shutdown -h in Denver

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 20:13 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Bob Hemus wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 17:04 -0600, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> >>
> >> I am annoyed by SUV's because I cannot see traffic conditions when
> >> driving behind one of them.  That is dangerous in and of itself.
> >>
> >>     -- Alma
> > Amen!!!  Most of those rigs never leave the asphalt.  You ought to see
> > those idiots, chained-up going 60+ mph on I-80 from Sac to
> > Reno-Tahoe/Donner summit to go skiing and then going home!  
> 
> In my opinion, that is the most dangerous piece of road on the planet 
> during the winter.  Take
> a)  recent heavy, wet snowfall, followed by freezing conditions
> b)  road just opened but down to one lane in each direction
> c)  many large semis with chains
> d)  many large SUVs with yuppies and chains (I can say this because I'm 
> part yuppie) that never take them off-road
> e)  everyone in a hurry to get back down off the mountain.
> 
> and I'm going through that the day after Christmas.  Oh, what fun!
> 
> I'd much rather be on I-80 out in the middle of Wyoming in twice as much 
> snow.

I never used chains once in Montana... just studded snow tires all
around. They aren't big on snowplowing either and they never use salt on
the roads... it screws up the Trout Fishing from the runoffs. Fishermen
come before Motorists there, any day of the week, Ric

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