"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Peregrin said:
waynorth waynorth Charlie,
We haven't had much snow yet this winter. Buffalo is getting hammered though. They closed the Thruway to commercial traffic and canceled several scheduled Amtrak runs. I think they had 40" and are expecting another 36".
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Probably should move the Bills/Chiefs game to KC just as a precaution Augie.gif
 
Peregrin said:
waynorth waynorth Charlie,
We haven't had much snow yet this winter. Buffalo is getting hammered though. They closed the Thruway to commercial traffic and canceled several scheduled Amtrak runs. I think they had 40" and are expecting another 36".
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My brother was telling me, it's brutal!! He lives in Clarence, and they banned driving there!!
He reported that they wrote over 300 tickets/fines to people driving their cars!!
 
waynorth said:
My brother was telling me, it's brutal!! He lives in Clarence, and they banned driving there!!
He reported that they wrote over 300 tickets/fines to people driving their cars!!
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My wife was from Buffalo. Her whole extended family still live there, in the Lancaster area. Her aunt sends photos periodically during the storms where you can't see the big maple tree that is 20 foot outside her livingroom window.
 
Rookie82 said:
My wife was from Buffalo. Her whole extended family still live there, in the Lancaster area. Her aunt sends photos periodically during the storms where you can't see the big maple tree that is 20 foot outside her livingroom window.
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When I was in college in Michigan's U.P., I watched the house across the street disappear one time. Another time we got caught in the middle of nowhere in the car in a whiteout. The snow was piled so high along the road (from previous snows) that there was nowhere to get off the road, but you couldn't stop for fear of getting rammed from behind. A truly scary experience.
 
mbkr said:
When I was in college in Michigan's U.P., I watched the house across the street disappear one time. Another time we got caught in the middle of nowhere in the car in a whiteout. The snow was piled so high along the road (from previous snows) that there was nowhere to get off the road, but you couldn't stop for fear of getting rammed from behind. A truly scary experience.
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Years ago, I used to spend a lot of time driving back and forth between Syracuse and some of the medium-security correctional facilities in northern New York State. I was managing several projects at that time. One particular evening, while returning home via Route 81 through the Tug Hill Plateau, which receives an average of over 200 inches of snowfall per year, I encountered a squall. As you mentioned, I too feared that pulling off the road would make me a target for someone driving behind me. So, I decided to creep along behind an 18-wheeler, struggling to make out its tail lights in the heavy snow. Eventually, as the snowstorm subsided, I realized that I was only 10 feet away from the truck's bumper! I am happy to say that I am now retired and rarely travel on that road during winter anymore!
 
Jolipapa said:
It's been snowing this morning ! For about 10 days we have sub zero C° temperatures coming from Skandinavia.View attachment 2461604

Northern winds (and postman) brought this little kitchen helper, thanks to Will of Far-far-Away Finlandia ! 😊

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Northwest winds also kept postman busy, bringing those wonderful Schrades, a gift from Charlie waynorth waynorth , via Âchillepattada Âchillepattada !
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Hopefully those knives brought you a little warmth during your cold spell, Alain!!☃️❄️❄️❄️
 
Peregrin said:
Years ago, I used to spend a lot of time driving back and forth between Syracuse and some of the medium-security correctional facilities in northern New York State. I was managing several projects at that time. One particular evening, while returning home via Route 81 through the Tug Hill Plateau, which receives an average of over 200 inches of snowfall per year, I encountered a squall. As you mentioned, I too feared that pulling off the road would make me a target for someone driving behind me. So, I decided to creep along behind an 18-wheeler, struggling to make out its tail lights in the heavy snow. Eventually, as the snowstorm subsided, I realized that I was only 10 feet away from the truck's bumper! I am happy to say that I am now retired and rarely travel on that road during winter anymore!
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I also have harrowing experience riding my bike down 101 south from the City. I ran into a fog bank in the Central Valley so thick I could barely see the taillights of the car in front of me. We were maybe going 5-10 mph in the slow lane. What scared the wee-bee-jee-bees out of me was the fools in the fast lane driving 60+mph‼️
 
sf fanatic said:
I also have harrowing experience riding my bike down 101 south from the City. I ran into a fog bank in the Central Valley so thick I could barely see the taillights of the car in front of me. We were maybe going 5-10 mph in the slow lane. What scared the wee-bee-jee-bees out of me was the fools in the fast lane driving 60+mph‼️
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Yeah thick fog can be as bad as a whiteout. Basically the same thing. IIRC you were on your bike during an earthquake. You win the "harrowing" category 😛
 
sf fanatic said:
I also have harrowing experience riding my bike down 101 south from the City. I ran into a fog bank in the Central Valley so thick I could barely see the taillights of the car in front of me. We were maybe going 5-10 mph in the slow lane. What scared the wee-bee-jee-bees out of me was the fools in the fast lane driving 60+mph‼️
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Ach! Tule fog. Bad stuff. Been there. Done that. Not an experience I am anxious to repeat. (slow lane for me, too. With fingers crossed until we reached the other side of the fog bank.)
 
sf fanatic said:
...We were maybe going 5-10 mph in the slow lane. What scared the wee-bee-jee-bees out of me was the fools in the fast lane driving 60+mph‼️
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That's me in normal driving conditions. 🤣

Seriously, I know that I don't know how to drive on ice or snow, so I don't. That makes me a better driver than the folks who think they do. (at least in this part of the country, where it's too rare to have any practice at it, or the right kind of tires or whatever)
 
mbkr said:
When I was in college in Michigan's U.P., I watched the house across the street disappear one time. Another time we got caught in the middle of nowhere in the car in a whiteout. The snow was piled so high along the road (from previous snows) that there was nowhere to get off the road, but you couldn't stop for fear of getting rammed from behind. A truly scary experience.
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Think I'll stay in south Texas.
 
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