Why we both stayed home today....

[kyrielle]

And I have no intention of so much as collecting my library books. First, one of the front tires each from Scott's car and mine, iced over:

     

Then we have the back window of my car (note the complete coating on, well, everything):



And then there's the example of ice build-up on the plants:

Comments

[jenett]

I have to admit, my first reaction to all three photos is "Yep, saw that last winter. Probably will again this winter."

But I'm one of those insane Minnesotans, who expect such things. And of course, we have plows and salting and all sorts of other things to help which have been worked out with the intricacy of any fine art.

How thick is the ice coating right now?

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

loving the iced bush shot! Is that the same neighbour's house as the Christmas light picture was?

[kyrielle]

We have plows and sanding, but not, thank goodness, salting. For the few days of snow we get, I would rather not sacrifice the body of the car. Replacing something that should last 15-20 years in only a few because you have rusted it into pieces rankles.

I could have dealt with clearing the ice off the car, were it not for the tires.

I'm not sure how thick it is now that I've read your message, it's dark and I'm not going to test. Probably as thick or thicker, however - it did warm enough to thaw where the sun hit, and is now back below freezing.

[kyrielle]

Yup!

[jenett]

It blew me away the one time I was out there (couple of years ago now), and the friend I was staying with was driving a car that was 25 years old - it's almost unheard of to see cars that age in either Massachusetts, where I grew up, or Minnesota except in *very* clear weather, and even then, not for general driving.

There are also reasons I love my Saturn - fiberglass body panels are a good thing in snowy areas.

They are, apparently, shifting over to something other than salt mostly, now - I think it's a molasses based mixture. Easier on the soil, easier on the cars, and if they can get it down in the right conditions, they don't need to salt.

The tires would probably have gotten me too, I admit. (And besides, even if you can get out of the driveway, it really isn't much fun to drive in that kind of conditions.)

[kyrielle]

Yeah. I would not drive in the conditions we had, but I was willing to let Scott do it. (He grew up in Wisconsin, he's competent. I am tolerably competent, but not up to this, without chains, and frankly since I can work from home, it's much brighter to just sit tight.)

Until I saw the tires. What's hard to see in the photos is that the tread areas were iced enough to be smooth to the touch - the tread was filled in, at least on the top.

I'd say I was not impressed, but actually I was. I just wasn't pleased. :)