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Published: 2016-02-13 10:54:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 206; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 0
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It took me over an hour to do a trip that normally takes about 30 minutes the other evening. Actually, the fog had nothing to do with it - a truck fell over about 5km north of here.But the fog was impressive, and I had plenty of time sitting, waiting.
Koeberg Road Interchange, Cape Town
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Thank you - I love the effect of fog.
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Frustration is a state of mind. I used to get a bit worked up, but have learned to kick back mentally, listen to the radio, and watch the passing show.
Eating rat poison yourself doesn't kill the rats!
Capetonians are also a lot more laid back in this kind of traffic than the Joburgers, who would have filled up the yellow lanes, and generally freaked out!
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When I am going somewhere and have to be on time I find traffic frustrating, other than that I usually just go with the flow.
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Not much else to do. Although I've seen minibus taxis do some funky things!
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If you were driving around Rochester today you would be watching the blizzard instead of the fog. Hovering about 0oC with a stout wind.
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If there were a blizzard, I don't think I would be driving! I have navigated Highveld (Johannesburg) thundershowers, where 4" of rain can fall in half an hour or so, and that at least doesn't freeze up!
"stout wind" - I like the term. What numbers do you put to "stout"? Round here, "fresh" is 30-40km/h. "Stout" seems up on that.
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Correction. 0oF or about -17C. It hit -9F this morning.
Your "fresh" would be about the right wind speed, but what it does to the chill factor is nasty and stout.
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Ouch. That's "don't touch the metal' cold!
Never, ever experienced anything that cold. And it's not on my bucketlist!
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I can tell you that cross-country ski wax works really well at -40, which is, by the way, where the oC=oF.
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At that temperature, it's not wax, it's solid, surely!?
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You use the hardest wax available and rub into the base of the ski. No finesse required. It has high static friction and low kinetic friction so you can alternately kick off and glide.
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