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War on Ice coming?
« on: February 13, 2008, 05:32:14 AM »
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates fractured his right shoulder after slipping on ice in front of his Washington, D.C. home on Tuesday evening, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

He received medical care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Wednesday morning and is continuing to fulfill duties of his job, said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.

But Gates, 64, will not appear at a congressional hearing on the U.S. defense budget scheduled for Wednesday morning. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England will attend the hearing instead.

The Washington, D.C., area has been hit by icy weather over the last two days.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1333840420080213

What will be the correct response? I'm picturing B-52s loading up with salt.   smiley

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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2008, 05:44:30 AM »
I took a header on my steps last night when I got home, too.

Bruised my leg pretty good.
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 05:47:27 AM »
I slipped on the ice on Monday walking from the bus stop to work. My knee is still sore from landing on it.

I haven't seen the grass in my yard since Dec 2nd.

I wish it would get warm enough long enough to melt all the ice and snowpack on the sidewalks.

I also hate people that don't shovel their sidewalks or only shovel them once in a while.

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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2008, 05:49:05 AM »
The only thing I've really minded with ice is the #$%!heads who don't clean snow and ice off the top of their car, and let the wind at highway speed take it off.

Nothing like dodging a board-sized chunk of ice flying at you at 65mph...

For walking on ice, I keep a pair of YakTrax in the car to pull over shoes, and also have an old pair of Swiss army ice creepers for serious stuff.

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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2008, 06:23:37 AM »
I'm already emitting as much greenhouse gas as I know how to do without just switching to an all-chili diet.
I'm doing my part to end the scourge of ice.
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 06:29:26 AM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on February 13, 2008, 04:49:05 AM
The only thing I've really minded with ice is the #$%!heads who don't clean snow and ice off the top of their car, and let the wind at highway speed take it off.

Nothing like dodging a board-sized chunk of ice flying at you at 65mph...
It DOES discourage people from following TOO close . . . 

One of the funniest winter driving incidents I remember from when I lived up North happened when a guy decided not to clear the 12" - 15" of snow off the roof of his car . . . when he stopped, it all suddenly slipped forward . . . ending on his windshield . . . grin
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2008, 06:40:40 AM »
Quote from: HankB on February 13, 2008, 05:29:26 AM
Quote from: Manedwolf on February 13, 2008, 04:49:05 AM
The only thing I've really minded with ice is the #$%!heads who don't clean snow and ice off the top of their car, and let the wind at highway speed take it off.

Nothing like dodging a board-sized chunk of ice flying at you at 65mph...
It DOES discourage people from following TOO close . . . 

One of the funniest winter driving incidents I remember from when I lived up North happened when a guy decided not to clear the 12" - 15" of snow off the roof of his car . . . when he stopped, it all suddenly slipped forward . . . ending on his windshield . . . grin

I was many car lengths behind. It went up in the air like an airplane wing, out of control.
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2008, 06:41:20 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on February 13, 2008, 04:44:30 AM
I took a header on my steps last night when I got home, too.

Bruised my leg pretty good.

Since you're uninjured, I'll giggle now....
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2008, 07:59:20 AM »
All this ice is a terrist plot Sad
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2008, 10:07:13 AM »
Global warming sure is cold.
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2008, 10:12:37 AM »
I was a victim of a flash freeze yesterday.  Driving down to Indy when my entire front windshield became coated with ice.

Somehow I've got to have Al Gore live here from December to early March.  That way "Global Warming" will be deader than the Ice Age of the '70s.
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2008, 04:18:44 PM »
He shoulda' been ticketed.  It's his own responsibility to stay upright at all times.  If he can't do that, he shouldn't be clutterig up public sidewalks.  angel
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2008, 05:06:38 PM »
Quote from: doc2rn on February 13, 2008, 09:07:13 AM
Global warming sure is cold.
That's why it's now climate change.
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2008, 05:10:29 PM »
Quote from: HankB on February 13, 2008, 04:06:38 PM
Quote from: doc2rn on February 13, 2008, 09:07:13 AM
Global warming sure is cold.
That's why it's now climate change.

Yes, they rebranded when the market changed, like Kentucky Fried is now KFC. Gotta sell those carbon credits.
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2008, 01:12:02 AM »
That's ok, I was just talking with a guy about how the greenies like using wood in their construction because it "permanently locks away carbon".  rolleyes

 cheesy

I trust the concrete wasn't too badly damaged by the contact with your head?  grin
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Re: War on Ice coming?
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2008, 10:33:27 AM »
gates did it because he did not want to testify before congress. Smiley
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