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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 12:32 PM
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After more than a decade of driving in WI winters....
last night I joined the "douchebag in a ditch" club, yes, I forgot everything I know about winter driving, went into a slide, spun around three times and wound up in a ditch with the front end of the car literally buried under the snow. Of course the tow truck guy gave me that "typical woman driver" look and grinned like an idjit the whole time and now I think I should probably move to Illinois or something to atone for my driving sin :(
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 12:34 PM
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1. I'm sorry...
;)

It happens to the best of us.
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 12:35 PM
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2. Hey! I resemble that remark!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 12:36 PM
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3. Illinois is a great state for driving


Provided you're on a mission from God
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 12:41 PM
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4. Maybe I will be forgiven after all...
Ya see, me and the Lord have an understanding....
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 12:48 PM
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5. Florida is nice and flat and it never snows
should be easy driving...

but, glad you weren't hurt.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 04:27 PM
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6. Florida scares me a little bit.....
ya know, they do call it 'God's waiting room' :scared:
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:19 PM
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27. Having lived there, Florida SHOULD scare you...scare the living fuck out of you
bunch of maniacs down there....maniacs, all of them, especially FLvegan!!!
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 04:34 PM
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9. Except that the highway engineers were apparently all on drugs.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 05:25 PM
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12. and some of the drivers leave a bit to be desired
in their ability...
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 04:31 PM
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7. I did that nine years ago...
my first time driving in the snow, I slipped on some ice, spun around, and went in the ditch. Stupid I was, I tried pushing the car out of the ditch :banghead:

I came out of it okay, and you did too. That's what counts. :)
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 04:34 PM
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8. My dear mcctatas...
You are NOT an idiot...

I'm so glad you're OK...

:hug:
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mokawanis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 04:52 PM
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10. Here in WI you are allowed to go in the ditch once a decade
and not be considered an idiot....so don't let it happen again!

Glad you're ok.
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 04:54 PM
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11. Been there, done that...
I grew up in upstate NY. I was coming home from basketball practice one night and hit a patch of ice at the top of the hill. My car went sliding and slid right into a ditch.

Not much you can do about it!
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oshyposhy Donating Member (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 06:27 PM
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13. How is it I have never gone in the ditch or hit a deer?
I just have accidents in my own driveway...
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 06:30 PM
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14. Glad you are ok...
you are, aren't you?
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BeachBaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 06:31 PM
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15. Sister - must you do everything I do?
:P

I had my very first accident, ten days ago. I hit a deer, going 50mph in a Jeep Cherokee. It wasn't pretty - and I'm still shaken up.

I'm glad you're okay. :hug:
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 07:05 PM
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18. Damn....
I am glad you are alright! :hug:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 06:39 PM
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16. Oh God
are the tatas okay?
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 07:07 PM
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19. Built in airbags
:P
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:17 PM
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25. AHEM
:spank:
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 06:46 PM
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17. Sh*t happens. Even to the best of us.
Years ago in NH Miz t. somehow got the truck hung up IN a snowbank ON our mailbox. A passing sheriff's deputy finally had to remove the mailbox from the post to get her out of it.
:shrug:

He said 'quote' "Your husband's gonna kill you when he gets home."
She said "He certainly WILL not!"
And I didn't.
Sh*t happens.
And we move on.
And so it goes.
:-)
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 07:46 PM
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20. Never mind.. accidents happen...
If you want to nearly avoid winter snow driving move here to central NC. We hardly get snow and when it happens you have the excuse to stay home. However we do have deer and yes I have clobbered two in the past - hitting deer at 60 mph isn't pretty.
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:09 PM
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21. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I was sooooooo gonna post this last night, but I didnt because I care....but I can laugh like hell now..ILY :rofl:
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:12 PM
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22. laugh it up you!
and btw, my lovely daughter just called you a "yippie kick dog" :rofl:

ILY 2 asshole!
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:14 PM
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23. which one?
:mad:

ILY eternally.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:18 PM
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26. The sweet one!
;)
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:35 PM
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29. They get a pass
:loveya:
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:15 PM
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24. What would you have done differently?
Edited on Tue Mar-10-09 11:15 PM by OmahaBlueDog
I'm not trying to make you feel better....I'm trying to learn from your mistake. I moved to Omaha in '06 after 20 years in Florida.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:23 PM
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28. Stayed on the highway instead of taking the backass country
road "shortcut" :dunce:
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 11:41 PM
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30. I'm worried about myself...
I've never driven in icy conditions, but I'm flying into Milwaukee tomorrow. I'm going to Racine where it's been raining, and tonight it's going to freeze--and not get above freezing tomorrow. I have to drive around looking for a place to live, and I'm more than a little nervous.

Two decades is a pretty good record, though. Can you tell me some of the basics so I might survive this trip?
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