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Alan Holbrook wrote:
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> By the way, I'm posting from Massachusetts, where we just celebrated the
> state holiday known as "Stupid Day", otherwise known as the first
> snowfall of the season when everyone forgets how to drive in the stuff.
> So the question is, for the rest of you folks who know what winter is,
> do you continue smokin' through the cold and snow, or do we wait until
> spring to get serious?
>


Hi and welcome Alan. I was gonna pipe in but you were
getting good advice so I "heshed".. ;-)

"Stupid Day", I LOVE IT, but around here that may need to be
expanded to "Stupid SEASON". I'm from NW PA in the snowbelt
where nothing is canceled for a measly 1-2' of snow. I've
been in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York for the last 34
years and it never ceases to simply amaze me that people who
have lived here all their lives have no clue how to drive in
the snow. We either have people who are going 5mph and
can't figure out how they got stuck on the hill, or a-holes
in SUVs (I have a 4x4 too btw, for hunting in the mountains)
who think that their SUV will still corner on ice and stop
with no problem at 70mph... it's hysterical.

But anyhow.... as for doing que in the winter? I use the WSM
all year here and we get some nasty weather. The biggest
thing to watch out for is keeping the wind off the unit and
you shouldn't have any problem.

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Steve