Thinking of snow

[Steve Northrop]

I can't believe I had to get the snowblower out tonite (for the first time). 
Man this has been a tough Winter ;-)

Steve in Western NY
'96 GPZ1100
'02 Daytona 955i
"You Can't Fix Stupid", Ron White

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Bixby" <steven at bixbys.net>
To: "Kawasaki GPZ1100 discussion" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:24 PM
Subject: Thinking of snow


> (I accidently sent this out from the wrong email addy, here's a try
> from my subscribed address.)
>
> Thinking of snow and ice, have y'all seen this?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2nl63p
>
> This is in Portland, OR, a few days ago.  My sister lives there and
> she took about 3:15 to get from her SO's house to her own house that
> morning - just 20.5 miles.
>
> Of course, all the sunshiney-state pundits are lampooning drivers in
> this video, and I admit some of these drivers were foolish, but the
> extent of the ice at that moment was impressive.   Might well as be on
> a kid's snow disc as in a car!
>
> I'd just like to see how the sunglasses set handles driving there, and
> whether they'll shut up in a hurry!!!
>
> (I grew up in Minnesota and rural northwestern Colorado - I've been on
> my share of hockey rinks......  I mean, icy streets.  I understand the
> challenge of getting around in slippery conditions all too well.)