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To: stanne

We had a guy get stuck by our house in 18 inches of snow and ice. He couldn’t understand how that happened. His Audi was all wheel drive.


16 posted on 02/12/2026 5:25:20 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: 21twelve

I grew up in and around snow. There were all kinds of tricks of the trade and the basic knowledge of the properties of snow against whatever vehicle from sneakers to ice skates to a 7 MPG 75 Lincoln Continental and putting a cinder block into the front trunk of your 68 VW Bug were well known

You could spin around in a cul de sac with Jimmy C at the stick or you could spin around on 25A in an LTD but you learn how not to get stuck in snow pretty early on

If you live in Denver and you drive an uber and you blow past signs that say snow mobiles only, heading toward a mountain with passengers yelling at you then you did not grow up in Denver, in snow, nor reading English.

That’s what I’m reading. Between the lines.


20 posted on 02/12/2026 5:38:22 PM PST by stanne
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