Southerners, but more than a few
transplants who seem to have forgotten the proper way to drive in the
white stuff themselves.
You have to love all of the idiots, from wherever they hail, in their
5,000+ SUV's that think they are bulletproof. Bulletproof, that is
until they go haplessly sliding into one another or a ditch.
BTW, this is one Southerner who had his TR6 out in the elements today,
with the top down of course, and suffered no collateral damage.
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Paul Burr
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:54 AM
To: Ronnie Babbitt
Cc: Triumphs
Subject: Re: A rare Treat in Georgia
(Reply is intended ti be read with tongue firmly planted in cheek!)
And judging by the evening news, the first time a lot of adults have
tried to drive in it!
I love it! An inch of snow and ice down south and it looks like the
bumper cars at Six Flags!
I see all you southern dudes on TV when it snows- FULL lock on the
brakes turning your highways into the nations biggest bobsled run.
Rule one of snow driving,
Never jam the brakes to the floor.
And, anti lock brakes are just about worthless under these conditions.
Rule number two. SUV owners will always prove that Darwin was right!
I love the New Englanders who think that a 4WD SUV is ticket to winter
immortality.
Yeah, you'll get going better, but you're not going to stop any faster!
I'll bet dollars to donuts (that's Dunkin' Donuts up here!) that 95%
of
the winter roll overs I've seen are
idiots in Cherokes's, Range Rover's, Explorer's. etc.
But, this is selective breeding at it's best- physics and nature will
weed out the truly stupid drivers!
Paul "I survived the Blizzard of '78 in a "68 Mustang" Burr
On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 06:58 AM, Ronnie Babbitt wrote:
> Hi listers, Here in middle Georgia we have a rare treat Snow !!!! It's
> been nine years since our last measurable amount of snow.
> Right now we have about an Inch on top of two inches of ice. This is
the
> first time children have seen it.
>
>
> Have fun
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