Jan 30th 2014, 19:02:13
Here's a little something I posted on galleri's timeline that I think fits here:
Ya know... I'm the first one to poke a little fun at you guys when the entire country shuts down because it drops below zero, or a little snow falls... but I completely get it. I don't get it because I believe what you say, or because I watch the news - I get it because I lived in England, and I distinctly remember the first time the roads froze. I remember the arrogance with which I got behind the wheel. I remember spouting expletives at the hat-wearing old man in front of me, crawling along the North Walsham road at 5 mph. I remember how, with all my winter driving experience and accompanying arrogance, I finally reached a passing place... and immediately spun out onto the verge, because winter driving in Canada and winter driving in England (or any other place unaccustomed to regular freezing and snowfall) are entirely different things.
Roads created to deal with rain, and which have never seen salt, are NOT a surface you want to be driving on when it freezes. Without a word of exaggeration I can tell you that it's like driving on BUTTER with a top layer of motor oil. There is no amount of winter driving experience (except maybe the whole 'steer in the direction of the skid' thing) that will help you on roads like that. And THAT, my friends, is what the south is facing - except that they have ZERO winter driving experience in most cases. So I hope my friends understand that, while I do like to poke fun, I do get it - and I feel for ya.
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