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OT - HELP !!! I'm falling and can't get up!!!!
"Tony Miklos" wrote in message
... On 2/3/2011 10:46 AM, Robert Green wrote: "The Daring wrote in message ... On 2/2/2011 11:23 AM, DGDevin wrote: Remember the old clamp on roller skates? Mountain climbers have something called "crampons" which strap on like the old roller skates. But which have wicked sharp points to dig into ice. http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...=2,51676,40911 I could have used them during our last ice storm recently where I slipped on my steep driveway. Fortunately I landed on all fours and only received a few scrapes. I was a lot more careful after that and stayed in until the danger passed. :-) I keep a gallon jug of plain kitty litter on hand and spread it out ahead of me as I walk. A couple snows ago I couldn't get home because of the ice at one 100' section of road that goes uphill and around two 90º turns. Got the kitty litter spread thinly about 6 feet and I got the car 30 feet. Sprinkle some more and I made it to the top of the little hill. My driveway is much longer and steeper but I had plowed that early and the sun, even behind the clouds had everything melted. I'm very lucky my driveway faces almost perfectly south. Although if it's really cold and only 1" of snow, I still have to plow it so the sun hits the blacktop and melts the ice. And the best part about kitty litter is that it's recyclable. When all the ice finally melts, I can sweep it off the steps and reuse it for the next storm. Doesn't eat away at the concrete either although I've on occasion mixed in a little rock salt when the temps are really low. Another benefit is that it turns dark when wet, so it helps the ice melt by absorbing sunlight that the bare ice would normally reflect. A little messy if it gets inside the house, but no more so than rock salt. Maybe even a little less because it's pretty inert, chemically speaking. -- Bobby G. |
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