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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