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Cadillac Jeff
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No drift's today!! << of the snow kind
way to hot & muggy here!
way to hot & muggy here!
Tom
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I think it was 2 winters ago when I lost control and did some off road driving 3 times in a month. Most of my time on the road is uneventful. Last week I had to take the shoulder/dirt to avoid head ons 3 times in 150 miles. That's more excitement than I normally have in a year.
I cant even blame the 4 or 2 wheelers. All three incidents were other trucks.
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Tom,
I know what you're talking about, being self-employed and having an A-hole for a boss! He never gives me any time off, is Waayyy too demanding, and I can't seem to get away from him!!
I'm thinking of retiring, but he never paid anything into my retirement account, so I think I'm SOL...
I know what you're talking about, being self-employed and having an A-hole for a boss! He never gives me any time off, is Waayyy too demanding, and I can't seem to get away from him!!
I'm thinking of retiring, but he never paid anything into my retirement account, so I think I'm SOL...
JonB
Halcyon member
When I was 13, I was in a bad Motorcycle accident, busted up my leg real good. Hospital Traction for 8 weeks, then put in a body cast.
One sunny day in the winter, my Mom was driving me to a Doctor appointment, I was in that back of her Chevy Vega station wagon/hatchback...not in a seat, not buckled in...Because of that Bodycast.
On a long gentle slopping curve of the freeway, the sun was melting the snow, but the wind was freezing that melt to the concrete. My Mom lost control and ended up in the ditch...we weren't alone, there were three other cars that did the same thing and landed in the ditch. Somehow we luckily missed hitting them. TWO minutes later, here comes a 18 wheeler going full speed, he started to jackknife, coming right for us. Looking straight out the back window, My eye's were big as dinner plates, and thinking I was about to be toast. That 18 wheeler driver somehow pulled out of the jackknife and stayed on the freeway. Talk about some drifting...OMG... !!!
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
Snow and ice driving.......most of California avoids those hazards, but not all of it.
Let me describe a human sub-species native to southern Kalifornistan--the A.F.O. This acronym shortens their Linnaeus species descriptor Angelenus fornicatus omnia--translation is "City people that screw up everything".
The realm that AFO inhabits is plagued 20 hours per day+ with gridlocked freeways and secondary roads. On occasion, the AFOs leave their home grounds and migrate outbound to adjacent towns and counties, like the one that I occupy. Once out of the gridlock, these lads and lasses celebrate their new-found liberty by driving no slower than 80 MPH on freeways, irrespective of prevailing conditions. Most of the time, this is a low-cost expression of liberty, though CHP will apply sanctions if the involved AFO is flagrant or excessive.
But Los Angeles is surrounded by mountains, and to venture outside the city you must drive through mountain passes where snow can accumulate in the winter months. At such times. locals like us stay the h--l off of freeways entirely. That gaggle of Beautiful People enroute to Palm Springs/Las Vegas on Friday nights are insane under the best of conditions, so you can imagine the bloodsport underway when snow and ice get added to the mix. No thank you!
Let me describe a human sub-species native to southern Kalifornistan--the A.F.O. This acronym shortens their Linnaeus species descriptor Angelenus fornicatus omnia--translation is "City people that screw up everything".
The realm that AFO inhabits is plagued 20 hours per day+ with gridlocked freeways and secondary roads. On occasion, the AFOs leave their home grounds and migrate outbound to adjacent towns and counties, like the one that I occupy. Once out of the gridlock, these lads and lasses celebrate their new-found liberty by driving no slower than 80 MPH on freeways, irrespective of prevailing conditions. Most of the time, this is a low-cost expression of liberty, though CHP will apply sanctions if the involved AFO is flagrant or excessive.
But Los Angeles is surrounded by mountains, and to venture outside the city you must drive through mountain passes where snow can accumulate in the winter months. At such times. locals like us stay the h--l off of freeways entirely. That gaggle of Beautiful People enroute to Palm Springs/Las Vegas on Friday nights are insane under the best of conditions, so you can imagine the bloodsport underway when snow and ice get added to the mix. No thank you!
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Wife and I used to visit my older brother and family in La Mesa for Valentines day weekend. We would take the 5th wheel from WA down there and back and spend a month. Going up the hill to Victorville to get on US 395 could get interesting but we were there at 1100 before the drunks going to Los Vegas.
However, I got to drift the F150 and a 24 foot 5th wheel on Virginia Street in Reno when we got caught in a snow storm before we could get to the RV park. Did you know that a pick-up and 5th wheel take up all four lanes plus the parking strips on both sides?
However, I got to drift the F150 and a 24 foot 5th wheel on Virginia Street in Reno when we got caught in a snow storm before we could get to the RV park. Did you know that a pick-up and 5th wheel take up all four lanes plus the parking strips on both sides?
Rockydoc
Well-Known Member
Like I told you before, you should write a novel. You have the life experiences and the literary skills to present them in a form that is a pleasure to read.
