Re: Alberta Snow

From: Randy Wedge (rwedge@ngl.ca)
Date: Wed Nov 13 1996 - 07:02:58 EST


Snow flakes in Toronto? There has been stretches of highway and bridges
that have been seeing regular salt and sand for over a month now in
Fredericton. My 4wd sees action all year round, especially during deer and
moose season.

Mark Jones

At 06:45 PM 11/12/96 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >>Speaking of bad weather - the '93 club cab 4x2 did terrible in snowy
> >>conditions. I had to keep at least 100 lbs. of sand in the back in
order to
> >>maintain some control. However, the '95 with the ANTI-SPIN diff. -
last
> >>winter I used absolutely nothing in the back and had no incidents.
What a
> >>relief as I'm watching some flakes coming down as I write.
> >>
> >>Norah
> >>'95 Dakota Sport, 4x2 Club Cab, V6, 3.9L, black
> >>'95 Dakota Sport, 4x2 Club Cab, V6, 3.9L, black
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >Speaking of bad weather .... here in Victoria, it's 13 degrees C,
slighty
> >misty, overall quite a pleasant evening. We only allow snow for the
Xmas
> >season. For the remainder of the winter we keep it in the mountains for
the
> >skiers.
> >
> >Still having to mow the lawn, rake the leaves and go sports fishing.
Some
> >of the older folks golf most of the winter.
> >
> >Sound like time for Norah to fire up the ski-doo!
> >
> >
> >Rob Agnew
> >ragnew@islandnet.com
> >Victoria, British Columbia
> >Canada
> >
> >
> Sorry Rob,
>
> Not many places to ski-doo in Toronto/Scarborough. Left Edmonton 2 years
> ago and returned to my home. We get a lot of snow but it's very wet and
> slushy most of the time. Then of course we are the Canadian capital for
> FREEZING RAIN STORMS. It makes for great aerobic exercise trying to
scrape
> that crap off at 3:00 in the morning!!!! Here's a scary one from last
year
> --- Stopped at a red light during a massive Freezing Rain storm. Big
wind
> came up and blew my Dakota sideways right into the curb. Decided to turn
> back and go home. Hell with work that night!!! Which reminds me - off
to
> work I go now.
>
> Talk to you all later.
>
> Norah
> '95 Dakota Sport, 4x2 Club Cab, V6, 3.9L, black
>
 



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