Ice storm, lines down all over town. Most cable guys can't get out of their neighborhoods, but I made it out, and am out fixing what I can. Day is light, work is sporadic and all over town.
I have a work order for phone being out, and the name on the work order is old. I have to get out there and fix it, no telling if this old lady is in trouble, as there isn't a cell phone to ring her. Her house is on the far side of town out in the country.
To get there, I have to go down a hill in a suburb. I ease down the ice, slow and steady. I let gravity move me, and hold off as much as I can on the break, no gas. The van starts to spin around. I am sideways, looking out the passenger window down the hill. I keep sliding. There is a car parked at the curb coming up. I floor it, wheels spinning, and manage to slide past the car, my bumper an inch away. I come to a stop at the bottom of the hill, awesome!
I arrive at the old ladies house and plug her phone into the wall. Problem fixed. Was happy for the awesome successful sideways slide, didn't get pissed.
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