Do It To Me One More Time
Repetition is great-- if you're talking SuperBowls. In our business its almost always a disaster. Notice I said "almost always."
Today I got an email from our good friend Jerry in Waldorf. I call him "our good friend" not because we've ever actually met, but because he's been emailing McGinty's Mailbag ever since this show came on the air--so I feel like I know the guy.
In any case, Jerry said this:
We're receiving our first snowfall this morning in the MD/DC/VA area, there is hardly ANY accumulation, and already there are lots of accidents on the major thoroughfares and on bridges. If people knew about and mounted WINTER tires, the incidence of accidents would be so much lower.
True WINTER tires mounted on all 4 wheels provide much more traction, handling, and stopping ability.
I urge everyone to buy and mount genuine WINTER tires and shed those slippery all-season tires until next Spring. You may complain about the cost, but how much is even ONE lost life worth?
Jerry in Waldorf
This isn't a bad story idea, except for one thing: I did the exact same story last year. So let me ask you. Did you see that story, and even if you did should we do it again? Would we really be potentially saving lives? Or just boring you?
Today I got an email from our good friend Jerry in Waldorf. I call him "our good friend" not because we've ever actually met, but because he's been emailing McGinty's Mailbag ever since this show came on the air--so I feel like I know the guy.
In any case, Jerry said this:
We're receiving our first snowfall this morning in the MD/DC/VA area, there is hardly ANY accumulation, and already there are lots of accidents on the major thoroughfares and on bridges. If people knew about and mounted WINTER tires, the incidence of accidents would be so much lower.
True WINTER tires mounted on all 4 wheels provide much more traction, handling, and stopping ability.
I urge everyone to buy and mount genuine WINTER tires and shed those slippery all-season tires until next Spring. You may complain about the cost, but how much is even ONE lost life worth?
Jerry in Waldorf
This isn't a bad story idea, except for one thing: I did the exact same story last year. So let me ask you. Did you see that story, and even if you did should we do it again? Would we really be potentially saving lives? Or just boring you?
posted by Derek McGinty @ 12:45 PM
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HELLO Derek...
LOOK Jerry..
Ive just 1 thing to say...
LISTEN UP...
No need for snow tires...
Just try slowing down?
And this advise is from a driver from NYC... who drives a Tow Truck in DC!
THEN AGAIN..FEEL FREE TO GO HAVE AN ACCIDENT..
ITS MONEY IN MY POCKET!
Well this example is not really the one I'd repeat.
We just had thanksgiving, and year after year we'd hear a story about someone burning down their house because they deep fried a turkey. I was expecting a warning from WUSA9 but never saw one. Fortunately I also don't remember a house burning down by turkey fryer....
As far as snow, and Washington residents... forget it! They are a lost cause, nothing you can say or do can improve their ability to drive in snow. People with better traction just drive faster, and people with not enough drive too slow. Great recipe don't ya think?
Firesign theatre had an album cover titled "We are all Bozo's on a bus", and this is how I regard our community and more recently our Nation (and the world).
I don't worry about it, I try to only worry over things within my sphere of control. It does cause frustration when I see the stupidity, and I try when I can to inform... but stuff like snow tires and turkeys seem to happen regardless. As well as senseless murders and cruelty... all the darn time!
We are after all... bozo's on a bus.
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