How do we know Brian Whipple isn't your diabetic neighbor with no will power you're trying to kill?tribdog said:
That was a 'wink-wink, nudge-nudge' kind of request. He wants arsenic.matthyaouw said:
That's not "right" just thorough. "Right" is when the authorities suspect no foul play.matthyaouw said:
Oh, I HATE ice! That stinks MB!Moonbear said:
Yeah, the Yaktrax are nice, they came out after I got mine, I think.Danger said:
Evo said:Oh, I HATE ice! That stinks MB!
I bought a pair of those ice gripper cleats that you pull on over your shoes. Evo can tap dance on a block of ice in those things.
That won't help you if you can't even make it up your drive though.
Trib, get the flame throwing trebuchet, we're going to pay MB's landlord a visit.
Here MB, look here for some ideas to cope with ice. I have the Sure Foot Get-A-Grip ice grippers. I bought them somewhere else a couple of years ago.
http://www.sportsimportsltd.com/traccleatans.html
And the people living at the bottom of the hill just sat there watching me! 
I'm trying to watch out the window to see if anyone else can get up the hill to find out if it's truly impassable, or if I need to get something with 4WD to get around here in winter. I think it counts as impassable when you can't even walk it. The tough part is that it's not only a steep hill, it's a curve too, so I can't just go at it at high speed to get enough momentum to carry me to the top with or without traction. I was nervous after the first snowfall when I realized that the boulders at the bottom of that hill probably aren't just decorative. I would rather have an ugly guardrail than boulders...those things look shaped just so the car would end up on top of them and do a lot of underbody damage instead of just denting a bumper. 
I used to bust my tail on a regular basis walking the hill up to the fraternity houses (my boyfriend was a Fiji). 
Are you going dyslexic, MIH? Don't you mean that you were tempted to get a honey gift certificate for that half-baked ham tribdog?Math Is Hard said:I was driving by a Honeybaked Ham store on the way home from work and I was half-tempted to stop in and get a gift certificate for tribdog and mail it to him.
Danger said:Are you going dyslexic, MIH? Don't you mean that you were tempted to get a honey gift certificate for that half-baked ham tribdog?
I know that was beneath my dignity, but he started it.
Let me try again:Yeah, they're pretty bad. I know they have a law school here, but they must not be very good, because they still never clear the ice off the stairs from the parking lots either. Yesterday was really funMath Is Hard said:oh, poor Moonie! I remember those icy WVU hills.
...not only were the stairs icy, but the handrails were coated with ice too! I was driving by a Honeybaked Ham store on the way home from work and I was half-tempted to stop in and get a gift certificate for tribdog and mail it to him.
Math Is Hard said:
I was baked, honey, so I was tempted to get a gift certificate for that half-ham, Tribdog.
better?
Even better! Though, I'm sure tribdog is much more than half ham. 
