Chaotic Coffee Klatch (tea also available)

[MedicalMuse]

Some of us gotta work.

I’ll see y’all later.

 

[LupineOne]

Well, fuck all of you and your staying warmness. I’m going to put on leggings and a long sleeved shirt over my tank and panties, long socks, scrubs and a sweatshirt.

It’s cold.

Yes, yes it is. And wool socks, don't forget those. They do wonders!

 

[Mr_Soup]

Well, fuck all of you and your staying warmness. I’m going to put on leggings and a long sleeved shirt over my tank and panties, long socks, scrubs and a sweatshirt.

It’s cold.

Hey, I don't wanna hear anything Mrs I-Have-Heated-Seats-And-Steering-Wheel! I went two days with no heat in my car!

 

[Strixaluco]

Here it's not as much the first snow that brings the traffic chaos - but the first really slippery morning. And we are already in the time when winter tires are required in case of winter weather... No excuse to sliding on the ice!

 

[LupineOne]

Hey, I don't wanna hear anything Mrs I-Have-Heated-Seats-And-Steering-Wheel! I went two days with no heat in my car!

I didn't have that happen. But I did have my brake lines snap because of the cold. Didn't notice until coming down a nice long hill and I started slowing halfway down to turn. That was an interesting rest of the way home!

 

[mobleedzblue]

Any type of precipitation on the roads around here and people lose their fucking minds. It just gets worse as it gets cold. My favorite quote when anyone says drive safe, my reply is "Don't worry about me, it's all the other idiots I've got to worry about"

 

[Mr_Soup]

I didn't have that happen. But I did have my brake lines snap because of the cold. Didn't notice until coming down a nice long hill and I started slowing halfway down to turn. That was an interesting rest of the way home!

Oh fuck! Yeah, I'll take my heater motor going out over the brakes going out.

A couple of years ago, my old car had the steering column completely break while I was driving. Keep feeling a weird pull to the right and as I pulled into work it completely broke and I couldn't steer. Had it happened 5 minutes prior, I would have been on a 4 lane highway.

 

[Mr_Soup]

Here it's not as much the first snow that brings the traffic chaos - but the first really slippery morning. And we are already in the time when winter tires are required in case of winter weather... No excuse to sliding on the ice!

Snow tires aren't required here. A lot of people don't like having to mess with switching out tires based on the season. And they're illegal to have on during non-winter seasons.

Even if they were required, it doesn't fix the problem of all the damn morons driving at the speed of a turtle pushing a shopping cart and pumping their damn brakes the entire time.

 

[LupineOne]

Oh fuck! Yeah, I'll take my heater motor going out over the brakes going out.

A couple of years ago, my old car had the steering column completely break while I was driving. Keep feeling a weird pull to the right and as I pulled into work it completely broke and I couldn't steer. Had it happened 5 minutes prior, I would have been on a 4 lane highway.

I was on a four-lane highway at the time...brain processed it all in about a second and a half. I said a bad word. Then shifted into neutral, hit my flashers, loosened my hands on the wheel, and focused like a motherfucker on my speed going through the rest of my turns

 

[MedicalMuse]

Hey, I don't wanna hear anything Mrs I-Have-Heated-Seats-And-Steering-Wheel! I went two days with no heat in my car!

Not in my work car!

 

[Strixaluco]

Snow tires aren't required here. A lot of people don't like having to mess with switching out tires based on the season. And they're illegal to have on during non-winter seasons.

Even if they were required, it doesn't fix the problem of all the damn morons driving at the speed of a turtle pushing a shopping cart and pumping their damn brakes the entire time.

Here spiked tires are illegal during summer, but friction tires are not.

Driving with summer tires all winter is considered WAY too dangerous to be allowed.

Oh and we have more problems with people forgetting you can't drive just like it was summer than turtle speeders.

 

[rjr_1954]

I envy all you young'ins being able to to do what you do. My wifey is as cold as it is outside to me. Gonna curl up with my warm hand and some pics that I see here and maybe in about an hour manage to cum!

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Good morning

Its -5°C and snowing (still).

It will likely be gone by Friday (its supposed to be +5°C then).

It amazes me how many people see the first snow every year and forget that they live in CANADA. And dammit I have had my snow tires on since before I put my boat in storage for the winter mid-October. I think the mildest fall in a hundred years got people messed up. I mean, Toronto didn't have a hard frost until last Monday, they day before they got snow (us either).

Anyways, I will be in and out as the day goes. Lots to do.

Does anyone know where my pants are? (Wild party)...coffee...

 

[Mr_Soup]

Here spiked tires are illegal during summer, but friction tires are not.

Driving with summer tires all winter is considered WAY too dangerous to be allowed.

Oh and we have more problems with people forgetting you can't drive just like it was summer than turtle speeders.

We have our share of speedsters too. The turtles are far more dangerous and annoying though.

The absolute worst though? These slow assed bastards driving 15 mph in a 60 when they have four wheel fucking drive... They make me want to pelt them with oranges like they're Uncle Rico.

 

[Mr_Soup]

Does anyone know where my pants are? (Wild party)...coffee...

I think Nebs stole all our pants.

 

[Strixaluco]

We have our share of speedsters too. The turtles are far more dangerous and annoying though.

The absolute worst though? These slow assed bastards driving 15 mph in a 60 when they have four wheel fucking drive... They make me want to pelt them with oranges like they're Uncle Rico.

I find the speedsters are more dangerous, because they end up colliding a they have more speed than their tires can brake from... And they never anticipate enough, which ends up in collisions.

Then again, we indeed don't have people driving that slow unless the weather is really bad. Which does happen sometimes, and then it is warranted to drive that slowly. One should always be able to stop on the visible part of the road, after all - no exceptions, ever, no matter the circumstances, it's a strict law in that sense. On a curvy country road that can mean pretty damn slow sometimes.

 

[LupineOne]

I think Nebs stole all our pants.

Agreed. I know mine are gone

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

I find the speedsters are more dangerous, because they end up colliding a they have more speed than their tires can brake from... And they never anticipate enough, which ends up in collisions.

Then again, we indeed don't have people driving that slow unless the weather is really bad. Which does happen sometimes, and then it is warranted to drive that slowly. One should always be able to stop on the visible part of the road, after all - no exceptions, ever, no matter the circumstances, it's a strict law in that sense. On a curvy country road that can mean pretty damn slow sometimes.

Here we get whiteouts. Absolute zero visibility. People who stop but don't pull over cause accidents.

I just stay home. After fighting my way 16 of the 18 km to work one morning in like 45 minutes and getting stopped dead at an intersection because a car had t-boned a police cruiser...I decided not to take my life in my hands to get to work any more.

 

[Mr_Soup]

I find the speedsters are more dangerous, because they end up colliding a they have more speed than their tires can brake from... And they never anticipate enough, which ends up in collisions.

Then again, we indeed don't have people driving that slow unless the weather is really bad. Which does happen sometimes, and then it is warranted to drive that slowly. One should always be able to stop on the visible part of the road, after all - no exceptions, ever, no matter the circumstances, it's a strict law in that sense. On a curvy country road that can mean pretty damn slow sometimes.

If the conditions warrant it, that's a different story. A person should go very slow around curvy country roads. Especially with low visibility.

What I'm talking about, and I'm sure Wolfie is on the same page, is that it could be a 4 lane highway that's perfectly straight and there's snow on the SIDE of the road NOT on the road itself and there would still be some jackass driving 15-20 mph in a 60.

 

[LupineOne]

If the conditions warrant it, that's a different story. A person should go very slow around curvy country roads. Especially with low visibility.

What I'm talking about, and I'm sure Wolfie is on the same page, is that it could be a 4 lane highway that's perfectly straight and there's snow on the SIDE of the road NOT on the road itself and there would still be some jackass driving 15-20 mph in a 60.

And there are

 

[Strixaluco]

If the conditions warrant it, that's a different story. A person should go very slow around curvy country roads. Especially with low visibility.

What I'm talking about, and I'm sure Wolfie is on the same page, is that it could be a 4 lane highway that's perfectly straight and there's snow on the SIDE of the road NOT on the road itself and there would still be some jackass driving 15-20 mph in a 60.

We indeed don't have people driving like that then again we do have winter tires - and you only get the driving licence by practising winter driving too. The few scared drivers stay home in certain conditions.

Then again, ice on the road is worse than some snow, and people tend to underestimate that. "Black ice" is the worst, you can't see there's some of it in some places. Usually way before normal winter conditions are here - like in October, some spots going below freezing point. That's an accident (or many) waiting to happen.

 

[Strixaluco]

Here we get whiteouts. Absolute zero visibility. People who stop but don't pull over cause accidents.

I just stay home. After fighting my way 16 of the 18 km to work one morning in like 45 minutes and getting stopped dead at an intersection because a car had t-boned a police cruiser...I decided not to take my life in my hands to get to work any more.

In some weathers staying home is simply the only sane option. Here that bad visibility is rare, but it does happen in the north sometimes.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

In some weathers staying home is simply the only sane option. Here that bad visibility is rare, but it does happen in the north sometimes.

Storms off the Lake produce nasty squalls. The main highway here is the most frequently closed major highway in North America. Lots of places get more snow than us. Ours falls sideways.

 

[Strixaluco]

Storms off the Lake produce nasty squalls. The main highway here is the most frequently closed major highway in North America. Lots of places get more snow than us. Ours falls sideways.

Snow coming horizontally towards you is indeed one of the worst for the visibility. Doesn't even need to be a record fall.

Even heavy rainfall can reduce the visibility so that sane drivers pull aside. But those rarely last for long - the horizontal snowfall can easily last for hours.

 

[mobleedzblue]

Mornin'