Had the girls here for the weekend, and since we got daddy smacked with that big snow storm this weekend, and our sissy governor decided to declare a state of emergency on the whole state....I guess the road crews take the next 48 hours off. :iroll:
Needless to say, there was no way the Ex and I could make this trip (4 -5 hours round trip minimum) to swap the kids back out. The roads were practically impassible.
Long story short, tonight...more the 24 hours later...I find myself tooling down the freeway with the girls in the big F150 at a daring 53 mph :iroll:
The highway is covered with ice and snow, everyone's going the same speed, and it's bumper to bumper because of it.
I look down at the speedometer and it breaks away from 53mph and is screaming for 60, then 70, then 80 :sad3: and I'm not going a bit faster...all of a sudden here's comes my own tail lights taking up the back stretch. :sick2:
I think I aged another 10 years tonight.
Three hours of that , then turn around and do it all again on the way home.....this time in the dark.
I seriously thought my transmission was falling out a couple times, as the rear wheels would brake lose at the mere thought of my foot touching the gas pedal :iroll:
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it's a good day to be alive", he said as he sat in the living room sporting his slippers. :whew:
Glad you made it safely home Jim. Is that a meet in the middle trip or did you take the girls all the way home?
Pat
Glad you made it back too Jim!! It was like that this AM here when I took Diane to work. Luckily it's just a 15 minute trip each way & no highways. :whew: I don't mind driving in the snow but when it rains all day prior it gets interesting.
Glad ya all made it back safe and sound Jim. ;yes;
It takes a lot out of a guy doesn't it.
I can hear the sigh and feel the relief from here as ya put those slippers on and grab a seat. :eyebrownod:
Pat, that depends on who you talk to.
Since you asked me, it's about about 15 minutes short of halfway for me.
If you ask her, she leaves three days in advance, drives through hell and back one way, and it's all uphill. :iroll:
Yeah we had the sweet little 12-14 hour Rain Base on this snow dump HaMeR...it sucked literally.
glad you made it Jimbo :wink: i had a close one several years back, i was on the interstate going probable 40 mph and i was behind a 18 wheeler and i thought I'm gonna pass him, well i got beside him and all of a sudden i start fishtailing and then I'm sideways looking right under this rig, i steer the other way and then i was facing the other way and i shoot down the medium as the snow was shooting up and i see a couple markers flying by me and finally got it slowed down and easered back on the road. then i had to go home and change my skivies
Driving in snow never bothered me much. The ice just adds an added dimension. :laf: Your truck 4 wheel drive? Locking rear axle? That helps a bunch.
Glad your all OK Jimbo......... We were supposed to get hit........ But we hardly got any snow...... Just a lot of rain, then cold, and wind.......
That kind of trip is no fun at all. Glad you made it safely. Is it spring yet?
No four wheel on this one Semp, and the rear is just a limited slip. But on black ice I dont think anything would have mattered.
Glad I don't have that down here, its cold outside but no snow, man that is really something to see your rear end coming back at you, glad you made it home safely. cc
Sounds like you need a nice glass of port.
Jerry
Them type of roads can be so hair raising I'm surprised someone hasn't marketed the idea for hair growth :shrug:. Glad you made there with your precious cargo and am just as happy you got back ;yes;.
Like everyone said... glad you made it safe and are back home now.
Sounds like a double 6 pack day. :wink:
Quote from: FinsnFur on December 14, 2010, 04:16:47 PM
No four wheel on this one Semp, and the rear is just a limited slip. But on black ice I dont think anything would have mattered.
Yeah, not much works on ice. Studded tires or chains maybe.
Quote from: Semp on December 14, 2010, 09:24:14 PM
Yeah, not much works on ice. Studded tires or chains maybe.
Skates, duh :doh2:.
We have h ad our share of the white stuff this weekend.
lot of slide offs and such.
glad ya made it home OK there buddy and doubly glad ya got the next generation home safe
Glad ya'll made it alright Jim.. it got pretty bad here even in the south... there was snow on the road for nearly 1/2 a day... closed schools one day and an hour late the next. ;yes;
Quote from: pitw on December 14, 2010, 09:40:11 PM
Quote from: Semp on December 14, 2010, 09:24:14 PM
Yeah, not much works on ice. Studded tires or chains maybe.
Skates, duh :doh2:.
How does one put skates on a truck? :nono:
Jeesh you dont even make a good yankee !!! :alscalls: Glad you and your family are safe !
Jeb
Glad ya made it there safe with the kids, and even gladder ya made it back. :wink:
SO if something happens to you, what happnes to us? :innocentwhistle:
Quote from: Todd Rahm on December 16, 2010, 01:24:16 PM
SO if something happens to you, what happnes to us? :innocentwhistle:
A country boy will survive. :wink:
Alscalls is my beneficiary to a quarter of a mil....and has been instructed appropriately.
:yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:
Not worried about your money. Al will just wall paper the hunting shack with it. What about the site? :alscalls:
Do me a favor...... Give it away to someone else before ya go..... :wink:
:shock2:
Gonna paint.......
Dont like wallpaper.......... :nono:
Quote from: Todd Rahm on December 16, 2010, 07:37:22 PM
Not worried about your money. Al will just wall paper the hunting shack with it. What about the site? :alscalls:
Well I was talking about the site too. Thats what I meant by "instructed appropriately", but now I'm truly wondering about his validity :huh:
Maybe I'll just live for a while yet. :eyebrownod:
Why you interested Todd? If I set you up your not going to cash me in are you? :sad3:
How about setting up a 501 (c) (3) non profit. :eyebrownod:
Yeah cashing ya in. Hamer has already agreed to help for a cut and says he knows a couple of henchmen by the names of "hawk" something and "stp" or is it "cup"? Any way he says they will help out. :innocentwhistle:
Just curious how boards set I'd for a crisis like that if it ever occured? That's all. :confused:
"stp" :alscalls:
Quote from: FinsnFur on December 16, 2010, 09:43:38 PM
Quote from: Todd Rahm on December 16, 2010, 07:37:22 PM
Not worried about your money. Al will just wall paper the hunting shack with it. What about the site? :alscalls:
Well I was talking about the site too. Thats what I meant by "instructed appropriately", but now I'm truly wondering about his validity :huh:
Maybe I'll just live for a while yet. :eyebrownod:
Why you interested Todd? If I set you up your not going to cash me in are you? :sad3:
I am on dail up............ you would roll over in yer grave............... :laf: :laf:
So what does "stp" stand for? :confused:
Quote from: Semp on December 17, 2010, 06:16:38 AM
So what does "stp" stand for? :confused:
Stone Temple Pilots. :biggrin:
I was thinking of the thick stuff you put in your motor. :laf:
Me too. I just went with those guys as a WTH. :laf: :laf:
STP Scientifically Treated Petroleum