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On the not-so-lucky end of it ... my mom's friend was driving to work one ordinary morning when a drunk/ high driver smashed into her car, head on.
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That's too close for comfort Trishie. Any chance of using different streets or roads that minimize the risk of this?
That's too close for comfort Kirsten. Any chance of using different streets or roads that minimize the risk of this? edit: Close calls for Kirsten AND Trishie's mom.
It's kind a catch-22. And drivers are dumbasses in the Winter regardless of where I run. Today I was more worried about being run down by snowmobiles than cars...welcome to Winter in MI! k
I know what you mean. I spent the first 20 years of my life there. If you could see how southern people drive when those seldom snowfalls hit, it makes the Michiganders not seem quite as idiotic!!
Do they go too fast, or the opposite extreme? I've always pictured the southerners panicking and having a stash of canned goods for snow "emergencies." They close the schools if they get an inch or two, which has always served as a source of amusement for us northerners.
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They close the schools if they get an inch or two, which has always served as a source of amusement for us northerners.
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Oh, Trishie, that's so awful for your mom's friend. I think of all those people who were doing their holiday shopping at that mall and were in the wrong place at the wrong time...and what must be going through the heads of those who missed being potential victims by minutes. It's the kind of stuff that can keep a person up at night.
Also of note, it does not even take 1-2" of snow to close the schools. Last winter, my kids' school closed and there was MAYBE a 1/4" to 1/2" of snow. Of course the kids still had fun trying to scrape up enough for snow balls.
Don't know if I already mentioned this in the other forum but my friends mom who works at Von Maur clocked out 4 minutes before the shooting started. Another one of my friends mom was walking out the door as it started. Pretty intense...
This happened in Racine, WI (where they live) ... even so, I think this can happen anywhere and anyplace
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