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Snow plowing the roads and your calls · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: We mess around with kids today. We joke about them,
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  Speaker 1: we laugh about them, kind of make fun of them
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  Speaker 1: because we love them. We do mostly and and we tell,
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  Speaker 1: you know, talk about the fact they just don't get
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  Speaker 1: it like kids in the past. Did you just wonder
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  Speaker 1: sometimes if they're paying any attention to that end. If
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  Speaker 1: you're on my Facebook page, take a look at the
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  Speaker 1: quick little video that I just shared. It's just it's
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  Speaker 1: it's comical, it's humorous, but unfortunately, yeah, it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: true too, just saying talking about the city of Columbus,
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  Speaker 1: the constant, the continual griping and moaning and complaining about
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  Speaker 1: the fact that neighborhoods just never seem to get any
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  Speaker 1: love when it comes to the city and snowplows when
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  Speaker 1: we get some some real weather, which again is not
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  Speaker 1: all that often. And I'm looking looking honestly for you know,
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  Speaker 1: answer solutions ideas, how can we make this happen. I
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  Speaker 1: love the idea of putting the plows on the trash trucks,
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  Speaker 1: I really do. They could do that and they can
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  Speaker 1: have like backup vehicles that just come through and once
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  Speaker 1: the truck has gone down a block or whatever, leaves
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  Speaker 1: that big eight foot mountain at the end of the block.
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  Speaker 1: A smaller truck that comes in does the cleanup. That
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  Speaker 1: would make sense. There's got to be a way to
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  Speaker 1: do it, or independent contractors. There's always somebody out there
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  Speaker 1: trying to make a buck. But your idea is welcome.
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  Speaker 1: Eight two one nine at eighty six eight two one
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  Speaker 1: WTV and back to your calls, Doug. You're on six
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  Speaker 1: ten WTV in Height.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Chuck, glad to talk to you. Listen to you
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  Speaker 2: from time to time and always enjoy it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, fix that time to time stuff. Make it constantly.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to go to bed tonight and dream
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  Speaker 1: about me, Doug. I should be a constant presence in
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  Speaker 1: your life. If not, you're not doing it right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Hey, I'm sure you are old enough to remember it.
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  Speaker 2: But back in the day people had snow tires.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, snow tires sometime, but.
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  Speaker 2: Snow tires and you had changed and you could get
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  Speaker 2: studded snow tires. We have a bunch of pansies nowadays
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  Speaker 2: that if everything's just not so so for them, they
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  Speaker 2: can't get along. Well, let them people stay at home.
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  Speaker 2: I get tired of paying all the taxes for all
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  Speaker 2: the snow plows that that only get used three times
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  Speaker 2: a year. I mean, let's let's cut back on the
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  Speaker 2: snowplow and put it back on the people to get
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  Speaker 2: their self or stay at home. That's another great.
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  Speaker 1: Option, didn't they The st snow tires illegal in Ohio?
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  Speaker 2: I think the studs are, but the regular snow tires
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  Speaker 2: are not.
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  Speaker 1: Can you still get your.
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  Speaker 2: Car up in the in the and y'all? Everyone had
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  Speaker 2: a rear wheel drive back then, and you put snow
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  Speaker 2: tires on the back of your car.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, can you still get specifically.
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  Speaker 2: Stand in your trunk and you can go just right
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  Speaker 2: down the road, right where you wanted. And if you
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  Speaker 2: had a real cool bad like I did, he would
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  Speaker 2: do some donuts and you'd go look for the parking
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  Speaker 2: lot that didn't get flowed so you could do donuts
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  Speaker 2: and have big fun.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you, Doug. I remember those days too, I
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  Speaker 1: really do. I just I would try to get in there,
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  Speaker 1: but you you were kind of on a roll. Can
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  Speaker 1: you still get Zach? Do you know? Can you still
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  Speaker 1: get specific snow tires? Because we got you know, these
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  Speaker 1: all terrain tires and the introduction of radio, when we
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  Speaker 1: got rid of the bias tires went with the radio tires,
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  Speaker 1: better ride and all that kind of stuff. But they
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  Speaker 1: went to you know, all seasoned treads and that kind
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  Speaker 1: of thing. I don't know if you can still get
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  Speaker 1: specifically snow tires, and are they snow radios or did they?
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  Speaker 3: Studded tires are prohibited right Porta, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas.
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  Speaker 1: But because I think they are prohibited in Ohio too,
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  Speaker 1: because we don't want to, you know, mess up these
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  Speaker 1: pristine roads that we have.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's just smooth sailing it on these roads.
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  Speaker 1: So if you're added tires, interfered with the progression of
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  Speaker 1: my pothole.
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  Speaker 3: Right, you don't want that pothole to get any more bumpy. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: So we gotta in that real quick. But apparently you
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  Speaker 3: could still buy them.
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  Speaker 1: I just.
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  Speaker 3: It varies by state and dependent on what kind of
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  Speaker 3: tire you're trying to get, so different studded tires you
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  Speaker 3: can and cannot depending on the state.
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  Speaker 1: You have to come my boy Lonnie Brown and see
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  Speaker 1: because he knows all things tires, and see what the
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  Speaker 1: word is on snow tires, because that's actually you used
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  Speaker 1: to just keep the setting the garage you only used
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  Speaker 1: them for two months, three months maybe right.
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  Speaker 3: I remember my neighbor putting chains on their truck, on
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  Speaker 3: their tires.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, change, I think they are illegal in Ohio to yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I I just remember that as a kid, and it
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  Speaker 3: seemed to have gone away. I don't see that anymore.
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  Speaker 1: And cars get stuck now much more than they used to,
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  Speaker 1: because before they just plow through it. To nine eight
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  Speaker 1: six A two one WTV and back to the Legacy
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  Speaker 1: Retirement Group dot com phone line. Steve, you're on six
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  Speaker 1: to ten double UTVN alright, Chuck.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks, and oh well, thanks for giving us a voice too,
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  Speaker 4: Chuck's that's very important. I think I kind of agree
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  Speaker 4: with Doug that we need to put it back on
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  Speaker 4: the people, because I really would. I almost trade snowplows
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  Speaker 4: for teaching people how to drive in the snow. Yes,
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  Speaker 4: you know a couple of incidents of a few, almost
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  Speaker 4: every one of them that I've dealt with in the
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  Speaker 4: last couple of days. And being people, they tend to
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  Speaker 4: want to turn out of the snow because they're where
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  Speaker 4: they're stuck at. Well, once you get out of the
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  Speaker 4: runt of the road, now you're in deeper snow and
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  Speaker 4: so don't turn your wheel, keep them straight as much as.
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  Speaker 1: You can, and don't be afraid to go backwards, because
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  Speaker 1: motion in any direction is good emotion.
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  Speaker 4: Exactly exactly. And I just you know, so another thing
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  Speaker 4: too though, This one guy he got stuck out here.
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  Speaker 4: His wife was driving. They just went up and you know,
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  Speaker 4: I tend to watch them for a minute before I
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  Speaker 4: go out. I hope that they get out, but I
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  Speaker 4: had to go out. I get out there. He finally
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  Speaker 4: gets out of his vehicle. He ain't got a jacket
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  Speaker 4: on or nothing. He's wearing a little bit of a
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  Speaker 4: sweater and he's got slippers on, you know, And no
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  Speaker 4: wonder why he didn't get out and try to push
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  Speaker 4: his wife out.
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  Speaker 1: Dress you're going to break down, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I said, back up all the way here a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: I said, just now. Now we're gonna I'm gonna push
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  Speaker 4: you and give you momentum. Do not turn your tires
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  Speaker 4: until you get out onto Hay Avenues here. And and
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  Speaker 4: they did it, and they got right out, no problem.
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  Speaker 4: You know. It's just they if they would just learn
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  Speaker 4: how to drive, it would be so And then just
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  Speaker 4: two of them just here an hour ago, I did
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  Speaker 4: the same thing two people. I got him out so easy.
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  Speaker 4: All I told him was don't turn your wheels until
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  Speaker 4: you get out on Hay Avenue, you know, don't try
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  Speaker 4: to turn, you know, too soon or anything. And they
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  Speaker 4: both got it right out and I went.
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  Speaker 1: I went down Hague today and it was it was
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  Speaker 1: kind of plowed, but it was like there was a maybe,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, three quarters of a lane in each direction.
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  Speaker 1: It was a full lane plowed, but everybody was getting by.
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  Speaker 1: But coming to the station, I was so upset because
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  Speaker 1: as I came down past Valley View headed toward Fisher Road,
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  Speaker 1: even with the clear, completely clear road down there, the
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  Speaker 1: little ford what do you call it, the small one
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  Speaker 1: escape was up there at the front of the pile,
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  Speaker 1: and it's the person's going like twenty miles an hour.
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  Speaker 1: Why you've got a clear road, Now let's go. We've
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  Speaker 1: all been moving slow because of snow. Let's go a
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  Speaker 1: little closer to the speed limit.
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  Speaker 4: I had a little escape, but I loved it in
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  Speaker 4: the snow, I really did. I didn't mind it at all.
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  Speaker 4: I drove it a lot, but yeah, I just wish
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  Speaker 4: people would, you know, get a little, you know, a
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  Speaker 4: little advice on how to drive in this stuff. I
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  Speaker 4: really wish they stay out of. But that guy in
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  Speaker 4: the slippery and stuff, that was just ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: Always you leave the house as if you're going to
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  Speaker 1: break down, be prepared for it. To have the blanket
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  Speaker 1: in the back rest the part, have a little snow
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  Speaker 1: shovel or a little coal shovel or something, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Some say.
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  Speaker 4: One guy did have a shovel with him.
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  Speaker 2: He got out here.
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  Speaker 4: He was a young kid, he was by his self,
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  Speaker 4: he barely spoke English, he was definitely a foreigner. But
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  Speaker 4: he had a shovel, he was dressed well, he did not.
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  Speaker 4: He just he got stuck, basically because his car was
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  Speaker 4: just too low to the ground. And so I went
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  Speaker 4: out there and help him a little bit. I said,
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  Speaker 4: just keep your tire straight and we'll get out of this.
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  Speaker 4: And sure enough we pushed him right out. He too
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  Speaker 4: to the horn and went on, you know, and I thought, wow, finally,
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  Speaker 4: you know, somebody, out of everybody I pushed out, I
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  Speaker 4: felt like he was at least, you know, somewhat sensible. Well,
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  Speaker 4: good for you out of the road, the ruts of
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  Speaker 4: the road or nothing like that.
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  Speaker 1: Good for you for running out and helping these people
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  Speaker 1: all day. That's what I was saying earlier, Steve, is
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  Speaker 1: that if we've seen something good from this weather, it
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  Speaker 1: is the fact that I've seen all of this UF.
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  Speaker 1: This just just decency and people coming out and doing
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  Speaker 1: that kind of thing and helping the push cars or
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  Speaker 1: to come out with the shovel and dig the snow
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  Speaker 1: out if you've got a low riding car or something
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  Speaker 1: like that. It's done my heart good to see people
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  Speaker 1: acting like the kind of people I remember living in Columbus,
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  Speaker 1: Ohio when I was growing up, and yeah, I'd rather
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  Speaker 1: have warmth than this. But this has actually had a
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  Speaker 1: couple of good things too. A two one nine eight
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  Speaker 1: eighty six is and I'm well, let's get a couple
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  Speaker 1: more in here. Be's a R on six NATV and high.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, I love your show. You guys are great. Calling
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  Speaker 5: from one of your previous callers. Can you imagine a
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  Speaker 5: mom getting up and putting chains on our tires to
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  Speaker 5: get her kids to and from school.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that would be a little difficult, but hopefully, hopefully
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  Speaker 1: that's something you would do. You know beforehand, you know
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  Speaker 1: the students coming in or whatever, So you go to
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  Speaker 1: the shop the day before or something like that, and I.
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  Speaker 5: Think most like we have time. But I just want
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  Speaker 5: to thank our snow warriors for being out there and
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  Speaker 5: clearing our roads. They've done a fabulous job.
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  Speaker 1: See I was just telling Mark earlier, when's the last
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  Speaker 1: time you heard anybody else say snow warriors. They don't
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  Speaker 1: even say that anymore. I haven't heard that term, and
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  Speaker 1: probably the last three winters they've kind of given up
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  Speaker 1: on it.
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  Speaker 5: They risk their lives and they put us in good
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  Speaker 5: hands so we can be back out on the road.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, Betsy, I appreciate you calling up with
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  Speaker 1: such a positive a sound and a smile to your voice,
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  Speaker 1: and you know it's that is something too that and
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  Speaker 1: Bruning runs this, you know this point every time he
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  Speaker 1: gets a chance. The level three in keeping people off
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  Speaker 1: the road not only makes it easier for the big
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  Speaker 1: trucks to do what they do on the highways, but
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  Speaker 1: it adds to the safety of both you and the
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  Speaker 1: truck drivers. And I hate admitting this, I really do,
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  Speaker 1: but the fact of the matter is we have become
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  Speaker 1: so incompetent that we can't do more than one thing
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  Speaker 1: at a time. Don't tune the radio and try to
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  Speaker 1: drive your car because you're you know, there's a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good chance you're too much of an idiot to pull
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  Speaker 1: that off, and so they end up running into plow
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  Speaker 1: trucks and all that kind of ridiculousness. And to that extent,
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  Speaker 1: Betsy's exactly right. You're risking your life, not necessarily because
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  Speaker 1: the job is all that dangerous, because the people among
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  Speaker 1: you where you have to do the job make it dangerous.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure it'swit up the past couple of days, but
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  Speaker 3: before the snow hit they said thirty four trucks. There
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  Speaker 3: are thirty four human beings on this planet that are
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  Speaker 3: incapable of missing a snow plow truck.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and really, seriously, if you do something like that,
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  Speaker 1: you're probably too dumb to have a license. It's just
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  Speaker 1: take it away, Just take it away. There's no way
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  Speaker 1: you missed a snowplow truck. Just saying eight two one
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  Speaker 1: nine eighty six J you're on six jan You're on
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  Speaker 1: six n WTV at hight Hi.
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  Speaker 6: I'm to Lake Tahoe and I have been there for
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  Speaker 6: forty years and I've watched snow removal all the time.
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  Speaker 6: And the first thing that you guys do that I
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  Speaker 6: can't understand is you allow people on every off road
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  Speaker 6: except for High Street in Worthington. But off High Street
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  Speaker 6: in Worthington, everybody's parks on the street, and so the
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  Speaker 6: snowplows can't get through. And and it doesn't matter. It's
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  Speaker 6: just as hard to pull off a car, pull a
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  Speaker 6: car off the street and Tahoe as it is here.
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  Speaker 6: And if you leave a car out on the street
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  Speaker 6: when snowplows are coming through, you'll you'll get your car towed.
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  Speaker 1: They don't tow them here, they just bury them the street.
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  Speaker 6: They will bury, it's true, but the snowplows can't get
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  Speaker 6: through to bury them.
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  Speaker 1: Well, if so, what if it's too narrow, I can
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  Speaker 1: see that. If it's you know what, because especially up
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  Speaker 1: in that area off of twenty three and Worthington, you've
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  Speaker 1: got a lot of older streets that are you know,
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  Speaker 1: if they're sixteen feet across, I'd be surprised.
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  Speaker 6: Well, that's true, but it's a regular it's the normal street.
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  Speaker 6: And normally, at least in Tahoe, and we have lots
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  Speaker 6: of little narrow streets and they just you can't park
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  Speaker 6: at least twenty four hours. You cannot park on a
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  Speaker 6: on a street overnight and so at least the snowflowers
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  Speaker 6: can get through in the middle of the night.
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  Speaker 1: Now, what do people What do people do with their cars?
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  Speaker 1: If they don't have garages, they don't have driveways, they
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  Speaker 1: park on the street in front of their house. What
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  Speaker 1: do they do with their cars?
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  Speaker 6: That's the people's problem, that is who if you have
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  Speaker 6: a car, you have to figure it out. You take
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  Speaker 6: it to a friend's house, you park it in a
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  Speaker 6: in a huge parking lot, you park it in an
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  Speaker 6: underground parking lot, you park it, you park it anywhere.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, that is the owner of the car's problem.
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  Speaker 6: And if the car gets scraped by the by the
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  Speaker 6: snow truck, that's the cars brought. That's the owner's problem
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  Speaker 6: because they you can't expect to get your cars, your
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  Speaker 6: your roads plowed when people leave the car out in
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  Speaker 6: the middle in the side. You know, I mean, I
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  Speaker 6: understand the problem, but you know, I feel sorry for
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  Speaker 6: the saw truck driver too, because, like you said, they
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  Speaker 6: barrow the car. They can't get us, they can't get
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  Speaker 6: through to bury the car.
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  Speaker 1: I got to run here. We're out of time. Jan.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate the call. Jan's a little harsh on them.
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  Speaker 1: Car owners, you better do something with it.
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  Speaker 5: Then.
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  Speaker 1: You own a car, it's your responsibility, and to some
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  Speaker 1: degree you know what she is, right, I mean, it's
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  Speaker 1: all on us. I would gladly I'd park on my
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  Speaker 1: lawn if it meant I knew the truck was coming
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  Speaker 1: through to plow on my street tonight. Seriously,