NWI INGO General Post - Part 7

[actaeon277]

Holy hell, it ain't pretty out there. I drove from CP to Merrillville Ace Hdw and got some oil, went to Family Express and got gas, and went to Aldi for half and half, potato chips, and bacon. Saw a Dodge Charger on chrome spoke dubs stuck in the oncoming lane on south Broadway.

kinda wanna go drive by him and laugh.....idiot.

Don't forget to wave.

I would have given him a push with my Jeep, but I was afraid I would eff up his car. He didn't know how to rock it either.

Tow strap or wench (or is it winch) would be better.

 

[Snapdragon]

Tow strap or wench (or is it winch) would be better.

I know, but I don't have all that. I probably could have pushed him out, but I don't know if he would have had sense enough to steer the car out of the snow. And it was in the oncoming lane, so just as well.

 

[melensdad]

... Tow strap or wench ...

The guy is stuck. And clearly an idiot. But you want to leave him with a wench too. That is just mean.

 

[KLB]

Don't forget to wave.



Tow strap or wench (or is it winch) would be better.

Wench

Winch

 

[melensdad]

From the looks of him, he probably had some Journey playing. White guy, old enough to know how to drive. Maybe he's not from these parts?

Maybe he was listen to some Asleep at the Wheel?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i5O0_g-aBZI&desktop_uri=/watch?v=i5O0_g-aBZI

 

[actaeon277]

Wench

Winch

I stand educated.

 

[Snapdragon]

Took this out the front door a few minutes ago. [video=youtube_share;eJi2OeN3jsM]http://youtu.be/eJi2OeN3jsM[/video]

 

[actaeon277]

Took this out the front door a few minutes ago. [video=youtube_share;eJi2OeN3jsM]http://youtu.be/eJi2OeN3jsM[/video]

Ain't it great?

 

[Snapdragon]

Ain't it great?

Yep. Gotta go back out with the snowblower before it gets dark. Trying to hold off as long as I can so that when I have to do it tomorrow in the -15 there won't be as much snow.

 

[Wild Deuce]

Public Service Announcement: Four Wheel (All Wheel) drive does not cancel any of the laws of physics. That is all.

 

[melensdad]

Public Service Announcement: Four Wheel (All Wheel) drive does not cancel any of the laws of physics. That is all.

4 wheel drive gets you in trouble farther away from help

 

[Wild Deuce]

4 wheel drive gets you in trouble farther away from help

Exactly my point! What I wouldn't have given to have a 4x4 today for the drive home. I would have driven home exactly the same way, speed, and manner that I did with my front wheel drive car ... only with a little less apprehension. I saw others in their 4x4 driving like it was mid-July and hounding the slower traffic. I also saw at least two of them pay for it when those pesky laws of physics caught up to them.

Be careful. Be courteous out there.

 

[KLB]

[video=youtube_share;oqwROH2RAc4]http://youtu.be/oqwROH2RAc4[/video]

 

[Snapdragon]

There was a full-size Dodge pickup in front of me on Broadway who took off sideways from every stop light because he didn't have sense enough to ease down on the gas.

 

[KLB]

According to 105.5's Facebook page, Porter County is pulling their plows off the roads at 6PM today closing all roads.

 

[Wild Deuce]

Well, it's official ... they just closed down unincorporated areas of Lake County to non-essential traffic. Only Emergency Vehicles and Gov Vehicles (Plows and Dept. of Transportation) allowed on roads.

Found link. (Thanks Snappy D!)

 

[sadclownwp]

For Jedi. Lego Simpsons

The first Lego Simpsons set is simply awesome

 

[Snapdragon]

Well, it's official ... they just closed down unincorporated areas of Lake County to non-essential traffic. Only Emergency Vehicles and Gov Vehicles (Plows and Dept. of Transportation) allowed on roads. Looking for a link.

https://www.facebook.com/nwiTownPlanner/posts/652937821424761

 

[actaeon277]

Yep. Gotta go back out with the snowblower before it gets dark. Trying to hold off as long as I can so that when I have to do it tomorrow in the -15 there won't be as much snow.

I don't think my neighbors would appreciate me doing that when I get home. Though I'm tempted.

Public Service Announcement: Four Wheel (All Wheel) drive does not cancel any of the laws of physics. That is all.

Exactly my point! What I wouldn't have given to have a 4x4 today for the drive home. I would have driven home exactly the same way, speed, and manner that I did with my front wheel drive car ... only with a little less apprehension. I saw others in their 4x4 driving like it was mid-July and hounding the slower traffic. I also saw at least two of them pay for it when those pesky laws of physics caught up to them.

Be careful. Be courteous out there.

All vehicles have All Wheel Brakes. Sometimes people forget the 4x4 stops the same.

There was a full-size Dodge pickup in front of me on Broadway who took off sideways from every stop light because he didn't have sense enough to ease down on the gas.

I often override the traction control and do that to have fun. But not near traffic.

 

[Wild Deuce]

All vehicles have All Wheel Brakes. Sometimes people forget the 4x4 stops the same.

The one that comes to mind didn't have to do with braking. This morning, a guy in a Chevy 4x tried to get on the Bishop Ford this morning near 111th. He tried to whip on there like it was a sunny July day and promptly put himself into a spin and shot off into the grass. If he had spun into traffic it might not have been pretty. Fortunately the semi next to me didn't over react (God bless him) ... he didn't touch his brakes and simply faded into my lane as I faded into the next lane as well. Everyone else was going slow enough to be able to react in case Mr. Chevy spun into traffic.