[Novalug] OT : Snow in Babylon (was New cars?)

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Mon Dec 29 16:37:38 EST 2008


> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>
>> Years ago I was new in a house with about 400' of driveway
>> across someone else's property.  A new consulting assignment so
>> I really wanted to get to work despite an overnight heavy
>> snowstorm.  And the streets were well plowed.
>
>> My wife signaled that traffic was clear, I drove down the
>> drive, hit the ridge, went airborne, and landed on top of the
>> ridge with all 4 wheels in the air.
>>
>> Its fun shoveling snow from under a car in a three-piece suit
>> with the wife saying "told you so!".
>
>  	Warning to anyone only newly exiled to Babylon on
> Potomac! Let one of those tight-packed, windrow-shaped
> snowballs just sit for a couple days, while you come and go if
> at all only on foot, and it will *usually* melt away.
>
>  	BUT if you guess wrong and get a cold snap instead, it'll
> take you at least one good pick-axe, one good mattock, all the
> rock salt you can get, and about two days' hard work to get a car
> out UNdamaged.
>
>  	NB : Do *not* ask how I know.
>

Or, you could pour slightly hot water over the problem area...

Not sure why, or if, you didn't try this.

Jay

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