snow tires and nit picking

[DeWitt Harrison]

I'm curious to know if there are others besides myself who are OCD enough
to pick out the bits of gravel that get trapped in the many grooves and
sipes characteristic of snow tires while doing their seasonal tire
changeover, prior to storing the snows. If so, you poor devils, how small
do you go? Pea size? Or as small as is visible? I have to admit to easily
spending 15 minutes per tire picking hundreds of such nits. I should
probably get a life.

DeWitt
'88 5000CS