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Snowplows (Gritters)
The Scots start this and it's spread over Canada and the US like a plague, but a lot more pleasant.
Naming Snow Plow Truck, (Gritters across the pond) usually with some input from the community.
Quite often schools and youth groups are tapped to name them, coming up with some times very clever ones.
I suspect when the folks are anxiously waiting to see the truck they named they forget they cost $300,000+.
Here's VT, MI, and ND...
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Re: Snowplows (Gritters)
well we've got bollock all else to do but name the plows when we're all snowed in......
The Brit names are better, though. Spreddie Mercury is a good 'un
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And some from the East Riding of Yorkshire...
- Sprinkles
- David Plowie
- Kyle Spreadmund
- Maureen Gritman
- Nicole Saltslinger
- Basil Salty
- Roger Spreaderer
- William Wilberfrost
- Gritty Gritty Bang Bang
- Walter The Salter
- Gritty McGritface
- Spreaddie Mercury
- Thaw Enforcement
- Itsy Bitsy Teeney Weeny Yellow Anti-Slip Machiney
- Spreaddie Flintoff
- Freezy Rider
- Gritney Spears
- True Grit
- Gritney Houston
- Er Ner Sner
- Ease Sliding of Yorkshire.
One or two are lost on me but light will probably dawn later.
Anyway, off to make us a cup of tea and to give some thought to preparing lunch.
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Re: Snowplows (Gritters)
Here are some of the originals from Scotland:
- Amber Snowy Arctic Angel
BFG Big Friendly Gritter
Blizzard Bear
Chilly Connolly
Darth Spreader
David Plowie
For Your Ice Only
Fred
Gangsta Granny Gritter
Grit A Bit
Grit Expectations
Gritallica
Gritney Spears
Gritter Bug
Grittest Hits
Grittie McVittie
Grittle Mix
Gritty Gonzales
Gritty Gritty Bang Bang
Han Snow-lo
I Want To Break Freeze
Ice Breaker
Ice Destroyer
Ice Queen
Jeremy Brine
Lew-Ice Capaldi
Licence To Chill
Luke Snowalker
Meltin' John
Mr Plow
Mrs Gritter
My Name’5 Doddie
Nitty McGritty
Penelope Gritstop
Plougher O’Scotland
Polar Bear Explorer
Polar Patroller
Ready Spready Go
Rumble
Salty
Sandy The Solway Salter
Scotland’s Bravest Gritter
Sir Andy Flurry
Sir Grits A Lot
Sir Salter Scott
Slippy McGritty
Snow Bother
Snow Destroyer
Snow Dozer
Snow Trooper
Snowball
Snowbegone Kenobi
Snowkemon Go
Sophie Salt
Spready Mercury
Sprinkebell
Sprinkles
The Golden Great Gritter
The Grittest Snowman
The Incredible Ice Bear
The Snow Buster
The Snow Solution
The Winter Explorer
True Gritter
Yes Sir Ice Can Boogie
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All right, they've gone too damn far.
At the Kansas Speedway on May 2nd NASCAR held the Bushy =14pxMcBush 400...
... it was won by Kyle Busch. 
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xoxoxoBruce wrote:
... it was won by Kyle Busch.
He still has not learned how to spell his last name?
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Well the gritters are out in force this week. In July?
Yup, spreading sand on the melting asphalt.
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Yup, spreading sand on the melting asphalt.
If they resurface it every July, then it need not be repaved. Bean counters love it. Costs go down.
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If they resurface it every July, then it need not be repaved.
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It's that time again in Minnesota. They're accepting names till the middle of this month then voting in January.
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