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CTyankee

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22. We do what you do in clearing off the car. But we rarely have snowing high

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #20)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 08:05 AM

Feb 2013

enough to block the tailpipe, and even when we do, we don't clear off the car until we can drive it out of the driveway. If the snow is high enough to block the tailpipe, then we have a driveway that hasn't been plowed out yet...

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Horrible, horrible. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #1

Tears for this family. freshwest Feb 2013 #16

What a tragedy. Earth_First Feb 2013 #2

That's just awful. dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #3

OMG. So sorry... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #4

Why aren't people THINKING??? kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #5

Most people ARE thinking Mariana Feb 2013 #10

I had the same reaction. An adult should have known that the first thing to clear on a bluestate10 Feb 2013 #15

I didn't know that, and not sure I would have thought of it. Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #19

I've never thought to check my tail pipe BainsBane Feb 2013 #20

We do what you do in clearing off the car. But we rarely have snowing high CTyankee Feb 2013 #22

i don't come from a place where it snows and i would have easily thought what the boy did JI7 Feb 2013 #18

Yes, we are Tab Feb 2013 #21

That's heartbreaking gollygee Feb 2013 #6

I could not bear with that kind of pain. lpbk2713 Feb 2013 #7

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That has broken my heart. Little Star Feb 2013 #11

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Tragic NoGOPZone Feb 2013 #14

I can't imagine the pain and guilt that father feels nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #17