Mmm, Ice.

[kyra_ojosverdes]

Quote of the Day: "Mommy! Where did you learn car karate??" -- Eliza, upon watching me deliver standing flat-foot kicks to all four car doors, as they were frozen shut

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[annieover.livejournal.com]

It's so fun to kick things.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

As long as you've got good footing so you don't fall!

[annieover.livejournal.com]

Eh, the falling adds to the humor of the moment.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

Not when you're already running late and know the roads on the 20-mile drive to your daughter's school are going to be nasty!

[annieover.livejournal.com]

True.

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

Wow. Frozen shut doors is not something I have ever even thought about before.

Go you.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

Seriously? Wow.

Well, in case you're ever faced with one... you tug on the handle to see where the ice seal is (top, bottom, middle, all over), then stand back one armlength from the car, get good footing so you don't fall and bruise your tailbone, then basically deliver a vertical stomp to the seam between the car door and the car body. Repeat as necessary until the ice seal is broken and the door opens. Be careful to keep your foot parallel to the car so you don't damage car bits. This is best done in flat-soled boots. Heels are not good for breaking car doors free of ice. *grin*

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

I've never lived someplace where anything got frozen solid. This is good to know in case the ice age happens in my lifetime, or in case I move away from San Francisco.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

So you don't know how to walk on ice, either? Wow.

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

I have sometimes walked on ice. I do it very carefully and slowly. Is there a specific method for it?

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

Keeping your feet totally parallel to the ground surface helps a lot with the not-falling.

It was always amusing during the fall semester on campus when the first snow and ice arrived... it became really obvious which students were new to cold weather and hadn't dealt with snow and ice before. (Once you're used to walking on ice it's a little slower, but not a whole lot slower, than walking on dry ground. Except black ice, the kind which is absolutely smooth with no texture at all and a thin film of water over it. Everyone falls on black ice.)

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

Great, so if I ever move to a colder climate, even if I'm not confident of my footing, I can at least be confident that I'll amuse the locals. ;)

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's my motivation in life. If I can't do it well, at least I'll provide comfort to those who also cannot do it well, and amusement to those who can!

[whimsie.livejournal.com]

uhm,

i don't know how to open frozen doors either.

or walk on ice.

and i have a hell of a time putting on mittens!

will you teach me? ;)

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

LOL! Sure. I'll write the "putting on mittens" tutorial if you write the "living in Florida without going insane from all the bugs."

[whimsie.livejournal.com]

oh my jeez,

i just don't understand mittens. i can't even put them on myself! let alone 3-year-olds!

how about i write the "why you should never move to Florida because of the insane bugs, heat, traffic, and people" book?

i'm going to die in MD, huh? lol

I scream, you scream

[shmuelisms.livejournal.com]

What is this ICE you speak of?

Actually a neighbor of mine, recently was driving along early one morning, not far from home, when he thought "Who left that white tarp on the road? Aaaaahh eeeeyyyaaa eeeyyaaaaii! Screeeeeeeeeeeech" [as his car skidded along the guard-rail] Luckily, there WAS a guard-rail, and it's only some light denting and paint-scratches. Ice on the road is practically impossible within about a 100 miles of where I live (but more common further north).

[sir-cat.livejournal.com]

Last time I had to deal with ice walking, was over winter break back in '87-'88, or '88-'89 or so, in Great Falls, actually.

We walked down to the mall one day. One side of the parking lot slopes down from the roadway where we were coming from, and we slid down there.

I've only driven in snow/ice conditions once, a family trip up in the high country here in Arizona, probably '87 or '88. Saw some cars fishtail a bit on the freeway, but didn't hit any patches myself.