Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
How common are SUVs on the highways of other people's towns?
Way too common. We're as likely to get iced up roads as we are to get major snow (that is to say, 2-3 times a year, at most), and 4WD, as connie mentioned, isn't particularly useful on ice.
Once we get any major winter precipitation around Durham, the best bet is to stay home (if you're lucky enough to be home) and sip tea. Or whiskey. People here just don't have the necessary experience driving in snow. That includes me, since I moved down from MI before my first winter with a drivers licence.
I would like to point out that all SUV owners are not Republicans with tiny dicks who waste gas. I'm sure some are, but not all.
I love my SUV because it handles great in the snow. It gets 23-24 mpg in the city and 27-28 mpg highway, so while it's not a Honda Civic, it doesn't absolutely suck on the gas. I'm not a Republican, but my dick is non-existant, so I guess that applies.
GRRRR! The person in the office next to me has the EXTREMELY ANNOYING habit of singing loudly (apparently with music). I can hear it in my office, as my desk is next to the wall. Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore, and politely asked her to "turn down her music". Now, she''s stopped playing music, but is still singing. I used the "music" excuse as an attempt to be polite, but SHE'S STILL DOING IT.
Oh, Vortex, that sucks! Is there an office manager you can talk to who can ask her to keep it down?
Huh. We may be getting frozen water falling from the sky tomorrow. Strange.
nope. even if there were, she'd know it was me, anyway. not that I have a problem with confrontation :)
Plenty of SUVs in Seattle, including large numbers of the monster ones (Hummers, H2s), though the smaller options (CRV and the like) are perhaps a touch more popular.
My parents have a CRV and a Rodeo.
This works for me, saying, "OK, folks, I have this ____ I need to concentrate on, and I need some quiet to do that for a little while." The developmentally disabled people I work with can deal with that, and I'm expecting most other people can too.
gotta go with Chicat here. though I gotta wonder why some people have them - we own ours because 1) it can haul eight foot boards 2) it hauls a bathtub 3) it hauls big ass speaker and other sound equipment 4) it is way better for me to drive in evil weather because it keeps other people light s out of my car in narrow canyons.
My sister owns a bigger one - fits the two dog. her other car, a Prius.
OTOH, I do know the drivers Connie speakes of. the ones who think SUV - self driving vehicle.
Driving down from Green Bay once last winter, I have to admit to getting a bit of satisfaction at how many SUVs in ditches we passed.
