Growing up, our house was the last one on the block to convert from anthracite coal to gas heat. As such we were the sole possessors of ashes when the neighbors needed traction for their tires in the snow. And before we had snow tires we had tire chains - some were single strands with a belt to insert thru wheel spokes with three or four to a tire - to be applied by the driver. Others were chains that completely circled the tire and best applied by a service station. The trouble occurred when the drivers kept the chains on driving on bare roads thereby creating potholes and having jagged chains break off - one of which caught my tire on a cold dark night. There was no AAA to call back then. So there I was with jack in hand changing a tire by the side of the road. Then there was the family friend who stayed too long at the party after the snow began to fall. Upon his departure he enlisted the family to help dig out his car. Halfway thru this enterprise he remarked "This is a two door - my car is a four door!" And that's the way it was.
tjs
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