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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on January 28, 2018, 06:29:44 pm ---OMG, I just looked at the cover again, I actually do have a dentist appointment on the 30th! :laugh:
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In that case, be careful out there on the ice today! :laugh
The ice here is treacherous because it got up to 40 on Friday, maybe 35 on Saturday, and has been below 32 since. Today the high is 17. There's a patch of glare ice at the end of my front walk. I keep forgetting to chop it up with the ice chopper. In the meantime, I've been walking to one of my neighbors' walks because the other two choices seem to be 1) slip on the ice 2) clamber through a snowbank.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 29, 2018, 10:28:03 am ---In that case, be careful out there on the ice today! :laugh
The ice here is treacherous because it got up to 40 on Friday, maybe 35 on Saturday, and has been below 32 since. Today the high is 17. There's a patch of glare ice at the end of my front walk. I keep forgetting to chop it up with the ice chopper. In the meantime, I've been walking to one of my neighbors' walks because the other two choices seem to be 1) slip on the ice 2) clamber through a snowbank.
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Once ice starts to melt and gets a layer of water on top of it, or if the temperature warms and it rains on top of the ice, there is absolutely no walking on it. You really do take your life in your hands if you try it.
Front-Ranger:
There are these big rubber bands with metal coils on them that you can put on your shoes. They're called Yak Traks. They help with traction. Plus a trekking pole or walking stick helps too.
CellarDweller:
My father has a pair of those, I believe. I've never seen him slip on the ice.
serious crayons:
I've heard of those. They'd be good for a longer walk, but if you're just going out to the car to drive to the grocery store or work it seems like overkill.
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