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Skriven 2016-01-11 02:57:00 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
  Kommentar till text 34953 av Dave Drum (1:261/38.0)
Ärende: Re: Wheeling was:su'n fo
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 DD> The roads (interstates and Route 66) are rather dictated by terrain.
 DD> The  curves are as gentle as can be done and the grades somewhat 

I have been on two roads that were pretty scary in that respect.  One
was when we were in the Hawian Islands.  I think the island was Maui.
We had rented a car and made a leisurely drive down to the southern tip
to visit the scenery along the way, ending up at the pools of the seven
sisters (I may have garbled the name).  By the time we were ready to
leave, it was getting dark and we wanted to get back to our hotel
quickly before it got pitch black.  The road was a switch back cut into
the side of the mountain.  That was a ride to remember.

The second scary ride was when we were coming out of Yosimite National
park, northern route.  Again it was a windy road with hills on one side
and a two thousand foot drop down to the river below on the other side.
I was driving a standard transmission Ford van, downshifting and doing
the pump the brakes thing as we went down the grade.  After a little
while, I smelled smoke, pulled into a lay-by and barely got the van
stopped.  The brakes were severely over heated.  We sat for a while and
after they cooled off, we limped on the rest of the way to Reno.  The
Ford dealer said that the summer salt air in Monterey had rusted the
calipers so that they were not releasing fully, and hence stayed engaged
all of the time.

 DD> seen a semi lose a single wheel - nor heard of such. But, I 
 DD> have seen more than one lose a pair of wheels, still bolted 
 DD> together when an axle or spindle broke and the duals became 
 DD> independent of the tractor or trailer. Those are, by 
 DD> several orders of magnitude, more dangerous than a lost 
 DD> tyre. Much more kinetic energy there and less opportunity 
 DD> to dissipate it on the ground/terrain.

That is exactly what happened in front of us.  We were not in danger,
but the people on the other side of the Jersey barrier got a good shock
when it bounced into their lane and then over their heads into the river
below.  We had a CB on, and heard another trucker inform the guy who had
lost the wheel pair -- saying that he nearly took out a boat.

 DD> Worst I ever had happen to me was with a racecar trailer. One of the
 DD> tandem  wheels on the left side of the trailer came off the rig 
 DD> (broken spindle/nut) and pulled out to pass me. I was 
 DD> slowing for an interstate highway ramp and watched it zip 
 DD> past, hit a guard rail, bounce high in the air and spin 
 DD> like a half-dollar waiting for someone to call heads or 
 DD> tails. That was a lot less dangerous than a semi-rig's 
 DD> wheels would have been - the size was more like passenger 
 DD> car sized wheel and tyre. We pulled over, picked up the 
 DD> free agent wheel/tyre and chained up the axle until we 
 DD> could limp to a repair shop. Nothing hurt except my wallet.

We observed a similar incident driving north on I95.  A trailer (looked
home made) lost his left wheel.  It ran along the road for a mile or so,
dropped down into the grassy median area, then went up onto the
southbound lanes.  It managed to not get hit and ended up coming to a
stop back in the grassy median between the north and south bound lanes.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: APPLESAUCE-RAISIN COOKIES
 Categories: Cookie, Low cal
      Yield: 24 servings
 
    1/4 c  Vegetable oil
    1/4 c  Sugar
      1    Egg
      1 ts Vanilla extract
    1/2 c  Unsweetened Applesauce
    1/2 c  Whole Wheat Flour
    1/2 c  Unbleached White Flour
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/8 ts Ground cloves
    1/2 c  Rolled oats
    1/2 c  Raisins
 
  Cream the oil and sugar together.  Add the egg and beat until light.
  Blend in the vanilla and applesauce.  Stir in the flours, baking
  powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, oats and raisins into the
  creamed mixture. Blend well.
  
  Drop by teaspoonfuls onto lightly-oiled baking sheets.  Bake in a 375
  F oven for 8-10 min or until lightly browned.  Cool on a wire rack.
  
  Makes 24 cookies, each 56 calories 10 carbohydrates, 1 protein, 2
  fat, 47 sodium, 49 potassium, 11 cholesterol 1/2 fruit exchange, 1/2
  fat exchange Source:  Holiday Cookbook, American Diabetes Association
  ISBN 0-13-024894-0, by Betty Wedman, M.S., R.D. from Norman Brown,
  main cooking echo March 93, QBook format
  
  Tested (yum!) by Elizabeth Rodier Aug 93
  From: Margaret Young                  Date: 09-30-95
  Cooking Ä
 
MMMMM



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