Rammy's Ramblings

[Rammy]

Got a question for y'all............

People are posting ads for dogs on the Nashville Farm and Garden Section of Craigslist. The rules clearly state that they are not suppose to be posting them there, yet they do anyway. Someone on there is posting an ad telling the dog posters to read the rules, but people keep doing it. In the ad telling them not to he/she says to read the rules on what is prohibited. Is it worth it to keep flagging posts for dogs on there or just forget it? One one hand, if the person saying to read the rules isnt flagging, why should I? It is annoying though.

 

[Rammy]

People in Tn cant drive in snow or ice. They stay home. We didnt get anything they were calling for this morning and they delayed school for two hours. <rolls eyes>.I am from WVa originally, so I know how to drive in it. Love the looks on peoples faces when I breeze on by in my two wheel drive truck and they have their 4 wheel drive stuck in a ditch. I just wave.............
But anymore, if it snows really bad here, the Dr who owns this place just shuts down. Ice is a little more tricky, but if there is snow ontop, I drive on the snow thats NOT packed down. More traction. When I learned to drive in drivers ED, the teacher took us out when it was bad like that to teach us how to control the car when it was slick out. Best class I ever had.

 

[Mike CHS]

They put the slush on the main roads but our part of the county you might as well plan on staying home since all the roads are built around steep hill country.

 

[RollingAcres]

How do you poor folk get around when the roads are icy? Do they put a lot of salt (or perhaps magnesium chloride) on the roads to melt it? What do you folks do for your driveways?

If it's too bad I don't go out, no need to risk anything driving in icy condition. The county and town roads are usually well salted. Sometimes too much salt because the roads are so white. We use rock salt/sand mix on our driveway.

 

[Mike CHS]

I don't flag the dog posts on Craigslist since otherwise, if unwanted, they wind up in the pound.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Snowmobiles, snow shoes, skies, snow tire, chains...walk or drive with caution, shovel, snowblower, hire someone to plow, own a plow or hide out till spring...and some of us just give up all the pleasures and move to Florida @STA

 

[Rammy]

Yeah, sounds good, but I dont want the constant mosquitoes, fahr aints, hurricanes, and oppressive humidity. Give me the mountains any day.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Don't seem to have a skeeter problem, treat fire ants, humidity keeps your skin from drying out...hurricanes... just be prepared....beats a tornata !

 

[Bruce]

How do you poor folk get around when the roads are icy? Do they put a lot of salt (or perhaps magnesium chloride) on the roads to melt it? What do you folks do for your driveways?

The roads, if paved, are usually salted with whatever chemical they use. Dirt roads are never salted, they use sand. I have some sand that I will spread where necessary where our cars live, ashes from the wood stove as well. Odd though it sounds, a new layer of snow can be the best solution!

fahr aints

I don't think they have fahr aints in Florida. Fire ants maybe.

 

[Rammy]

Hey, @Baymule says fahr aints, so there!