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[Gary A.]

I'm gonna guess that Gary's never seen one of these either...

A snow rake. Every few winters when we really get walloped, the snow becomes so packed that ice jams and other issues occur, and the local hardware stores get a run on these.

Nope, all of Gary's rakes are for grass and leaves. Gary is not totally ignorant of cold and snow. Snow is about 30 minutes away, but we in California tend to keep it up in the mountains where it belongs. Gary has lived in cold places like Tokyo, Seoul and Paris, but he has never seen a snowbrush or now, a snow rake. Next, he imagines you'll snow people will tell him of motorized snow sleds ... what would one call a motorized ... maybe a snowmobile.

 

[Gary A.]

never a snowbrush

Imagine a large brush that is designed to remove snow from your car without scratching the car. So, the bristles are often softer than the bristles of a broom. Some are extendable, and some have the ability to change the angle of the brush. These are more expensive than the simpler ones, but they also have more parts that can get rusted or broken.

Often, snow brushes will also include an ice scraper to remove ice from windows.

The ice scraper takes some getting used to...

I’ll also add that the first time you forget to keep a snowbrush in your car in winter will be the last, as you curse under your breath while brushing several inches of snow from the windshield using your hand.

Gary is on his way to Target in order to get a snowbrush for his car.

 

[Gary A.]

@Gary A. we don need no stinkin brush...................

That's a nicely clean car, but will a Volt start when the batteries freeze? Gary thinks he's take his car to a car wash when it gets that dirty.

 

[grrr8scott]

Turkeys are mean. Our city has tons of them roaming around. They harass the joggers, block driveways and cause traffic when they sloooooowly walk across the street single file. Recently a jogger was being attacked by this one turkey that hangs out near the cemetery. A passing motorist had to pull over and go after the turkey with a snowbrush to rescue the woman.

Sounds like the Peacocks we had to contend with when I lived on the peninsula. Terrible bird. PS- What's a snowbrush?

Was that the PV Peninsula? Where/when did you live there? I lived there from '58-'67, when I graduated from high school. My parents lived there (Lunada Bay) till they died. The peacocks at the mayor's residence then were incredibly noisy. When I first heard them I was about 9 years old, and didn't realize the sound was coming from birds!

 

[RowdyRay]

I'm gonna guess that Gary's never seen one of these either...

A snow rake. Every few winters when we really get walloped, the snow becomes so packed that ice jams and other issues occur, and the local hardware stores get a run on these.

Hehe, you beat me to it. Every smart Minnesotan owns one of these. The damage ice dams can do is unreal. Had one for many years. Now that the boys have their own homes, they stole...er....I mean borrowed mine. Had to hunt it down when needed. Guess what they got for Christmas. They laughed when I gave them to them. Now mine is right were it's supposed to be. Good thing, too. Needed it several times.

 

[Gary A.]

https://www.amazon.com/Moover-Exten...-2-spons&keywords=extendable+snow+brush&psc=1

For @Gary A. when he goes to the mountains

And Goose/Turkey defense weapon.

 

[Gary A.]

Turkeys are mean. Our city has tons of them roaming around. They harass the joggers, block driveways and cause traffic when they sloooooowly walk across the street single file. Recently a jogger was being attacked by this one turkey that hangs out near the cemetery. A passing motorist had to pull over and go after the turkey with a snowbrush to rescue the woman.

Sounds like the Peacocks we had to contend with when I lived on the peninsula. Terrible bird. PS- What's a snowbrush?

Was that the PV Peninsula? Where/when did you live there? I lived there from '58-'67, when I graduated from high school. My parents lived there (Lunada Bay) till they died. The peacocks at the mayor's residence then were incredibly noisy. When I first heard them I was about 9 years old, and didn't realize the sound was coming from birds!

Gary lived in PV during the ‘80’s, along the southern/San Pedro side, off Western. Before that he was in Manhattan Beach. When Gary wins the lotto he’s moving back to PV. Gary loves PV, the Peacocks notwithstanding. Oooooh, Luanda Bay is sooooo nice. My oldest daughter attended Bishop Montgomery.

 

[Gary A.]

76F today with humidity in the 40%.

Some PV stuff:

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[Tony744]

never a snowbrush

Imagine a large brush that is designed to remove snow from your car without scratching the car. So, the bristles are often softer than the bristles of a broom. Some are extendable, and some have the ability to change the angle of the brush. These are more expensive than the simpler ones, but they also have more parts that can get rusted or broken.

Often, snow brushes will also include an ice scraper to remove ice from windows.

The ice scraper takes some getting used to...

@Gary A. we don need no stinkin brush...................

Can't tell for sure...is that Jack Lemmon in Grumpy Old Men?

 

[Gary A.]

@RowdyRay: Minnesota is a long drive from PV.

 

[Tony744]

@Gary A. we don need no stinkin brush...................

Works fine for dry snow...won't do squat with the wet heavy stuff.

 

[RowdyRay]

@Gary A. we don need no stinkin brush...................

Works fine for dry snow...won't do squat with the wet heavy stuff.

Or a warm car you parked in the driveway in the middle of a snow storm. Come out in the morning and it's frozen to everything.

Love these hair brained ideas from people who don't have a clue. The same idiots turn on their wiper blades and think that 6" of snow will magically remove itself if you drive fast enough. Lazy SOBs. Deal with it properly, or stay home.

 

[smoke665]

driveway in the middle of a snow storm.

And that's why I moved south 35 years ago, so I didn't have to deal with it.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

I moved north from the south so I didn't have to deal with the humidity

 

[smoke665]

I moved north from the south so I didn't have to deal with the humidity

We have very efficient heat pumps for that .