DR. PAT WISHES FOR A WHITE CHRISTMAS.
First of all, I hope that everyone is safe and I pray that you stay safe.
Be careful out there fellow lead-footers.
Secondly, you folks that are complaining about the cold weather have no idea
how lucky you are. Down here the winter season is the rainy season. It rains
almost every night and on most afternoons around 3pm we get another shower.
You know how fast the grass grows when it rains like that? Fast. I have to
mow the lawn every week(although If I had a V8 in my riding mower. .
.hmmm?). Not only that, my DAK can only stay clean for a couple of days; on
the road leading to my house there is always this large puddle that I can't
avoid. If I tip-toe through it I can stay clean, but if I'm late for work. .
. oh well.
When I see news clips of the "winter" on TV it seems like so much fun. I see
people skiing, and skating, and throwing snowballs, and all sorts of fun
stuff. Here,the closest thing to snow is the sand, I guess I could go to the
beach and drink cheap rum (which is what I do for the other seasons)
and look at the tourist ladies(why do they always bring along husbands,
boyfriends etc.?)
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!
dadoctah@worldnet.att.net
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>From: Elmer Hanhart <hanharte@swbell.net>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Austin Texas: 59-car Pileup?
>Date: Thu, Dec 24, 1998, 12:15 AM
>
>Yesterday afternoon the temp. here dropped over 20 degrees in about 30
>minutes. I was at work and the temp. was ~75, headed home almost getting
>knocked off the road when the cold-front hit, get home and the temp was
>in the low 50's (25 min. drive). My manager was involved in the pile-up
>on 79 (he was in a demo and didn't get hurt, so all is good). I couldn't
>get gas on my way to work this morning because the ENTIRE passenger side
>was covered in ice. It may be colder up north, but I swear that 18
>degrees in chicago feels like about 40 here in Austin. I think it has
>something to do w/ the humidity or something, but damn it's cold out
>there. When we went skiing in Colorado last year it was ~20 degrees
>outside and all I was wearing was a long sleeve shirt. If it hits 20
>here, it is almost impossible to go outside for any length of time. OK
>there is my little story. Now lets here the rebutle from the Yankees :).
>
>Erich in Austin
>
>BTW My Dak seems to handle ice a lot better than any other truck I've
>driven on ice. Still isn't fun (well, sometimees it is)
>
>Sam Parthemer wrote:
>
>> Speaking of cold weather, it was a cool 32 F here at
>> my house this morning. My automatic sprinklers came on
>> around 5 am, and got my Dakota all wet. When I went to
>> leave for work, I had to use my AETNA health card for an
>> ice scraper!! It worked pretty good at getting the frost
>> off the windshield. The side windows were frozen shut!
>> I was able to open the driver's side, but nearly broke
>> the window. Won't do that again!!
>>
>> It was 90F last week here. What's the deal?!?! I am
>> sure glad I live out here vs. the East/Midwest... You
>> guys have it tough...
>>
>> Sam '95 SLT
>>
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