Hahaha, now I see it Keith. Even though I read that post again in response to your query as I was searching, I still didn't see it. It seems so....what's the right word....rhetorical!

In a word, No!

Good luck with the shopping. One of the things I don't like about Ontario is studded tired are banned...even way in the north.

The idea was that studs degrade the roads, but the widespread and excessive use of salt coincided with the ban on studs. I'm pretty sure that salt does way more damage.

In fact studies in Sweden have proven that salt degrades road surfaces far more than studded tires, while salt does extreme damage to the surrounding environment.

The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia