Okay, Marcia -- the Forum's kinda slow this morning so I'll tell the story.
Nancy was on the way to work yesterday - on our first really slushy roads of the season. Her Subaru has good tires on it -- but they're the factory all-season units. But -- unknown to us, she had evidently picked up a sheet metal screw in the LR and it was low on air. The low tire combined with the slush put her in the ditch a few miles form the house. No big deal, and I was there within a little while to get to to work on time. But since the car had to be towed (too far for me to reach from safe road with the 30' tow strap) - I had the gas station put the "real" snow tires on it. Better still, by the way, was that a State Trooper happened to be there while the wrecker was removing the car, and he and the truck driver noticed some scratches on the rocker panels and such -- so there's a police report waiting so I can have the dings and dents fixed up by the insurance. Thanks, Auto- Owners.
Anyway - when we got home last night I enjoyed having my new garage complete with compressor and all the rest -- and since I keep the snow tires on separate rims -- it took only a few minutes to swap all four on the truck, and now I'm as ready as I can be for the oncoming snow. We've had only 8" or so this season -- way behind the "normal" 14 or so to this date. Soon, Marcia, soon.
