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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2004Snow tow (BW)
In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on broadband I think! http://www.faeces.com/snowtowcar.wmv Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ OMG!!! That is just too good. I kept thinking, jeez that's not how I would approach that. Still, I still didn't expect what happened. THANKS! for sharing. Karen > In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - > I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune > h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ >OMG!!! That is just too good. I kept thinking, jeez that's not how I would >approach that. Still, I still didn't expect what happened. THANKS! for >sharing. > >Karen Thank you ma'am, I aim to please ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ > >OMG!!! That is just too good. I kept thinking, jeez that's not how I would > >approach that. Still, I still didn't expect what happened. THANKS! for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thank you ma'am, I aim to please ;-) your aim is good Helen - those guys on the other hand should no doubt have been a lot better off, aiming the towing in the other direction ... oh my ... what on earth posessed them to go about things the way they did? but still - amaizing what happened ... :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi >what on earth posessed them to go about things the way they did? Possibly only having one brain-cell between all of them, and that brain-cell having the IQ of a retarded amoeba ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ > >what on earth posessed them to go about things the way they did? > > Possibly only having one brain-cell between all of them, and that brain-cell > having the IQ of a retarded amoeba ;-) > > Cheers, helen s It did make me wonder how the male of the species survives to the present ;) Karen > It did make me wonder how the male of the species survives to the present ;) Hey! Some of us males do have common sense and some degree of intelligence.... :)  SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> It did make me wonder how the male of the species survives to the present ;) > > Hey! Some of us males do have common sense and some degree of > intelligence.... :) Thank God! > It did make me wonder how the male of the species survives to the present ;) > Karen It is because the females of the species nurses them back to health after their idiotic escapades! <G> Patti PS: Just north west of us in Central New York, US, the snow has been falling at a rate of 6" per hour through out the day. Total snow fall for the week from last friday till today is 6.5 feet, with another 8 to 18" expected tonight. My hubby has been snowblowing paths for my outside cats to get to shelter and food. He is a sweetie! >> It did make me wonder how the male of the species survives to the present ;) > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > to 18" expected tonight. My hubby has been snowblowing paths for my > outside cats to get to shelter and food. He is a sweetie! ***boggle**** "Patti" <mishwahr@dreamscape.com> wrote > PS: Just north west of us in Central New York, US, the snow has been > falling at a rate of 6" per hour through out the day. Total snow fall > for the week from last friday till today is 6.5 feet, with another 8 > to 18" expected tonight. My hubby has been snowblowing paths for my > outside cats to get to shelter and food. He is a sweetie! Aw, so nice to hear there are some nice ones left out there! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Please thank him for us! Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip> My hubby has been snowblowing paths for my > outside cats to get to shelter and food. He is a sweetie! Now that was funny. Jo > In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - > I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune > h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ >In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - >I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune >h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ Leave it to the male species not to clear the snow away from the rear of the car first. If they had cleared away the excess snow they probably could have gotten out on their own. Wonder what they told the insurance company or the body shop when they got the car repaired. Nan >>In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - >>I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Nan Heh...well...better yet, they should have pulled the car forward or to the left in to the relatively clear driveway. Front wheel drive car, as well. Put the wheels where they can do the work. Why they were backing and pulling *in* to the snow is rather a mystery... On top of that, most of the smaller imports tend to have tow hooks or loops at the front. Of course, if I read the license plate correctly, they're from Maryland, which, especially if they're from the area near DC, means that any sense they have regarding poor weather driving conditions was traded in when they got a license. Chris, (who drove a Chevy Camaro in NY winters for years, and came to Virginia to finally witness a snowplow stuck in the snow....while passing it in that same Camaro), and the Fairfax felines, who are just as happy to *not* go out in the snow, thank you very much :) > >>In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - > >>I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > passing it in that same Camaro), and the Fairfax felines, who are > just as happy to *not* go out in the snow, thank you very much :) Chris - DH and I lived in Fairfax for five years... and we, too, got a good laugh at the snowplows stuck in a snowbank! LOL. Stacey (born and bred NYer) > >In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - > >I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Nan Well they have the video to prove exactly what happened. Why on earth were they taping this anyway? Jo >>> In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the > motorist - [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Jo My guess is that ONE of them was thinking 'this is never gonna work' while the other ones were hepping each other up. "I got a truck and a tow line" "Yeah?" "Sure. We'll just YANK it out" third guy or possibly the only female there: 'Man, I gotta get this on tape' The rest is history. Karen > In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - > I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on > broadband I think! ROFL! What in heaven's name did those eejits think they were doing???? ROFL! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >ROFL! What in heaven's name did those eejits think they were doing???? ROFL! Isn't testosterone a wonderful thing ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote in > Isn't testosterone a wonderful thing ;-) Indeed. -- Marina Uh....the less-than-winter-weather-informed Floridian here fails to grasp the basics of this whole operation. Could they not have dug that snow away from rear wheels, put car in neutral, and all *pushed* it out onto cleared driveway/street (similar to rescueing a car from deep sand aground situation)? But suggestions from me must only be just as ridiculous as what occurred in video. Snow is not the same as sand..... : "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote in : > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : -- : Marina >Could they not have dug that snow away >from rear wheels, put car in neutral, and all *pushed* it out onto cleared >driveway/street You see - you have a brain! The guys in the vid had only one brain-cell between the lot of them and that single brain-cell was less use than an amoeba ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ > Uh....the less-than-winter-weather-informed Floridian here fails to grasp > the basics of this whole operation. Could they not have dug that snow away > from rear wheels, put car in neutral, and all *pushed* it out onto cleared > driveway/street (similar to rescueing a car from deep sand aground > situation)? But suggestions from me must only be just as ridiculous as what > occurred in video. Snow is not the same as sand..... No, that would have been the approach a sane person would have taken. Karen > Uh....the less-than-winter-weather-informed Floridian here fails to grasp > the basics of this whole operation. Could they not have dug that snow away > from rear wheels, put car in neutral, and all *pushed* it out onto cleared > driveway/street (similar to rescueing a car from deep sand aground > situation)? But suggestions from me must only be just as ridiculous as what > occurred in video. Snow is not the same as sand..... To me, it would have made much more sense to tow the car *forwards* where there *was no snow* to begin with! -- Marina >In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - >I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on >broadband I think! > >http://www.faeces.com/snowtowcar.wmv Oh. My. Goodness. Words fail me, they really do .... SignatureCathi oh my god. Jazz's mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time > >In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - > >I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Words fail me, they really do .... > In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - > I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune > h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ Should have been named "Idiots in Action". All they needed was a shovel and some salt! Stacey ;) > Should have been named "Idiots in Action". All they needed was a shovel and > some salt! Or clay kitty litter, which works quite well. I used to keep a bag of clay kitty litter in the trunk of my car every winter. It helped me out a couple of times. Pam S. >>In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the > motorist - [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Stacey ;) Yep...I used to carry two fifty pound sand bags in the back of that previously mentioned Camaro, along with a shovel, board or two, and a set of jumper cables. Luck must have driven with me. I never had to use any of it for that car, but it came in handy for plenty of others. Besides, the extra weight in the back helped...:) My neighbors here in Fairfax get mad at me because I never shovel my driveway. Oh well....I'm still not the one burning the rubber off my tires trying to park...;) In the '96 blizzard I didn't have any place to *put* the snow, so I used 4wd and low gear...and watched my neighbor from Florida turn red with annoyance....;) So...at least a few members of the male gender have a *slight* bit of an idea, though I make no claims about the rest of my life...;) Stacey, how much snow do you have up your way currently? I need to call my parents and see how much they have. Purrs- Chris and the Fairfax felines (who are upset with me for not clearing the deck for them) If your neighbor from FL had lived there long enough, I suppose he eventually learned how to navigate his driveway. On my first visit to Denver, I approached our convoy of snow-covered SUV's lined up in son's driveway with their garden hose, thinking to wash the snow off them all. Before I could reach the vehicles, son playfully tackled me and snatched hose away, explaining that after my intended maneuver, vehicles would be covered with *ice* instead of snow, and so would entire driveway! It was 4oF that night. Ignorant Floridians running loose in snowy weather......have to be carefully watched. : >>In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the : > motorist - [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] : Chris and the Fairfax felines (who are upset with me for not clearing : the deck for them) Heh-heh... I don't think he *wanted* to stay after that year. And his vehicle of preference was BMW. The older ones like the BMW2002 (That was the year I actually learned how to overhaul the fuel system on one of those models). Those are obviously not the type of vehicle you want to be depending on for learning to drive in snow. Of course, you obviously know how to deal with deep sand, which is in a lot of ways similar to snow. I had to work on an environmental project in Delaware before I really learned how to negotiate deep sand. With an S10 pickup, all manual, 2wd, 4 cyl. *That* was fun...:) Good thing it was the company truck...;) As far as water and cold weather, well, I still love watching the queues at the car washes in winter (especially near my parent's house in NY), and wondering how many of them will have frozen locks after they have the car washed. I used to carry one of those small lock de-icers in my car along with the jumper cables. Purrs- Chris (who realizes this is rambling, but the server won't let the post go through if there's more original text than new text, and hates chopping all the previous stuff out...:( ) > If your neighbor from FL had lived there long enough, I suppose he > eventually learned how to navigate his driveway. On my first visit to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > : Chris and the Fairfax felines (who are upset with me for not clearing > : the deck for them) "Christopher Havlicek" <christo829@juno.com> wrote> <SNIP>Yep...I used to carry two fifty pound sand bags in the back of that previously mentioned Camaro, along with a shovel, board or two, and a set of jumper cables. Luck must have driven with me. I never had to use any of it for that car, but it came in handy for plenty of others. Besides, the extra weight in the back helped...:) <SNIP> I used to carry a length of window screen to stick under my tires if I got in a slippery spot and they were spinning. Worked like a charm! After we got stuck sitting on 490 for six hours not moving a few years back in a blizzard, I've trained myself to always have a shovel, good warm clothing and boots, a box of donuts, a bottle of Dew and a full pack of cigs before heading out on a snowy morning. Never hurts to be prepared! <SNIP>My neighbors here in Fairfax get mad at me because I never shovel my driveway. Oh well....I'm still not the one burning the rubber off my tires trying to park...;) In the '96 blizzard I didn't have any place to *put* the snow, so I used 4wd and low gear...and watched my neighbor from Florida turn red with annoyance....;) <SNIP> I remember that blizzard, we lived in apartments at the time that did not have arranged parking per apt, so basically it was first come, first serve. People would go out and shovel a spot then put lawn furniture, homemade signs, garbage cans, etc. in the spot hoping no one would park there after they'd spent all the time shoveling it. We, too, would just plow our car into the snow without shoveling, LOL.. ticking people off! <SNIP>Stacey, how much snow do you have up your way currently? I need to call my parents and see how much they have.<SNIP> It's about Moose-high, that is, about two feet not drifted. The drifts can get about three to four feet in places. Yuck! Stacey :) > In the light of the snow and how it brings out the stupidness of the motorist - > I got this from another newsgroup. Worth the download time if you aren't on > broadband I think! > > http://www.faeces.com/snowtowcar.wmv ROFLMAO! That is *too* funny. I guess what they have missed is that snow (and water) can move huge boulders just by its own weight. Trying to drag a car *through* it is just asking for disaster. Still can't see why they just didn't go forward, but I have never had to deal with snow. Yowie |
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