Note to self and others

[triadruid]

When it is 14° F outside, ice melt will not have the same effect that you intend: it will melt the ice you put it on, true... the resulting water will then run to fill the cracks you have made so far in the ice sheet, and refreeze. Fun all around.

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[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

*yowl*
FROZEN!
*yowl*
(Seriously, my toes could fall off at any moment.)

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I think my fingers are going to grow icicles.

Wore the wrong jacket today.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least you had a jacket in the house. Mine was inside the car that it took me 25 minutes to chisel out enough that I could open the door to get the (frozen) jacket. Because, you know, it was 70 degrees the last time I was in my car...

Oh crap...

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I didn't even think about the ice on the doors. I was assuming you could kick them loose for the most part (I tested this theory on your headlights).

Did you find the de-icer stuff at least?

Re: Oh crap...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

We have de-icer? Shite.

No, sadly, kicking the doors only resulted in the aforementioned titanic struggle to stay upright. Also sadly, my leather gloves were also in the car. :( The Cranky Power gloves do fit nicely inside the giant trash-picking gloves from Blue River Cleanup that you kindly left on my windshield (and to which I owe the fact that I have feeling in my fingers still). I'm just starting to be able to feel my toes now- I think I'm going to need fluffier socks.

[drummel.livejournal.com]

my fingers have grown icicles, as the office I am in has no heating! For now the coffee is keeping my blood flowing, but (looks in cup) It froze over 10 mintues ago...brr...logic tells me to do go next door to the other half that does have heating...but that would be the smart thing to do...and besides...I'm having much to fun snarking.

[zylch.livejournal.com]

This is what gloves are for. Waterproof gloves with removable liners, good to something like -30, and a bit of windshield wiper blade on the back of the forefinger for clearing one's goggles when snowmobiling. (I may dislike the military, but damn if they don't make some warm clothes!)

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Left the gloves at home so featherynscale could finish chiseling her car out. Her gloves were probably with her coat...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Yes, in fact. See above for thanks for gloves.

(I'm so f*cking clever.)

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

That's why an essential part of de-icing is to keep a healthy sense a rage running through your veins -- it will keep you warm and raise the ambient temperature of whatever you're focusing on. (You could always come play with the new heat gun...)

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I was too focused on not falling on my arse, since the pavement underfoot had an equivalent 1/8" sheet of ice on it as well; excellent lesson in Newton's Third Law, however.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I really find that having to make a constant effort not to fall on my arse contributes to my sense of rage. I still can't believe that people live in this voluntarily. (I still can't believe that I live in this voluntarily.)

[drummel.livejournal.com]

I talked to my friend Becky in Maryland; twas 60 degrees yesterday!!! *huff* Yet, I still stand by my decision to remain..a little frost bite never hurt anyone...considering the nerves where too frozen to feel.

Okay, here's the thing

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I lived in various parts of Iowa for years; I can count the number of times I had to chisel my car out of ice on one hand. I've nearly or actually passed that here in KC in less than two years (granted, I drive a lot more here, so that skews the results). But the reason doesn't change:

Iowa gets winter snow storms; KC gets winter ice storms. I don't know if it's the different latitude/climate, or placement on the plains, or what. But I will dig my car out of 10" of snow any day, as long as I don't have to chisel a 1/4" of solid ice off of it. This stuff is ridiculous. OK was the same way with the ice storms, except they happened less often there because it's further south (you'd generally get one good ice storm in late Jan/Feb.)

Baaah (I need more wool today; never thought I'd say that).

Re: Okay, here's the thing

[zylch.livejournal.com]

I don't know what last year's winter was like around here, but in Virginia at least we got far more of both snow and ice than usual. And much as I may whine now, it really could be worse. At least this winter I'm not trying to chisel my car out of that 1/4" of ice at 3 AM, while it's still icing down, so that I can drive along mountainous roads to earn $7.00/hr.

Re: Okay, here's the thing

[lightonthesill.livejournal.com]

>Baaah (I need more wool today; never thought I'd say that).<

I purposly aquired 3 new Very Wool (of which I am alergic-but I'll cope.) skirts to wear this winter whilst enjoying 70* weather in South Carolina... Wore one of said skirts today with Husbands way to large for me very wool P-Coat... and still I was freezing...just not fair and certainly not funny.

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

I had that same problem once I got to work today. I have this freaking steep driveway that I managed to get mostly cleared (at least the steep part) yesterday. But lo and behold, when I get to work this morning the parking lot is one big sheet of ice. I think I need to keep my little PMSing self sequestered today or violence will ensue.

Chainsaw of Natural Selection!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

We seriously ought to get zylch to market those things...

Re: Chainsaw of Natural Selection!

[zylch.livejournal.com]

Toys R Us, back in the Home Depot section of Boys World (offcially "Action world," but everyone calls it boys). You're on your own to add the picture of Darwin, though.