Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: 9 Dec 2024 22:06:59 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <20241202131938.00006a37@gmail.com> <8c5b7aab-bdea-bf1b-4a63-d8e88f5ebe33@example.net> <1d749149-8ab2-8479-6ab5-ff6b6a91a158@example.net> <1a157182-0b8e-1181-aaca-7bf01d15e5f9@example.net> <2ff93cc9-4153-2065-2845-27be39d60da2@example.net> <41f5b9f2-f089-75c7-d875-c3c0cb614ab1@example.net> <45201620-3526-fa6f-91ee-9f7b3b0a4dc3@example.net> <81ffb9d1-cbe9-9bc1-40fc-a916ac338774@example.net> <70191271-91e6-2422-28ad-47c01adf9ce3@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net o4tz8lR5Hz5pCe55oDqAzgo3eDGtHXu7I5Dsxg5rE/D5fd8H+l Cancel-Lock: sha1:EIcOuEGhkfGfQgN4boaCEw15ITo= sha256:9pYgMzpNXPiC6BXw5HFTKj9fXdbdWRLgVGzZOnGW0ro= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62066 On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 10:29:58 +0100, D wrote: > In autumn, the leaves on the ground are out to get you, and in winter, > the ice, in spring, it's the stubborn treacherous remains. In summer at > least, > we are safe! I'm not a very good passenger. One fall a friend was driving and I didn't feel comfortable. Rather than yelling 'Slow down!' I mentioned that wet leaves on the road were as treacherous as ice. The hint didn't work and we were soon going down the road backwards at about 70 mph before becoming airborne. Alfa Romeos don't do well upside down. I still have scars from that one. It hasn't snowed yet but we're in a fairly typical winter pattern, high 30s or low 40s in the day and 20s at night. Perfect conditions to reflow the ice every day. The trails get icy and stay that way and the less traveled roads can have all sorts of surprises. There aren't many hardwood species but Ponderosa pines loose a percentage of their needles in the fall. The long shed needles form a thatch that's good for skiing if you're not careful. Larch loose their needles completely but they're short enough to not be hazardous.