[at-l] Northerners Driving on Southern Ice

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 02:38 AM 1/30/2004 +0100, David Addleton wrote:
>I have this theory that northerners THINK they know how to drive in 
>Southern Winters, but they don't ... having been nonamerican during 
>childhood, a midwesterner during college and professional school, and a 
>southerner since then, I have some small level of experience to justify my 
>prejudices. No doubt Northerners know about "black ice" but my guess (from 
>experience) is that they haven't driven on much of it. And that's all I 
>have to say on the subject of winter prejudice.

Black ice is common hereabouts (NNY) but usually on the beginning and end 
of winter not so much during.