WyzWmn's World©

ok
it’s official
I’m old and fat and tired
I just went out and dug my car outta the snow
I am exhausted

I think I need a martini or 9!
The PNW does not know how to deal with snow!
the city of Victoria owns 6 dump trucks that they have fixed blades to the front of and are calling them “snowplows”
the schools and universities are all closed
the goverenment offices and banks are closed
the city transit has stopped
even the cops are staying home
there’s no phone service on half the island
all the Southern Gulf Islands don’t have power and much of the city of Victoria doesn’t either
we didn’t have TV cable or DSL till about half an hour ago

I keep hearing that tune by REM in my head “it’s the end of the world as we know it!!”
it’s a little snow people….these’s people need to learn to relax

so
here we are
in the PNW
up to our eyeballs in
white out conditions

people on this island
just don’t know how to drive in this stuff
they just really freak out
what a hoot!

I went for coffee with my riding club this morning
the 20 min trip home took well over an hour
and people are just getting outta there cars
and leaving them in the middle of the road
and walking away

I swear I didn’t get above 30 kms alla way home
in the “old lady mobile”

One thing about driving an old car
is that it’s built like a tank
and heavy enough to not need sandbags
hehehehe

I’m comin up the highway on my way home
and there’s a lady in a brand new Infinity
sitting broadside on the road
over both North bound lanes

the lady was standing beside the car weeping
cos she couldn’t get it straightened out on the road
I put on my 4 ways and got out
told her to try straightening out her wheels
and turning slowly
she was having any of that and just
continued to wail like it was armagedon
so I turned it for her….
people like that give women drivers a bad name!

I get to the bottom of the hill for the turn off to my burb
and there’s bumper to bumper cars on the highway
standing still
like parked

so I drove around the long way
thereby missing the big hill
but here I am on my way along the street I live on
and here comes a guy
walking his dog
in shorts
a tshirt
and flip flops

Gotta love them Canadians eh?