Re: Playing in the snow... :)

[Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

Ha!  Good luck for you!

Reminds me of a first date a long long time ago...I
took her to the company Christmas party, and it began
to snow, very heavily for Cincinnati, about 8" on the
ground in a few hours.  I go to take her home in the
Rabbit, and the interstate is butt-empty, luckily with
a few grooves where some semi had been a few minutes
before.  Getting bored with going about 30mph, I
decide to do the cool U-turn with the handbrake, and
whip the little buggy around, perfect 180, then going
backwards (in-lane), I nail the brakes and whip the
wheel round, and I'm heading in the right direction in
the same lane!  Coolest thing I ever did, first time
too!  But *she* said (sitting as close to the door as
possible) "don't you EVER do that with me in the car
AGAIN!!"  Boy was she pissed...I'm stumbling..."empty
road...a litte fun..." but nada.  Cold as ice.

First date, last date.  Wish all were that simple.

Ron


--- 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
> Almost bit it bad this morning in the Mercedes. 
> Snowy roads, bald rear 
> tires and I went out to play in the snow for 1.5
> hours.  What else would 
> you expect?!
> 
>   Was fun, no disasters, but I did see other people
> playing in the snow, 
> including a chick in a blue Sentra doing donuts in a
> cul-de-sac.
> 
> Afterwards, I ran some errands and was on the way to
> the office.  Crest the 
> top of a huge hill and look down the other side. 
> Skidmarks into a curb, 
> and then the jittery, jagged marks in the snow
> showing that ABS was doing 
> all it could.  I say "uh oh, more slippery than I
> thought".  I am going 
> walking speed at this point.
> 
> Hit the brakes, ABS engages immediately.  I'm
> picking up speed in a big way 
> as I head toward the bottom of the hill, which is a
> 2-lane relatively 
> high-traffic road perpendicular to the road I'm
> sliding down.  I pitch the 
> car at a 90' angle so when I slide through the
> intersection, I get hit from 
> front or back to minimize my chance of injury.
> 
> Sliding, sliding, totally sideways.  ABS pump is
> roaring. (Well, as much as 
> an electric pump roars, but I have to be dramatic
> here.  I was a little bit 
> scared SHITLESS). :)
> 
> I spot a blue Sentra coming down the hill.  Sentra
> stops right before the 
> intersection, PARKS THE CAR SIDEWAYS IN THE ROAD and
> blocks the road.  I 
> slide out sideways, coming to a stop about 1/3 into
> the road.  Sentra 
> waves, I flash lights, wave back, and blow a kiss.
> 
> (For the record, the road was clear; no one else was
> coming... but in case, 
> they would have seen the Sentra sideways and
> stopped; this road was 
> relatively clear of snow).
> 
> But guess what?  It's the same chick who was doing
> donuts in the cul de sac 
> a few hours earlier.  Proves my theory that people
> who go out and play in 
> the snow in their cars are more attentive drivers.
> 
> Woohoo!
> Jason
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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