Posted on 02/20/2012 2:51:07 AM PST by sneakers
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Who knows? Some of the central and southern areas haven’t had enough cold weather and too much snow for the lakes to freeze much more than a couple inches. Someone failed to check the thickness of the ice, may have saw icefishermen out there. The ice could have been thick enough to handle one sled alone but you get the weight of six sleds and people in one small location and that’s all she wrote. I can speak with experience that two inches in more than enough to walk on (and fall on - like falling on steel) but you don’t take a sled out on it.
Never walk on ice unless it is 4 1/2 inches thick. I know someone who almost ended up becoming fish food.
The car is named the "THINK".
Electric Car Company Files For Bankruptcy...Again
The third bankruptcy of Norwegian electric carmaker "Think" should be an indication that electric cars aren't exactly the best products on the market.
Think filed for bankruptcy after failing to attract adequate capital to continue funding operations, Salem said in an email. The bankruptcy process does not include Think North America, which is a separate legal entity. The trustee will determine the future disposition of Think North Americas assets.
This is the third and likely the last trip to bankruptcy court for Think since its founding in the early 1990s. (Battery maker Ener1, Thinks largest shareholder, stated in a regulatory filing that it expected to take a $35.4 million charge.)
Think may be bankrupt, but cars are still available
If you were smitten by the little electric Think City and thought the company's recent bankruptcy put the kibosh on your chances of ever owning one of the plastic-paneled car, then *ahem, think again. It seems there are still some of the city runabouts to be had if you look in the right place.
One such location is Green Wheels in Chicago, IL. The dealership, as the name suggests, specializes in all-electric and hybrid vehicles and has a couple post-rebated demos on hand they can sell for as low as $17,995. If you're willing to lay out $31,500 for a brand-new one and remember, there are rebates still available in some states that can bring that initial sticker down below $20,000 they have a couple of those as well and say that they have access to more. While that price is nicely down from the pre-bankruptcy $36,495 MSRP, it's a little uncomfortably close to that of the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i. Still, we liked the little coupe when we drove it and for some, this car just might be the bee's knees.
I lived several years in Michigan where, for reasons which escaped me, ice fishing was their passion.
Every year with the spring thaw they’d broadcast warnings to get off the ice. Every year some would ignore them and go plunging into a nearly-frozen Saginaw Bay.
Mostly between Republicans and Republicans.
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bah! I fell HARD on two inches. It didn’t even budge. Swear to God I fell on steel, so painful!
I’ll concede on that point - springtime can be a bit hairy. The two inches at the beginning of winter is solid. May not be the case when the weather is warming up.
I feel fairly good again except for a nagging headache that won’t go away. Thought it might be something left over from the flu. But I had to go in to get my blood pressure checked (just started BP meds) and she said the headache is likely from my high blood pressure.
I swear, my body is going to he** in a handbasket lately.
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