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Re: Reply to Tab Julius' reply (Slight LBC)

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Subject: Re: Reply to Tab Julius' reply (Slight LBC)
From: Steve Bettencourt <steveb5815@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:56:48 -0500
OK :-)

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 10:21:25 -0500 (EST) Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>
writes:
> 
> 
> No, it was true.  I mention Rhode Island not as a comment about 
> Rhode
> Island-ers (no bias there) just that he came from an area 
> significantly
> south as to not have much, if any, snowfall, as opposed to northern 
> New
> England.
> 
> I wouldn't say he was an idiot, but I have met brighter people... 
> just
> offering it as an example of how some portions of the population 
> view snow
> driving and tires.
> 
> I'm sure there are lots of people in RI that understand snow & 
> driving, but
> he didn't qualify.
> 
> If you prefer, I could just generalize it to "someone who had 
> previously
> lived much further south, out of the snow belt".  But he lived in an 
> area
> where one normally didn't have to go to the extreme of putting on 
> snow
> tires in preparation for winter, and he hadn't even heard of them, 
> which is
> also okay, being regional specifc, but what I liked was how he 
> "envisioned"
> them.
> 
> - Tab
> 
> 
> At 08:28 AM 12/20/99 -0500, Steve Bettencourt wrote:
> >Tab,
> >I assume your comments are TIC but you are tempting the wrath of 
> the
> >listers from Rhode Island. This "tenant" of yours must have been a 
> new
> >driver to not have dealt with "serious" snow. Any idoit knows that 
> even a
> >dusting of snow will render bald tires useless, and if they don't, 
> they
> >will soon find out. I'm glad that we don't get 20 feet of snow here 
> every
> >winter and last year we were extremely lucky but we get our share.  
> 
> >
> >On an LBC note: When I had my '74 B in the '80s it was GREAT in the 
> snow.
> >I put brnd new 185-70-14's on it and it would plow though bumper 
> high
> >(soft) drifts like a little tank! Foot deep snow in our long 
> driveway -
> >no problem. I was really amazed at how well this car went through 
> snow.
> >And it did it for a few years.
> >
> >Steve Bettencourt
> >http://clubs.hemmings.com/bmcne
> >
> >On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:54:16 Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> I am reminded of a tenant we once had who was from Rhode Island 
> and 
> >> never
> >> really dealt with serious snow.  His car had pretty bald tires, 
> so I
> >> suggested he get snow tires.  He asked me to repeat it once or 
> >> twice, and
> >> then asked if I was joking.
> >> 
> >> He thought I was referring to tires made of snow....
> >> 
> >> (sigh)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> At 10:01 AM 12/18/99 -0500, Larry Macy wrote:
> >> >I am not talking about a worthless "All-Weather" tire. I mean a 
> >> real snow
> >> >tire.
> >
> >
> >

Steve Bettencourt
http://clubs.hemmings.com/bmcne

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