Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: StinkyPinky
Originally posted by: dmens
portland is hitting 105F today, but i am still cranking away at 4+ghz. i wonder how hard the AC has to work once i put the 42 inch TV, the 5.1 receiver and some speakers in my room along with the computer lol.
this is weird but ill actually stay at work for a little longer until the car cools down a bit.
Originally posted by: Idontcare
I love visiting Portland on any of the ~40days of blue skies it's citizens get to see every year...visiting on any of the other 325 days, not so much. :laugh:
visit during winter... you get to witness this awesomeness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk
WTF is wrong with that person? Just STOP. Good god.
You can't see from the video, but the ground is one big sheet of ice, they can't stop, but they should have never started is the problem.
are you kidding me?
- the driver is a complete moron; (s)he actually completely stopped several times
- if you are driving on ice and are going to hit something - then hit it and stop; put the car in park and exit the van and fall on your face .. much safer than taking out ALL the cars on a street ... most people do not realize that you *can steer*; you just cannot stop
We have very strange weather in Southern California .. we are cooling off in the high desert
- double digits for the next few days
:gift:
The other thing not obvious, I am pretty sure this is on a steep hill (the west hills area, near the multnomah club if I remember). The car may stop for a minute after hitting one, then continue.
intelligent drivers will
minimize the damage and will "wedge" the car when they know they are going to be in a crash
- as i said, it looked like a moron driving
i wonder what their insurance costs now
i lived in the Southern California mountains, also in Colorado, and i can drive my car better than the people with 4x4s .. generally when it is icy, i don't bother to drive - because of the OTHER drivers who are hard to miss
i do not understand how people can spend
years of their life behind a wheel and have no clue how to
really drive
. . . \But then .. there are people who are "experts" who also have no clue about the workings of their PC
Cars + Ice + no 4wd = suicide.
Untrue.
Stupid + Ice + 4WD & snow tires = accident anyway
damn .. it was only 98F at its peak today ... in the DESERT!!
- too cool .. sorry for you North Westerners who aren't used to it