Autumnal Thoughts........

[V.C. Brunswick]

I've heard this argument alot. And to be honest I find a girl in a summer dress far more attractive than the Michelin man.

:eusa_clap

 

[Gregg Axley]

I've heard this argument alot. And to be honest I find a girl in a summer dress far more attractive than the Michelin man.

 

[vitanola]

. Cold is one thing but snow is even worse. You can't drive in it...

Well, perhaps YOU can't. Some of us learned how to deal with snow quite early on.

things get shut down and you get snowed in.

Surely you jest. Nothing in around here gets shut down for less than six or seven inches in an evening.

 

[this one guy]

I used to like snow. Then last February we got 3ft in a 24hr period. [huh] Winter's ok if we could just have a little moderation!

 

[jamespowers]

I've heard this argument alot. And to be honest I find a girl in a summer dress far more attractive than the Michelin man.

Definitely! A bikini even better.

 

[jamespowers]

Well, perhaps YOU can't. Some of us learned how to deal with snow quite early on.


Surely you jest. Nothing in around here gets shut down for less than six or seven inches in an evening.

Not can't don't want to. I feel sorry for you driving in snow. Poor people who don't know how to come in out of the snow.... If you get snowed in. You ain't going anywhere. lol lol

 

[Gregg Axley]

Not can't don't want to. I feel sorry for you driving in snow. Poor people who don't know how to come in out of the snow.... If you get snowed in. You ain't going anywhere. lol lol

Where I live it's not snowed, it's iced.
And when you get iced, NOBODY goes anywhere, unless they want new curves to their car, or bent rims.
I had a Subaru years ago, and it was the only car capable of getting around on the ice, but even it was struggling a bit.
The temps aren't quite low enough to make the ice really cold (like on ice road truckers), but they are just high enough to make it an ice skating rink for a game of bumper cars. And in my town, people don't really know how to drive on it which makes things a lot worse. 4 wheel drive doesn't equal 4 wheel stop. I don't know how many hicks I have to tell that to.

 

[vitanola]

Where I live it's not snowed, it's iced.
And when you get iced, NOBODY goes anywhere, unless they want new curves to their car, or bent rims.
I had a Subaru years ago, and it was the only car capable of getting around on the ice, but even it was struggling a bit.
The temps aren't quite low enough to make the ice really cold (like on ice road truckers), but they are just high enough to make it an ice skating rink for a game of bumper cars. And in my town, people don't really know how to drive on it which makes things a lot worse. 4 wheel drive doesn't equal 4 wheel stop. I don't know how many hicks I have to tell that to.

I have always found six inches of snow in Cleveland or eight inches in St Paul easier to drive in than one inch in Charlottesville. Up North most of the other drivers have some idea of what they are about on snow. Not so in Virginia, where snow is rare indeed these days.

 

[vintageTink]

I like the thought of snow, I like watching it. But I am a hot weather gal all the way.

 

[Justin B]

Tink knows what's what. Forget dreaming of a white Christmas, start dreaming of white sand beaches...and a cold drink.

 

[Stray Cat]

Just a small reminder, ladies and gents..
Winter VS Summer ... fftopic:

Now, THAT is Autumn!

 

[Atticus Finch]

I have always found six inches of snow in Cleveland or eight inches in St Paul easier to drive in than one inch in Charlottesville. Up North most of the other drivers have some idea of what they are about on snow. Not so in Virginia, where snow is rare indeed these days.

What is funny is seeing our retired northern neighbors trying to drive when it does snow here in the South. We have no plows and no salt trucks and our roads aren't designed to be used in freezing conditions. The retirees assume that they know how to drive in the snow...and they do as long as it is on the plowed, salted, sanded roads up north...but they soon find out that they can’t drive on the crooked, unmaintained, black-iced roads here.

AF

 

[HudsonHawk]

Just a small reminder, ladies and gents..
Winter VS Summer ... fftopic:

Now, THAT is Autumn!

Ummm...you realize those are summertime vegetables?

 

[jamespowers]

Tink knows what's what. Forget dreaming of a white Christmas, start dreaming of white sand beaches...and a cold drink.

Yeah man!:eusa_clap

 

[jamespowers]

Ummm...you realize those are summertime vegetables?

:rofl:

 

[jamespowers]

Where I live it's not snowed, it's iced.
And when you get iced, NOBODY goes anywhere, unless they want new curves to their car, or bent rims.
I had a Subaru years ago, and it was the only car capable of getting around on the ice, but even it was struggling a bit.
The temps aren't quite low enough to make the ice really cold (like on ice road truckers), but they are just high enough to make it an ice skating rink for a game of bumper cars. And in my town, people don't really know how to drive on it which makes things a lot worse. 4 wheel drive doesn't equal 4 wheel stop. I don't know how many hicks I have to tell that to.

Just another situation where you can't drive because of cold nastiness. :doh:

 

[jamespowers]

I like the thought of snow, I like watching it. But I am a hot weather gal all the way.

So snow is good for watching on TV but you don't want to be out in it. I don't even want to watch it. I get cold just looking at the danged stuff.

 

[Stray Cat]

Ummm...you realize those are summertime vegetables?

Hmm..
I quite sure it's like this:
1. when the sound Corn Harvester is around - we know it's Autumn.
2. when you buy load of potatoes for the winter - it's Autumn.
and
3. when you put the beetroot in your basement - it's Autumn.
lol

 

[Stray Cat]

So snow is good for watching on TV but you don't want to be out in it. I don't even want to watch it. I get cold just looking at the danged stuff.

..and somehow I believe you.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Hmm..
I quite sure it's like this:
1. when the sound Corn Harvester is around - we know it's Autumn.
2. when you buy load of potatoes for the winter - it's Autumn.
and
3. when you put the beetroot in your basement - it's Autumn.
lol

Here in the US, corn, tomatoes, yellow squash, etc are all summer veggies. In fact, getting fresh corn is the best thing about summer!