Shirley, You're Pushing Our Leg's! :pray: If we have Ice I want an immediate refund. :1rotfl:

So the rumor of ice in the northern part isn't true?

Not at all. Seriously dangerous icing on the roads in the Village of North Dakota.

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It’s the Sun. I almost clipped the gate at SeaBreeze early one morning. The sun was so bright if I would have not known exactly where the gate was I may have hit it.

That and .the gate didn’t go up right away, almost like it was stuck. Speed was not the issue, a runner was on the road so I had slowed well before the gate. Two cars behind me it dropped on their roof

Then there's those gates where the control box (where you scan the card) get taken out. The one at Mallory was like that recently. Either a medical event, or too much alcohol or sun/glare. Still that would be a feat if you're driving as you should.

The gate fixers must love this time of year; they sure are staying busy.

I hope the high-def cameras are catching the license plates of the people with no patience or brains that are knocking them down.

In Florida I think ice forms at about 50 degrees.

Facetious


I have an appointment today at Tire Choice at Colony...to install my studded snow tires.



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Cataracts and poor depth perception. Look at any parking lot down there. The car is sticking half way out, or they do bump parking. They keep creeping forward till they bump the car in front of them. Not kidding, I’ve had cataract patients tell me that’s how they keep driving when they shouldn’t. No ones taking their drivers license away.

There is what we call “black ice” and it is for real. Black ice is when it rains or even humidity on an asphalt road and the moisture and oil mixture causes a slick payment. About the gates... I see them down often but they do their job of slowing vehicles down as they approach an entry into a Village. It’s an important safety device when golf carts are crossing behind the gates. Some people (even when retired) can’t give up their fast paced life they lived prior to retirement. Slow down and smell the roses.

I forget. Is it gas or electric carts that can accommodate a plow?

Electric has more torque at low speeds (torque being a good thing for moving snow), but the batteries run down fairly quickly pushing piles of snow and then you might start getting a malady called...'berm anxiety.'


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