And weren't YOU all glad Monday morning that you didn't take your winter tires off last week?
I had asked She Who Must Be Obeyed if the Gislaveds should come off the VeeDub; good job she ignored me...
Again with the travel schedule, but yesterday found me flying out of Miami (33 degrees, 90 percent humidity, I hate that place) into yet another raging blizzard.
If this is Global Warming, I don't want to see Global Cooling.
Attempted humour revolving around climate change, eh? Again the Wheels section finds itself out of step with the realities of our times.
Posted by: Alan Wayne Scott | April 08, 2009 at 05:46 AM
I always procrastinate: that's the one thing I never put off until tomorrow! But..snow tires increase fuel consumption by approx 1 L/100km or so therefore I put the summers on last week. Mother Nature gets the last laugh..as always!
Posted by: Larry Mitz | April 08, 2009 at 02:23 PM
In the past two days I summerized my snowblower and had the winter tires removed from the car so that's bound to trigger the mother of all blizzards. To prove that I'm not totally stupid, I did leave the snow shovels at the ready though.
Posted by: Mike T. | April 10, 2009 at 06:20 AM
Hi Alan:
Well, you seem to spend a fair amount of time reading us!
What's that Machiavellian adage: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer?
"Hoof and cycle"?
Geez, Alan - ALL THAT METHANE!
Get yourself a nice new car and help clean up the atmosphere...
Cheers,
Jim Kenzie
Posted by: Jim | April 10, 2009 at 06:19 PM
Hi Larry:
First, we are trying to convince people to use the term "winter tires" to distinguish from the blocky old units of the past!
Yeah, political correctness comes to tire designations...
Second, if you spent ten minutes spinning your wheels trying to get out of your driveway last week, or if you had to get a tow truck to haul your busted car to the body shop after you whacked that guard rail, you would have used up 'way more than 1 l/100 km worth of fuel!
You are right on one thing though - we are playing in Mother Nature's home park; she does bat last...
Jim Kenzie
Posted by: Jim | April 10, 2009 at 06:25 PM
Re:There's always a story...part deux
And the date your son took the photo was....?
A truck driver with a well-developed sense of whimsy..wonderful!
Posted by: Larry Mitz | April 11, 2009 at 07:43 AM