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LWolf

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25. I've been home since Friday night.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jan 8, 2017, 03:19 PM

Jan 2017

The snow is an inch above my front bumper, and about 3/4 of the way up my tires. I have to get to work tomorrow morning. I leave in the dark. It's still snowing.

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LOL! The South ... [View all] struggle4progress Jan 2017 OP

Hey. yallerdawg Jan 2017 #1

Most Southerners never learned how to drive in snow. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #2

Conditions are different in the South, not the drivers Generic Brad Jan 2017 #3

I grew up driving around Atlanta. I stayed home when there was ice on the road. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #8

They don't pre treat the roads like they do in colder climes. Fla Dem Jan 2017 #16

We pre treat in NC unc70 Jan 2017 #22

Thank you. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #19

That's exactly the case in Portland, Oregon, and we get laughed at by the whole country. nt Still Blue in PDX Jan 2017 #26

Most Southerners may never have learned how to drive with even just the thought of snow struggle4progress Jan 2017 #6

I seem to remember less snow around Atlanta 50 years ago. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #9

I can't remember where I put my glasses down five minutes ago struggle4progress Jan 2017 #14

lol! dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #20

It's their loss. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #24

I sure as hell PasadenaTrudy Jan 2017 #4

Drive slow and don't expect to be able to stop or change directions quickly struggle4progress Jan 2017 #11

You'd get forced off the road up here. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #17

Drive like you have no brakes, no steering, and everybody out there is drunk..... lastlib Jan 2017 #23

I'm pretty sure that that's so y'all can stock up at the liquor store. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #5

Y'gotta start in th'mornin if y'gonna drink all day struggle4progress Jan 2017 #7

I manage to hold off until noon, but on January 20, all bets are off. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #12

A SOUTHERNER MOVES UP NORTH pstokely Jan 2017 #10

I've seen something else like that, about the first snow in wonderful upstate New York. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #13

pstokely, Northerners feel exactly the same way about the white sh*t sarge43 Jan 2017 #27

Meanwhile, just south of the New York - Pennsylvania state line: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #15

Don't laugh. Laffy Kat Jan 2017 #18

I'm about to log off. Drive safely. Stay warm. Have a nice weekend. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #21

I've been home since Friday night. LWolf Jan 2017 #25