Why am I *not* surprised SM didn't ask why you were late or if you were okay? (Rhetorical question)
I did, at least, get a VERY grudging "thank you for coming in" right before she left. Incidentally, even though she's on salary, she's too much of a control freak to ever leave when she's scheduled herself to leave. She was supposed to work till 3:30, but I absolutely knew she'd be there until at least 4:00. So me not coming in till 4:00, plus a complete absence of customers, meant my being an hour late for my shift did not inconvenience her one bit.
A local tv station had a story last week about cars vibrating above a certain speed. The cause was the same was yours': snow packed into the tires/wheel well.
I wish I'd seen that before I put my car in the snow "bank" (or more accurately, the low wall of snow between our driveway and the lawn).
Not to hijack your post but Tuesday night coming home from bowling, I turned into the alley we park off of, and the back end of my car slid heading towards the parked vehicle on the alley. Luckily, I didn't hit it but then my front tires couldn't get traction.
Eek! I've only ever once slid on ice in the direction of a vehicle. I was driving home from a festival and started sliding on the road, into oncoming traffic in the opposite lane. Which was occupied by a SEMI truck. I was able to wrest control back at the last minute but it was too close for comfort!
I cautiously back up a bit and try again to go forward. A little bit of progress and then the tires just spin. All I needed was about a foot of forward progress to get off ice/snow and reach actual pavement. It took me 5-10 minutes of "back and forth" ever so carefully (to avoid the parked vehicle) to reach the pavement with my front tires.
That's the way to do it--good job!
I've not had many issues getting into or out of our alley until now. And we've lived here since spring of 1998.
I told hubby we need to start doing more with the alley or asking the borough to do more with some scraping and salt placement in the future.
Is the alley your responsibility or the borough's? Glad you didn't get stuck or hit the parked car!
