On Monday, 16 January 2017 17:43:45 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Friday, 13 January 2017 15:36:28 UTC, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:25:27 -0000, whisky-dave
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But you spend an hour slipping and sliding in it while you're digging!

I wouldn't.

Then you also wouldn't while just walking across it. In fact it's easier
to walk through snow than across cleared snow which can be icy.

Then it hasn't been cleared properly has it.

Not possible to clear a drive way 'properly' in that sense.

Yes it is. Unless of course you're saying that when roads are cleared of snow they aren't cleared 'properly' you have to define 'properly' don't you.

But why would you understand that anyway ?

The snow can be blown to another location or shoveled that would be OK, you could use hot water and that would work OK provided the temerature wasn't zero C or below the water should drain away before it freezes again.
You could add salt to the water and that should be OK unless the temp drops below -8C or so when it might start freezing again.







Any fool can clear snow away by throwing warm water on it.

You can't clear an entire driveway that way.

yes you can.


That clears the snow.

And then freezes and is much more slippery than the snow was.

that depends on time and temeprature as I've already said.

Of course a lot of people have clear driveways during the summer months how does that happen ?