Oooh, was it MY sheriff? The one we had coffee with after the Deere?
I spun on 41 once in my Peugeot 504 full of wimmen. Rested safely
against the bridge wall, until the Statey came to our rescue by
sliding into us and totaling both cars. So yes, I agree, step away
from the vee-hi-cal.
At 12:06 PM 12/28/2007, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
>Amen to that.
>
>I had to go to town this AM... came across a GMC Blazer high centered on a
>5' snowpile at the entrance to Rt. 41 and County N. Interesting thing
>was.... it's still running, in gear, front and rear wheels spinning, and the
>driver is out of the vehicle. When he got out to look at his predicament, he
>didn't take it out of DRIVE, nor did he shut the motor off. Then, he
>compounded his error by locking himself out of the vehicle. Nah... this
>isn't dangerous at all.
>
>Then of course, he's making the common error of standing near his vehicle in
>the same slippery area that caused him to lose control... and it doesn't
>occur to him to stand in a safer place. Ughhh.
>
>His OnStar was disabled, so they couldn't help unlock the doors. I called
>911, and an hour later a county sheriff with a Slim Jim to unlock the doors
>and a tow truck showed up.
>
>I figured he was having a worse day than I was.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com@autox.team.net
>[mailto:spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
>Peter C
>Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 11:21 AM
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Spridgets] Please define idiot...
>
>.. in the following sentence (uttered during a snowstorm)
>
>"People are driving like idiots out there!"
>
>
>Peter C. (during a snowstorm in WI)
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