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LuckyCharms

(21,999 posts)
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:19 AM Dec 23

Damn, the weather is getting bad here in upstate NY. [View all]

Had a doctor's appointment 15 miles away this morning. It was only supposed to snow a couple of inches.

My wife was nice enough to shovel the driveway and clean off my car while I was in the shower. She begged me to cancel the appointment, but I told her I had to go because it was a specialist with a 6 month waiting time to get an appointment.

It was a really greasy drive there that tested my skills. Started to spin out more than a few times, and was able to pull out of them ok.

I was on the highway doing 55, and some asshole in an F150 blew by me in the left lane, and I swear he must have been doing 90 MPH. I thought "that idiot is not going to make it". Sure enough, a few miles down the road, he put his truck in a ditch in the median. I saw him get out of the truck. He looked OK, so I didn't stop.

They finally issued a winter storm warning on the TV while I was in the waiting room.

Made it home OK...saw 3 cars in the ditch on the way home.

Be careful out there.

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So glad you stayed safe! biophile Dec 23 #1
Thanks, biophile... LuckyCharms Dec 23 #2
Do you use True Dough Dec 23 #3
All season tires, True Dough... LuckyCharms Dec 23 #5
Good that you are safe at home (n/t) PJMcK Dec 23 #4
Thanks, PJ... LuckyCharms Dec 23 #6
I live in the Chester/Goshen area of New York. patphil Dec 23 #7
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