[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Paul Sture]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:50:10 +0000, VAXman- wrote:

> In article <YM4l7cz+aWNh at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
> koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>>In article <00AB9D3B.D22D7731 at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman- 
>>@SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>> 
>>> Pocono Mts. of PA for me in a rear-wheel drive Mustang!
>>
>>   A Mustang II by any chance?  We discovered the front wheels stop
> 
> No, I said a Mustang!  There was no such thing as a Mustang II... just a
> renamed Pinto.  It was a Yellow, 1972 Mustang Mach I... like this:
> 
> http://mustangattitude.com/mustang/1972/1972_00003_01.jpg

Lucky git!  The car insurance rates for students in the UK were 
prohibitive for machinery like that.
 
> 
>>   before the rear brakes engage, leaving the rear wheels spinning on
>>   the snow, rear end of the car slipping downhill off the street,
>>   unless you really whale down on the brake pedal.
> 
> Dad told me to apply the parking brake lightly when heading downhill and
> then to pump the brake pedal.  I never lost the rear-end in the snow.

Way back when, one of the public safety slots on British TV had similar 
advice for motor cyclists - apply the rear brake first.

My father's advice on parking brake (Brit English: handbrake) usage in 
snow was to apply it gently to avoid wheels spinning as you moved off, 
particularly uphill.  I used to put a mixture of paving slabs and 
sandbags in the trunk (boot) in the winter months to give better traction.
Those with rear-engined vehicles such as a VW Beetle put weight in the 
front to assist front wheel braking.

-- 
Paul Sture