Otodus Obliquus I use a hood, earmuffs and a big scarf instead. You know the big wide long scarves? Yeah. I feel like hats and scarves are more common than ski masks, at least for what the UK guy is talking about.
I feel so misled. Growing up I always assumed the UK had rough winters. Books like a Christmas Carol gave me that impression I think. It does sort of explain why the pilgrims struggled so much their 1st winter in America though...
The Scottish Highlands are the place in the UK that has to deal with harsher winter weather, particularly chilly wind. England has moderate winters except a few years that they can experience some bad storms. It's akin to Washington DC or Atlanta grinding to a halt after a couple inches of snow. The problem with the English weather is that it tends to be overcast quite frequently, even during summers leading to a gloomy feel. I prefer a very cold day in the 20s with clear skies than a rainy day in the 40s-50s
A trick to make heavy ice easier to remove from your car: Start the engine and turn up the heater before you clear your way out and brush off the loose snow from the car¹. Then the ice will come right off because you have melted the layer that actually attaches it to the glass. One of the very satisfying things that can happen in winter is sending a half-inch thick sheet of ice sliding off your windshield in a single piece with one blow. 1: If you are one of those people who go "it will blow off as I drive," could you speak up and give your location so that someone can hit you with a clue-by-four.
Happened to my aunt. A sheet of ice flew of a semi and hit her windshield, smashing it. She made it to work and my father and uncle took it to the body shop (my father driving her Jeep while my uncle followed). My father said he had to basically hang his head out the window to see, ace Ventura style.
In Alaska we cover the windshield and hood with a quilt. It's to help the block heater do its job, but it also prevents condensation ice on the windshield.
“They’ve not been cleaned since last winter, I’ll get around to that eventually, I promise.” You don’t need to pretend with us. The only cleaning winter boots get is kicking clean snow to ’wash’ off dirt.
Lies. I've seen people in Florida wear sweaters in December while I was swimming in the fucking ocean. They looked at me like I was crazy but that shit was warm
on vacation in FL I tried to buy long pants for an interview I had the day I got back to California... the Target did have them but they were just one rack total.
When scraping your car I hope you've also started the engine and the heater from the inside. Having even just a small bit that's starting to melt on the windshield makes scraping so much easier.
@@badlandsghost Some times the defroster just can't make a dent in the cold though. I'm from Minnesota. There are days where The wind is so cold it pretty much just balances the defroster at freezing. And I've got a truck! lol.
@@johnjon4688 my moms from ohio so i know the feeling. One time she was so mad she plugged her hairdryer in and used it to melt the ice with the defroster on AND the scrapper 😂
Living in Missouri: Spin the wheel! What will we have today? 90 degree weather in December followed by 4 feet of snow and negative wind chill the next day? Yes.
Ugh, please dont remind me. I shipped to Ft .Lost In the Woods in September, ahh, just like upstate SC for about 4 months, December rolls around, its freezing, one day we couldnt even march as there was a layer of ice over EVERYTHING, even the gravel was slick, then around Christmas a freak tornado hit...
@@toxic_money3274 It's used for traction, usually pouring it out. However if the bag is heavy, it could make the rear heavier giving it traction. I do the same with sandbags in the bed of my pickup.
The one that struck us (moving from southern Ontario to the prairies) was the block heater. A little plug-in heater tapped into the engine that heats enough to prevent the oil from becoming, for all practical intents, solid. We saw all these cars with electrical plugs and we were mighty puzzled. This was way, way before Tesla. Then our Ontario van froze so hard it had to be towed to warm up in the repair shop and get a heater installed. Pricey lesson, but at least the lecture from the mechanic to my Dad on idiocy was free.
"Face shield"? I've never heard that article of clothing called that. To me, a face shield is a clear sheet of plastic suspended in front of your face to keep grit and flying particles of metal from hitting you while working. In my neck of the woods, the headgear you're wearing has always been called either a ski mask or a Balaclava.
If you are outside for a period of time, then something called "Hot Hands" or equivalent is a must. Basically warms up when contacted with air and are used as warmers.
@@jottow680 snow blowers or Zamboni? I guess a V8 snow blower would be able to throw the snow onto the neighbor's roof. A V8 Zamboni would redo a skating surface at better than normal driving speeds, or melt it all the way down, depending on where the power focused. I have no idea what would happen to a snowmobile with a V8, or of it's a possibility. It sounds terrifying, though.
@@goldengryphon few people have built a v8 snowmobile. and a zamboni is designed to be slow to achieve a smooth surface. they scrape a small layer of ice off . Im talking the double wide v8 powered snow blower. think a guy here in mn made one. would throw snow over his house.
Very fun, love your observations. I grew up in Upstate NY and assumed every kid got up an hour early to shovel their dad out of the driveway each winter morning. Wrong! Shovels, ice bar, snow broom, and a roof plow (15 feet long with handle) to keep your roof from collapsing under the ice and snow load. Then there were another of four tools to clean of the car without taking off the chrome and paint. One bad winter we had an icicle of 4 feet wide x 10 feet long attached to our roof. My dad thought it weighed half a ton (hence easily lethal) so decided to turn a space heater and hair dryer on it from an attic perch. After six hours it melted some and crashed into my mother's rose garden. By spring we had 15-20 feet of snow as a mountain in our front yard. Me and my buds used to tunnel into it and made a fort with secret passages. We stocked the stout fort with iceballs and were ready to take on all infidels coming down the road. Boys just love that kind of thing and I would not have grown up any other way! -another Laurence (Hatch). The proper spelling counts.
Yeah, like this one thing I saw with temperature comparisons, when it got to an entry about "Average temperature in the American winter" was like "WHICH PART?! Dude, there's such a difference between Hawaii and Minnesota, you don't even know..." (To be fair, the person making that video was ALSO not American. Or a native English speaker, I think. :P)
I bought a really long one that will reach across the front window (great for shorter folks), with two scraping sides and lights. I thought it was one of the greatest things I'd ever seen.
Backups for the main scraper, like Destiny's Child. I got three too, my fav is one I got in the late 80's. A brush/scraper combo on a wooden stick. Works better than the plastic one of today
Several years ago, a man actually lost his car in the Gurnee Mills parking lot. He couldn't find it, the police couldn't find it, so he reported it stolen to his insurance company and bought a new car. In the spring, the mounds of snow that had been plowed up in the corners of the lot melted, and lo and behold, there was his car.
I love how you've made "winter arm cramps" seem like one of the most terrifying and dangerous American phenomena. Like the news will come out each day with a winter arm cramp count and the names of its victims that season. "2 Dead, 57 More Wounded in Mass Shoveling After Recent Chicago Blizzard"😂
Also a Chicagoan here and yes, it's totally fine! Sure, those -40 with wind-chill days were cold, but even those weren't unbearable. I'm not going to have a picnic in the park, but commuting and brief walks are fine.
Ah. The joys of scraping ice off of the car windscreen, sometimes multiple times per day. Also having your car encased in a glaze of freezing rain. Can't get the car door open because it's frozen shut! Aack!! Winter can be messy, but snow is so beautiful. Bring on the snow! 😎👍❄
Having lived here in the midwest after spending my first 3 decades in California was a difficult transition. The hype about California weather is mostly true and not just hype! We have had 72-degree weather at Christmas. Here we get excited about 32-degree weather during the winter. If it gets into the lower 40's, as it did a few weeks back, you see shorts coming out of the closet. I used my first snowblower and was surprised at how well ice melt works. I don't suppose you would experience black ice or freezing rain in the UK either. Or coming out of work to find that your car doors are so iced over you can't get your key in the hole, let alone open the door! We have broken door handles trying to force our way in before hypothermia sets in.
New Englander here, Bangor, Maine to be specific. We call those Balaclavas. We also carry jumper cables and a selection of things needed in case we wreck or get stranded in our cars in a blizzard. We buy studded snow tires which are on October - April and if you live in certain places you have tire chains as well. Many homes have a way to heat when the Electricity is running and a way when the power is out, like a wood fireplace or gas fireplace. This far North there is one Style only. Layers of warm clothing including huge parkas. No one even pretends to look fashionable or feminine, just sensible. This far north everyone either has a plow they can attach to their truck or knows half a dozen guys who do when the snow blower is not enough. Not for the faint of heart and originally settled by quite a lot of Scottish Highlanders, sturdy and practical people. Love it here! ❤
Poor Brit, after moving to the country with the most violent weather on Earth. Tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, dust storms...yep; crazy weather. But you can go skiing on a snow covered mountain, and surfing in the warm ocean 4 hours later. You can be eaten by an alligator, a bear, a mountain lion, and maybe wolves and wild dogs. You can freeze to death, or bake to death, on the same day; it's your choice. Big country. You like living in the swamp? Fine. On a snowy mountain top? Fine. In the desert? Also fine. In a big city, or small town, or on a farm or ranch, or suburbia, or in the wild, wild country? Yep; fine. We Americans are NOT a melting pot -- we are a stew. Ingredients apparent, but great flavor combined. Hang around -- there is a great future for you here. But I guess you already know that...
Speaking of weather, if you don't like it, wait 15 minutes. Granted this incident wasn't 15 minutes, rather 9 hours. A tornado in the morning a blizzard that night. The midwest is a lovely place.
Don't forget thundersnow (rare but amazing), freezing rain, hail, droughts, derechos (straight line winds...terrifying things), and extreme winter/summer temperature variances (Minnesota -51C to 46C recorded).
Dear Cheese-heads, I’m sorry but you Wisconsin-ites don’t really know what cold is. Signed, a northern Minnesotan. P.S. waiting for an Alaskan to put us all in our place.
I was visiting family in the wintertime a few years ago and rented a vehicle with a REMOTE START feature! Talk about luxury! From the comfort of my aunties home I could stay inside and warm up the car without stepping foot outside first! After a few minutes just run outside and jump in the car and it’s already toasty warm! It’s the best!
A remote car starter is the best gift I've ever been given! Nothing like letting the car warm up before setting foot outside! Makes ice and snow removal so much easier!
Chicago winters are no effing joke. When the news would show a temp map with windchill it was frequently colder than Alaska. Lived in Ohio just a touch further south than mid-Indiana like our boy here. Not as bad as Chi-town but no picnic either. Last year was my first Canadian winter and it was quite nice.
The ice scraper on the windshield is what you do when you can’t get the motivation to get up early enough for work to start your car and run the defrost.
I grew up on a farm in Minnesota. Half mile long driveway. One snowy day my father was coming home and got stuck halfway up the driveway in the winter. There was absolutely no sign of the full sized station wagon the next day. Not even a hump in the snow. Luckily he had pulled up the antenna. That was a lot of digging.
We had so much snow last winter, that it was too much for my very large snowblower. The snow banks were over 6’ and the chute couldn’t throw the snow to the top. This resulted in having the shovel the top of the snow bank with a garden shovel and move the snow further into the yard. We also didn’t have mail delivery for a couple months.
My area on the south shore of Lake Ontario gets heavy wet snow all the time. I use 2 shovels. One with long handle to slice off the snow in small chunks. Then afterward a push shovel to clean up the leftover bits. I had a gas powered 2 stage snow blower. In the wind snow blown in my face. Finally bought 4wd truck & plow. This was great for years. Now I have a guy who I contract with for the lawn and snow seasons. Also I have what's called a Roof Rake. It reaches to my roof to pull down snow at the edge by the gutters. I have a 1 story house.
I never even realized it doesn’t get very snowy over there, this shocks me every time I learn about a new place that doesn’t get much snow without being a sandy desert
I've always called those hats ski masks. The best hats and scarves to wear are a soft wool. They feel nice and keep you warm even when wet. They also tend to repel water and dry more quickly than cotton, cotton blends, and even natural fibers. The material breathes as well, so people don't overheat and sweat doesn't build up then freeze.
When I lived in the UK I bought a snow shovel from B&Q, just to get a stick to teach my daughter riding a bike (for support, not to scare her) and I used to wear balaclava at work in winter (an airport).
I am from Minneapolis Minnesota where it gets colder than Chicago. I can remember cold weather where it didn't reach above 15 below zero for several days with a nighttime low of 30 plus below. That was quite brutal!
In Texas, we primarily get Ice, Sleet, Freezing Rain. The glycol sprays you get at Auto Zone prove brilliant for those conditions. Raising the Wipers the night before gets you Bonus Points.
"Without the cold, a man can't appreciate the fire in his hearth. Without the rain, a man can't appreciate the roof over his head. Let the south have its sun, flowers, and affectations, we Northerners have home." - Jon Snow As I often say, most Americans have more in common with our ancestors from Central and Eastern and Northern Europe than we do with anyone from gentler climates.
Oh, Laurence, bless your heart! You get the joy of Lake effect snow! For the love of all things holy GET OUT OF CHICAGO!! You deserve better...we'd love to have you here in Southern Illinois. 😁
The intro reminds me of my childhood in California, where during the weather roundup on the evening news, there would inevitably a bunch of people in Chicago wearing all of their clothing, waiting for a bus that’s probably never going to make it to their stop.
I live in Wisconsin, and I have 1 set of winter clothes... a sweatshirt. Seriously I wear jeans and a sweatshirt all through the winter. 50 degrees in January is also crazy to me, and 40+ degrees is t-shirt weather. It was really funny when like three families moved into my area from Florida like the week before we got like a foot of snow over two days in April.
We largely use a leaf blower to knock (powdered) snow off of our cars. It goes FAST and leaves no scratches. And now such blowers are battery powered, too.
Having lived in the Cleveland Ohio area my whole life I find your observations.quite funny. I’ve had this stuff all my life. And I love it By the way I don’t know anyone who cleans their winter boots. You take them off, hold them outside of the door snd clap them together to get rid of most of the snow and drop them on an old rug.
Regarding the last entry; I live in Michigan, and one thing that really gets me in movies & shows is how people will go into frigid conditions for prolonged periods with Nothing covering their ears. Those guys that went north of the wall in GoT... I call BS on all of them making it back with their ears intact.
That depends on what part of the country you are from: balaclava is the correct, Webster's Dictionary approved term. Down south we simply call them face masks, as the only skiing here involves water and boats.
I’ve always lived in the Midwest. I recall trying to explain to my grandpa that the windchill was -40. He couldn’t comprehend what that meant. Then I explained that the difference between 80 and 20 degrees was the same as 20 and -40. He got it. I had a college roommate from Texas. I recall her saying she didn’t need an ice scraper because she owned a credit card. She didn’t need a coat because she had a sweatshirt. We had to sit her down and explain what frostbite is.
In areas that get a lot of snow, a better shovel for clearing out drifts is a "grain shovel". ... You forgot to mention that ice-scrapers often have a built in brush.
If you have a garage, park your car in it. It is great to not have to get the snow off your car and to not have to scrape the “wind screen” (Aka wind shield). Love your vids. ❤️
In Alaska We used Bunny Boots, Which are comically large, something between a clown shoe and a military boot, The only thing you want on your feet at -40. Also a headlamp is mandatory because the sun is really shy come winter.
I had the privilege of living in North Yorkshire for five years…85-90. Travelled all over the UK throughout the year. The weather is much more severe in the States…but the near continuous white skies in Yorkshire can drive you mad from seasonal depression.
Lived in the Chalfonts for three years, and had a foot of snow the first year. Being from southwest New York, this was not at all daunting, but the neighbors were stunned!
I have a windshield ice scraping story that happened in Texas but has roots in wintery Indiana. One frigid winter morning, I was watching a lot of my neighbors trying to scrape the ice off their windshields by using their credit cards. Real ice scrapers are almost unheard of in Texas. Since I grew-up in East central Indiana, I had a real ice-scraper that had occupied a spot in my glove box for at least 5 or 6 years unused. I retrieved it an confidently stroked it across my windshield only to have it snap in to from many years in my glove box in the South Texas heat. My alternative...use my credit card like most of my neighbors.
"Face Shield"?? They're called Balaclavas. The best are from Daymart Clothing, along with their thermal underware. Just don't machine wash them, they shrink to fit a Barbie Doll.
I have washed mine in the bathtub a few times now. It still fits just fine. Might depend on the material. Mine is some kind of fleece I think. Or something similar. I had one of those faux animal skin hats growing up though and it had to be dry cleaned. The furst time we had it dry cleaned, it went to the cat because he was the only one small enough to wear it. He hated it...
I'm from North East Ohio, and our windchill during winter can get really bad sometimes. I remember a couple of times I took a shower to get ready for work, had to walk a little distance to get picked up and my beard ends up turning into a sheet of ice. I dried it as much as I could and everything, the windchill was just that bad. I started wearing scarfs after that.
That's your problem, you live in San Diego. You need to drive up I-5 north and then go I-80 east. You'll find the snow in CA then. (That's if you don't hit snow on The Grapevine on I-5.)
Yes the winters here are brutal im in Michigan City Indiana , Chicago time zone as well, and I can't imagine going through even one winter without snow boots or an ice scraper
A good thing to do is treat your walkway with a snow clearer, it's a granular product you sprinkle on your pavement and it will melt the snow. There is a spray on product that prevents your windscreen and windows from icing up too badly.
In Southern California, an ice scraper isn't part of your car kit. So in a pinch people use credit cards. Which get cold and break into bits. Then I moved to rural Canada. Like you, I discovered the value of these items plus wool flannel and...growing a beard. I also discovered that I could die in the driveway 30 feet from my door if I tried to trot out in a t-shirt, jeans and sneakers to get something I'd left in the car. Ice + sneakers + walking like it's July in California = stitches in my head.
Yeah, sneaker in snow for an extended period is something most people avoid although if you can get in and drive your car quickly then just a quickly in and out of wherever you're going- work, visiting, shopping- you can get away with it although don't fall prey to fantasy that if you tread very lightly and stealthily you can walk on to of crusty snow, like Legolas . . .
For parking outside one can if using a I.C.E. car you can instal a circulating block heater on a timer, and a battery warmer. 2-3 hours before you need to start vehicle.
The day I cut my index finger off with a rogue radial arm saw the surgeon that was supposed to sew it back on was called away to a more pressing injury. A girl had taped the blower handle down. She walked in front of the snow blower. The auger ate her foot. An intern sewed my finger back on. Six hours. Local anesthetic. Got to watch all 44 stitches. The finger works fine. I doubt the girl had much of a foot left but I've always wondered how she is.
@@m1t2a1 not only would i not have my child run a snow blower, i wouldnt ever buy one and own one or have one on my property. Myself i have had many many close calls that could have lost me fingers, arms, my eyes or my life, by the grace of god i still have them all. One of the more painful was the time i was using a stilh 041 without any glasses and something flew out and hit my eye, ER doctor said it was the worse cut he ever seen on the lense of an eye,
@@m1t2a1 i guess it healed ok, i never did go to the eye doctor like he told me to. It didnt hurt at first, but after the novicaine wore off i was on the floor in pain, One of the very few times i ever took a pain pill.
If I recall correctly, every rental car I got in Italy had an ice scraper in it. It was one of the tiny useless kinds that Midwestern companies give away in place of business cards. Us Midwesterns know that you need a long handled one that you can get two hands on.
I live in Houston. One year, like '88 or '89, we had a rare ice storm, and of course no one was prepared. I was a waitress at the time and one of my co-workers couldn't get her car to start and asked for a ride home. I lived about a mile away from our workplace but she was about three miles in a totally different direction. I had no gloves. The heater in my car didn't work. I "borrowed" a spatula from the kitchen because why would I own an ice scraper in Houston? I drove slowly until I couldn't see anymore and then my co-worker would get out and clear the windshield. But on the way home, I had to do all that myself. I had planned to go to a friend's party that night, just one street over, easy walking distance, but after all that ice scraping with no gloves, I spent the next few hours in tears over the pain as my hands thawed. Nevertheless, I didn't see a bona fide ice scraper until decades later when I rented a car in Colorado and wondered why they put a funny-looking flyswatter on the dashboard...
I'm surprised you didn't mention Yak Traks! I live in the Pacific North West and we have Yak Traks at work for people to check out so they can walk to the office after ice storms.
2008 central Indiana got 2ft of snow..my Jeep Cherokee 4x4 was snowed in..had to go to work..scraped it off got in warmed her up put it in 4x4 mode..mind you she was caked in 3ft of snow!!..put her in gear and nailed it!!..cut threw it like butter got my ass to work!
Your having a warm winter this year. Two things you need to try well make that four. Where the proper gear and ride a snowmobile where there is real snow and riding trails. Find someone that let you plow snow with their truck and blade. Third and fourth require exercise, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. Drop the big boots except for standing around outside. Treat a good pair of leather shoes with something like sno seal and get a pair of gaiters. You can change your last name to Manly.
As a kid growing up in the late 70's an dearly 80's.....a snow shovel was just something you got for Christmas, and used every day of winter!!! It taught us kids(my parents had 6 kids) the meaning of hard work and 'stick-to-itiveness'.
You forgot studies, and chains. You know, winter tires with studs, and chains for ice. Oh yeah, in Minnesota, etc, there's also the engine block heater you plug in to prevent your car from freezing up till Spring.
Only one you're wrong about in england is the Ice scraper. I've always had one of them because the windscreen gets frosty pretty often. I only know about the rest from media though.
Part of my job in the winter is shoveling snow. As far as snow boots go, I have worked with many people out shoveling who have lived where I live all their lives and never had a pair of boots. They all complained of cold feet. Imagine that.
I would imagine that there were at least things like snow shovels in Britain a couple of centuries ago during the Little Ice Age, but with a return to a far more temperate climate, they would really not be big sellers today. Depending on the year, it's entirely possible that you saw more snowfall in one year in Indiana or Illinois than you had seen in your entire life in Britain. We keep our vehicles in the garage during Winter because digging them out is a gigantic chore, and this also prevents windshield ice, but not everyone is fortunate enough to have a garage that large, or even a garage at all.
Be careful shoveling snow. Wet snow is very heavy and is a major cause of sudden heart attacks. Also before sraping the windshield run the car with the heat on. It makes scraping much easier.
Timing is everything when the snow flies. Get everything on and suddenly, your bladder is full, so off it comes to allow one last, last pee, even though you had one last pee before you started getting everything on the first time. Also, have everyone and everything that's going out with you ready by the door for a quick exit before heat prostration sets in. My husband grew up with snowy winters, but I didn't. Never owned a pair of snow boots until I was 30! We love the snow, but we're in Ohio so we don't live with it for months on end like you do in Chicago.
Although ice scrapers are widely available in the U.K. and every man has had several in his Christmas stockings over the years, let's be honest we can never find one when we need one and always resort to using a kitchen spatula / fish slice thingy.
You left out a good quality winter jacket, like those that go all the way down to your ankles to keep you super nice and toasty. Also, hand and foot warmer packs that are activated by air and De-icer spray to quickly defrost your windshield after you've scraped it. A few spritz of that and you don't want to wait for your heater to defrost it. If you won a vehicle in the midwest and your car does not have an automatic car starter or key fob, you need to keep a lighter in your purse, or coat (to heat up your key and defrost any ice that may have built up over the car door keyhole--you'd do this if you didn't have access to de-icer spray). Also, don't forget all the stuff you need to carry in your car during the winter: shovel, kitty litter, flares, 1st Aid Kit, multiple blankets, food such as granola bars in case you're stuck in a snow storm, rope, jumper cables and a good ol' flashlight.
In the US we also call face shields "ski masks" as they are primarily used during skiing and classic robberies
Depends on what part of the country you're from, and what economic background you have.
Otodus Obliquus I use a hood, earmuffs and a big scarf instead. You know the big wide long scarves? Yeah. I feel like hats and scarves are more common than ski masks, at least for what the UK guy is talking about.
I guess you were BC as in: before covid.
@D. F. I like balaclava with a nice hot coacoa.
American here, most people I know would call it a balaclava, or baklava if being cheeky.
I feel so misled. Growing up I always assumed the UK had rough winters. Books like a Christmas Carol gave me that impression I think. It does sort of explain why the pilgrims struggled so much their 1st winter in America though...
Same here. I always had thought England would have a lot of snow, and I think its because of A Christmas Carol!
Great point
The Scottish Highlands are the place in the UK that has to deal with harsher winter weather, particularly chilly wind. England has moderate winters except a few years that they can experience some bad storms. It's akin to Washington DC or Atlanta grinding to a halt after a couple inches of snow. The problem with the English weather is that it tends to be overcast quite frequently, even during summers leading to a gloomy feel. I prefer a very cold day in the 20s with clear skies than a rainy day in the 40s-50s
Charles Dickens grew up during the little ice age during a period of over a decade of extremely harsh winter temperatures. Things aren't as bad now.
A trick to make heavy ice easier to remove from your car: Start the engine and turn up the heater before you clear your way out and brush off the loose snow from the car¹. Then the ice will come right off because you have melted the layer that actually attaches it to the glass. One of the very satisfying things that can happen in winter is sending a half-inch thick sheet of ice sliding off your windshield in a single piece with one blow.
1: If you are one of those people who go "it will blow off as I drive," could you speak up and give your location so that someone can hit you with a clue-by-four.
YES. Also "clue by four", I'm totally stealing that. I know LOTS of people who could stand to be hit by one...
Happened to my aunt. A sheet of ice flew of a semi and hit her windshield, smashing it. She made it to work and my father and uncle took it to the body shop (my father driving her Jeep while my uncle followed). My father said he had to basically hang his head out the window to see, ace Ventura style.
In Alaska we cover the windshield and hood with a quilt. It's to help the block heater do its job, but it also prevents condensation ice on the windshield.
“They’ve not been cleaned since last winter, I’ll get around to that eventually, I promise.” You don’t need to pretend with us. The only cleaning winter boots get is kicking clean snow to ’wash’ off dirt.
Yep
I am encountering my first Minnesotan winter! My Fitbit literally tells me that shovelling the snow is as good exercise as my classes at the gym!
Careful. Your heart attack risk goes up when shoveling snow.
Down here in Florida I had to break out the thick shorts.
As a Texan I feel this. 🤣
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We bust out our heavyweight tshirts for the brisk 80F winter days...
Lies. I've seen people in Florida wear sweaters in December while I was swimming in the fucking ocean. They looked at me like I was crazy but that shit was warm
on vacation in FL I tried to buy long pants for an interview I had the day I got back to California... the Target did have them but they were just one rack total.
When scraping your car I hope you've also started the engine and the heater from the inside. Having even just a small bit that's starting to melt on the windshield makes scraping so much easier.
unless it's so cold that it all refreezes on your wipers. Then the real fun begins.
@@johnjon4688 you have to turn the defroster on
@@badlandsghost Some times the defroster just can't make a dent in the cold though. I'm from Minnesota. There are days where The wind is so cold it pretty much just balances the defroster at freezing. And I've got a truck! lol.
@@johnjon4688 my moms from ohio so i know the feeling. One time she was so mad she plugged her hairdryer in and used it to melt the ice with the defroster on AND the scrapper 😂
Lay a tarp over your windshield with the ends tucked into your doors and you don't have to deal with the scraping. :)
I've lived in the Midwest all my life and it always surprises me what people don't know about snow.
Living in Missouri: Spin the wheel! What will we have today? 90 degree weather in December followed by 4 feet of snow and negative wind chill the next day? Yes.
coolhorselover234 I’m in Chicago true story, one day it was -50 two days later it was 53 degrees f
Yeah, basically michigan but less surprising. Have had it drop from 70 to 30 and gone from sitting in the sun to bundling inside in the same day.
lol well, like my cousin from Missouri always says "I AIN'T NEVER GOIN BACK TO MISSOURI!!"
Ugh, please dont remind me. I shipped to Ft .Lost In the Woods in September, ahh, just like upstate SC for about 4 months, December rolls around, its freezing, one day we couldnt even march as there was a layer of ice over EVERYTHING, even the gravel was slick, then around Christmas a freak tornado hit...
As a Saint Louisian, I agree.
And then there's snow chains, and keeping cat litter in the car.
Cat litter is a must!
Cat littler, cardboard and smaller snow shovel....
@B L you bundle it up and put in front of your tires to help give your car traction if you're stuck
What's the cat litter for I've never heard that one before.
@@toxic_money3274 It's used for traction, usually pouring it out. However if the bag is heavy, it could make the rear heavier giving it traction. I do the same with sandbags in the bed of my pickup.
The one that struck us (moving from southern Ontario to the prairies) was the block heater. A little plug-in heater tapped into the engine that heats enough to prevent the oil from becoming, for all practical intents, solid. We saw all these cars with electrical plugs and we were mighty puzzled. This was way, way before Tesla. Then our Ontario van froze so hard it had to be towed to warm up in the repair shop and get a heater installed. Pricey lesson, but at least the lecture from the mechanic to my Dad on idiocy was free.
"Face shield"? I've never heard that article of clothing called that. To me, a face shield is a clear sheet of plastic suspended in front of your face to keep grit and flying particles of metal from hitting you while working. In my neck of the woods, the headgear you're wearing has always been called either a ski mask or a Balaclava.
Face shield is used in the ER so the drunks can't spit right in your face while being restrained.
Kids in Novaya Zemlya island has got to use that transparent plastic shields exactly for the wind protection back in the days
I agree. I’ve only ever heard it referred to as a ski mask.
Another vote for ski mask- never heard it called anything else.
And seems to be a staple during the COVID pandemic
"Sometimes there's two feet of snow..."
That's called Tuesday for Buffalo. Such is our lives for 8-10 months
Lol yup.
I'm from Northern Wisconsin and I almost moved to Buffalo, I read up. I will take more cold and less snow. 8 ft a year is enough thank you.
Here in Idaho we call two feet of snow a mild winter. We can get at least five feet of snow.
8-10?
Maybe 30 years ago...
@@hhiippiittyy We just got a foot of snow in one night last weekend.
If you are outside for a period of time, then something called "Hot Hands" or equivalent is a must. Basically warms up when contacted with air and are used as warmers.
Snow blowers are the Lambroginis of Minnesota
If he was rural midwest he would have included snowmobile. At school there was actual snowmobile parking during the winter.
DAVE ADAM Zamboni 😱
especially v8 powered ones
@@jottow680 snow blowers or Zamboni? I guess a V8 snow blower would be able to throw the snow onto the neighbor's roof. A V8 Zamboni would redo a skating surface at better than normal driving speeds, or melt it all the way down, depending on where the power focused.
I have no idea what would happen to a snowmobile with a V8, or of it's a possibility. It sounds terrifying, though.
@@goldengryphon few people have built a v8 snowmobile. and a zamboni is designed to be slow to achieve a smooth surface. they scrape a small layer of ice off . Im talking the double wide v8 powered snow blower. think a guy here in mn made one. would throw snow over his house.
Very fun, love your observations. I grew up in Upstate NY and assumed every kid got up an hour early to shovel their dad out of the driveway each winter morning. Wrong! Shovels, ice bar, snow broom, and a roof plow (15 feet long with handle) to keep your roof from collapsing under the ice and snow load. Then there were another of four tools to clean of the car without taking off the chrome and paint. One bad winter we had an icicle of 4 feet wide x 10 feet long attached to our roof. My dad thought it weighed half a ton (hence easily lethal) so decided to turn a space heater and hair dryer on it from an attic perch. After six hours it melted some and crashed into my mother's rose garden. By spring we had 15-20 feet of snow as a mountain in our front yard. Me and my buds used to tunnel into it and made a fort with secret passages. We stocked the stout fort with iceballs and were ready to take on all infidels coming down the road. Boys just love that kind of thing and I would not have grown up any other way! -another Laurence (Hatch). The proper spelling counts.
Saying weather in America is so strange to me because its so large I’m used to saying northwest or east coast or the south.
Yeah, like this one thing I saw with temperature comparisons, when it got to an entry about "Average temperature in the American winter" was like "WHICH PART?! Dude, there's such a difference between Hawaii and Minnesota, you don't even know..." (To be fair, the person making that video was ALSO not American. Or a native English speaker, I think. :P)
MIDWEST HERE
The coldest winter I ever spent was the summer I spent in San Francisco or whatever that quote is. I can confirm, and I grew up in New England.
As a midwesterner, I have 3 ice scrapers in my car. Because reasons.
I bought a really long one that will reach across the front window (great for shorter folks), with two scraping sides and lights. I thought it was one of the greatest things I'd ever seen.
I have a selection of ice scrapers and snow brushes in my car but rarely use them. The app-controlled heater is a lifesaver. Greetings from Norway..
EvilJif me too
Backups for the main scraper, like Destiny's Child. I got three too, my fav is one I got in the late 80's. A brush/scraper combo on a wooden stick. Works better than the plastic one of today
My favorite scraper is an old gift card. Totally lifts the ice swiftly off the shield. But i still have a brush scraper squeegee combo in my cars
"Sometimes there is 2 feet of snow and you cant even see your car"
Me in the mountains: that's cute...
No one cares
@@drakeweddner who hurt you?
Your desprate attempt at humor did
@@drakeweddner my apologies for hurting you🤝
Several years ago, a man actually lost his car in the Gurnee Mills parking lot. He couldn't find it, the police couldn't find it, so he reported it stolen to his insurance company and bought a new car. In the spring, the mounds of snow that had been plowed up in the corners of the lot melted, and lo and behold, there was his car.
I love how you've made "winter arm cramps" seem like one of the most terrifying and dangerous American phenomena. Like the news will come out each day with a winter arm cramp count and the names of its victims that season. "2 Dead, 57 More Wounded in Mass Shoveling After Recent Chicago Blizzard"😂
Cramp arm weather alerts on the morning advisory lol
@@yaimajerk Nobody tell him about the "heart attack snow" phenomenon. I have definitely heard that phrase as part of a weather forecast
Chicagoan here. I’ve walked during blizzards, lake-effect snow and afternoon temps way, way below zero.
It’s not bad at all if you are prepared.
As most in the midwest would say, "It wouldn't be half bad, if it wasn't for the wind." (Said even when it's -20)
Also a Chicagoan here and yes, it's totally fine! Sure, those -40 with wind-chill days were cold, but even those weren't unbearable. I'm not going to have a picnic in the park, but commuting and brief walks are fine.
As they say in Scandinavia, “there is no bad weather, only bad clothing!”
Lake effect snow is the best. Tip of the Mitt here....we can get it from all angles
Yeah well I've walked in sub-zero weather with 45 mph wind in flip-flops, a thong and a tummy shirt. and it was snowing,
"My wife loves it on me"
"I don't"
"What do you mean you don't"
Ah. The joys of scraping ice off of the car windscreen, sometimes multiple times per day. Also having your car encased in a glaze of freezing rain. Can't get the car door open because it's frozen shut! Aack!! Winter can be messy, but snow is so beautiful. Bring on the snow! 😎👍❄
Having lived here in the midwest after spending my first 3 decades in California was a difficult transition. The hype about California weather is mostly true and not just hype! We have had 72-degree weather at Christmas. Here we get excited about 32-degree weather during the winter. If it gets into the lower 40's, as it did a few weeks back, you see shorts coming out of the closet. I used my first snowblower and was surprised at how well ice melt works. I don't suppose you would experience black ice or freezing rain in the UK either. Or coming out of work to find that your car doors are so iced over you can't get your key in the hole, let alone open the door! We have broken door handles trying to force our way in before hypothermia sets in.
New Englander here, Bangor, Maine to be specific. We call those Balaclavas. We also carry jumper cables and a selection of things needed in case we wreck or get stranded in our cars in a blizzard. We buy studded snow tires which are on October - April and if you live in certain places you have tire chains as well. Many homes have a way to heat when the Electricity is running and a way when the power is out, like a wood fireplace or gas fireplace. This far North there is one Style only. Layers of warm clothing including huge parkas. No one even pretends to look fashionable or feminine, just sensible. This far north everyone either has a plow they can attach to their truck or knows half a dozen guys who do when the snow blower is not enough. Not for the faint of heart and originally settled by quite a lot of Scottish Highlanders, sturdy and practical people. Love it here! ❤
Poor Brit, after moving to the country with the most violent weather on Earth.
Tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, dust storms...yep; crazy weather.
But you can go skiing on a snow covered mountain, and surfing in the warm ocean 4 hours later.
You can be eaten by an alligator, a bear, a mountain lion, and maybe wolves and wild dogs.
You can freeze to death, or bake to death, on the same day; it's your choice. Big country.
You like living in the swamp? Fine. On a snowy mountain top? Fine. In the desert? Also fine.
In a big city, or small town, or on a farm or ranch, or suburbia, or in the wild, wild country? Yep; fine.
We Americans are NOT a melting pot -- we are a stew. Ingredients apparent, but great flavor combined.
Hang around -- there is a great future for you here. But I guess you already know that...
Speaking of weather, if you don't like it, wait 15 minutes. Granted this incident wasn't 15 minutes, rather 9 hours. A tornado in the morning a blizzard that night. The midwest is a lovely place.
Don't forget thundersnow (rare but amazing), freezing rain, hail, droughts, derechos (straight line winds...terrifying things), and extreme winter/summer temperature variances (Minnesota -51C to 46C recorded).
Other places have Climate... we have Weather.
You forgot that you can also be eaten by people, i.e., Jeffrey Dahmer.
Bella’s Mom That happens in Europe too. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3286721.stm
Then there's living in Alaska, where our winter of discontent is still last winter.
Alaska has long summers and biggest vegetables ....It should be the vegetarian capital of the world.
When I lived there in the early 80’s we would joke that Alaska only had two seasons; this winter and last winter...
Phil McDonald well it does get a lot of sunlight in the summer. As for vegetarians go, it also has too many tasty fish and animals...
And yet in summer you can get into the high 90s.
@@philmcdonald4778 Not with all of the meat walking around.
You would find roof rakes very amusing. They are used to remove the snow from the roof in the 4-6 feet nearest the gutters to avoid ice dams.
As a Wisconsin-ite, minus a billion is about right.
Waiting for the 70 degree temperature change in 3 days and it’s only 20
I want to be able to like this more than once, fellow Wisconsin-ite.
I'm in central WI....a helpful hint for cars in the winter....a windshield cover, worth it's weight in gold, Amazon sells all kinds of them.
Dear Cheese-heads, I’m sorry but you Wisconsin-ites don’t really know what cold is. Signed, a northern Minnesotan. P.S. waiting for an Alaskan to put us all in our place.
From Chippewa Falls: Leaving the wipers "up" so they don't freeze to the windshield when it's "warm".
I was visiting family in the wintertime a few years ago and rented a vehicle with a REMOTE START feature! Talk about luxury! From the comfort of my aunties home I could stay inside and warm up the car without stepping foot outside first! After a few minutes just run outside and jump in the car and it’s already toasty warm! It’s the best!
Fargo laughs at Chicago’s concept of “cold” 🤷🏻♀️🤣🤣🤣🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
Yeah but the windchill is a killer
@@PedritoElMaldito Minus forty windchill, and the wind is always blowing.
It seems like all the north is trying to gatekeep cold.
“Members of the council but not actual human beings”
😂 sounds like politicians are the same wherever you go
the coldest temp recorded in chicogo was 27 below zero in 1985, the highest temp in chicogo was 105 in 1934
C-H-I-C-A-G-O and it is 34º F right now.
@@michaelpytel3280 thats what i said C H I C O G O
A remote car starter is the best gift I've ever been given! Nothing like letting the car warm up before setting foot outside! Makes ice and snow removal so much easier!
Watching this in 2021 and noticing that "Face Shield" has taken on a whole new meaning now
Rode a bike to work for a while in Oklahoma. No problem with snow, but hitting a patch of ice on two wheels is a quick trip to the ground.
OMG, how can anyone be in a bad mood after watching any of your videos! I find your humor hilarious and quick wit delightful. Glad you’re in America.
When my brother’s job sent him to live in Michigan, he became the first in the family to own a snow blower.
Chicago winters are no effing joke. When the news would show a temp map with windchill it was frequently colder than Alaska. Lived in Ohio just a touch further south than mid-Indiana like our boy here. Not as bad as Chi-town but no picnic either. Last year was my first Canadian winter and it was quite nice.
The ice scraper on the windshield is what you do when you can’t get the motivation to get up early enough for work to start your car and run the defrost.
I grew up on a farm in Minnesota. Half mile long driveway. One snowy day my father was coming home and got stuck halfway up the driveway in the winter. There was absolutely no sign of the full sized station wagon the next day. Not even a hump in the snow. Luckily he had pulled up the antenna. That was a lot of digging.
We had so much snow last winter, that it was too much for my very large snowblower. The snow banks were over 6’ and the chute couldn’t throw the snow to the top. This resulted in having the shovel the top of the snow bank with a garden shovel and move the snow further into the yard. We also didn’t have mail delivery for a couple months.
My area on the south shore of Lake Ontario gets heavy wet snow all the time. I use 2 shovels. One with long handle to slice off the snow in small chunks. Then afterward a push shovel to clean up the leftover bits. I had a gas powered 2 stage snow blower. In the wind snow blown in my face. Finally bought 4wd truck & plow. This was great for years. Now I have a guy who I contract with for the lawn and snow seasons. Also I have what's called a Roof Rake. It reaches to my roof to pull down snow at the edge by the gutters. I have a 1 story house.
I never even realized it doesn’t get very snowy over there, this shocks me every time I learn about a new place that doesn’t get much snow without being a sandy desert
I've always called those hats ski masks. The best hats and scarves to wear are a soft wool. They feel nice and keep you warm even when wet. They also tend to repel water and dry more quickly than cotton, cotton blends, and even natural fibers. The material breathes as well, so people don't overheat and sweat doesn't build up then freeze.
When I lived in the UK I bought a snow shovel from B&Q, just to get a stick to teach my daughter riding a bike (for support, not to scare her) and I used to wear balaclava at work in winter (an airport).
Me, a southerner: heh, that’s funny
I am from Minneapolis Minnesota where it gets colder than Chicago. I can remember cold weather where it didn't reach above 15 below zero for several days with a nighttime low of 30 plus below. That was quite brutal!
In Texas, we primarily get Ice, Sleet, Freezing Rain. The glycol sprays you get at Auto Zone prove brilliant for those conditions.
Raising the Wipers the night before gets you Bonus Points.
"Without the cold, a man can't appreciate the fire in his hearth. Without the rain, a man can't appreciate the roof over his head. Let the south have its sun, flowers, and affectations, we Northerners have home." - Jon Snow
As I often say, most Americans have more in common with our ancestors from Central and Eastern and Northern Europe than we do with anyone from gentler climates.
Well you wasp types might think so
you have nothing in common with your ancestors besides dna.
Sure, if you're white. But not all Americans are white.
That went racist real fast. 🤦
**stares in Black American**
I'm so happy I live somewhere I don't have to deal with snow. Its been in the mid and low 70s most all winter.
Oh, Laurence, bless your heart! You get the joy of Lake effect snow! For the love of all things holy GET OUT OF CHICAGO!! You deserve better...we'd love to have you here in Southern Illinois. 😁
Its not even been properly cold in chicago yet.
The intro reminds me of my childhood in California, where during the weather roundup on the evening news, there would inevitably a bunch of people in Chicago wearing all of their clothing, waiting for a bus that’s probably never going to make it to their stop.
I live in Wisconsin, and I have 1 set of winter clothes... a sweatshirt. Seriously I wear jeans and a sweatshirt all through the winter. 50 degrees in January is also crazy to me, and 40+ degrees is t-shirt weather. It was really funny when like three families moved into my area from Florida like the week before we got like a foot of snow over two days in April.
Your description of scraping ice off of a car and making mini avalanches was adorable. I love it, you earned me as a new subscriber
We largely use a leaf blower to knock (powdered) snow off of our cars. It goes FAST and leaves no scratches. And now such blowers are battery powered, too.
Having lived in the Cleveland Ohio area my whole life I find your observations.quite funny. I’ve had this stuff all my life. And I love it By the way I don’t know anyone who cleans their winter boots. You take them off, hold them outside of the door snd clap them together to get rid of most of the snow and drop them on an old rug.
Regarding the last entry; I live in Michigan, and one thing that really gets me in movies & shows is how people will go into frigid conditions for prolonged periods with Nothing covering their ears. Those guys that went north of the wall in GoT... I call BS on all of them making it back with their ears intact.
We call those face shields a "ski mask" even if you don't use them for skiing.
or balaclava
@@medleyshift1325 That's a dessert.
@@bcubed72 you are thinking of Baklava not a balaclava, I personally make all of my ski masks out of pastry though, so it's hard to tell........
That depends on what part of the country you are from: balaclava is the correct, Webster's Dictionary approved term. Down south we simply call them face masks, as the only skiing here involves water and boats.
I live in Florida now but I lived in Massachusetts most of my life and I know every single one of those items very well
I’ve always lived in the Midwest. I recall trying to explain to my grandpa that the windchill was -40. He couldn’t comprehend what that meant. Then I explained that the difference between 80 and 20 degrees was the same as 20 and -40. He got it.
I had a college roommate from Texas. I recall her saying she didn’t need an ice scraper because she owned a credit card. She didn’t need a coat because she had a sweatshirt. We had to sit her down and explain what frostbite is.
In areas that get a lot of snow, a better shovel for clearing out drifts is a "grain shovel". ... You forgot to mention that ice-scrapers often have a built in brush.
If you have a garage, park your car in it. It is great to not have to get the snow off your car and to not have to scrape the “wind screen” (Aka wind shield). Love your vids. ❤️
In Alaska We used Bunny Boots, Which are comically large, something between a clown shoe and a military boot, The only thing you want on your feet at -40. Also a headlamp is mandatory because the sun is really shy come winter.
I had the privilege of living in North Yorkshire for five years…85-90. Travelled all over the UK throughout the year.
The weather is much more severe in the States…but the near continuous white skies in Yorkshire can drive you mad from seasonal depression.
Lived in the Chalfonts for three years, and had a foot of snow the first year. Being from southwest New York, this was not at all daunting, but the neighbors were stunned!
I have a windshield ice scraping story that happened in Texas but has roots in wintery Indiana. One frigid winter morning, I was watching a lot of my neighbors trying to scrape the ice off their windshields by using their credit cards. Real ice scrapers are almost unheard of in Texas. Since I grew-up in East central Indiana, I had a real ice-scraper that had occupied a spot in my glove box for at least 5 or 6 years unused. I retrieved it an confidently stroked it across my windshield only to have it snap in to from many years in my glove box in the South Texas heat. My alternative...use my credit card like most of my neighbors.
"Face Shield"?? They're called Balaclavas. The best are from Daymart Clothing, along with their thermal underware. Just don't machine wash them, they shrink to fit a Barbie Doll.
I have washed mine in the bathtub a few times now. It still fits just fine. Might depend on the material. Mine is some kind of fleece I think. Or something similar.
I had one of those faux animal skin hats growing up though and it had to be dry cleaned. The furst time we had it dry cleaned, it went to the cat because he was the only one small enough to wear it. He hated it...
I'm from North East Ohio, and our windchill during winter can get really bad sometimes.
I remember a couple of times I took a shower to get ready for work, had to walk a little distance to get picked up and my beard ends up turning into a sheet of ice. I dried it as much as I could and everything, the windchill was just that bad.
I started wearing scarfs after that.
Not a lot of snow in Portland, Oregon, but learned to keep the snow shovel in the basement!
I live in San Diego and I don't know what any of this stuff is. Or "snow". What is that?
Snow: Nature's air-conditioning. Also an effective remedy to many SJW and Democrat types that inhabit warmer regions of the country ... like CA.
I'm a Florida man, what is this so called 'snow' as well, I'm scared, I better lock and load my rifles if any of this 'snow' comes our way.
That's your problem, you live in San Diego. You need to drive up I-5 north and then go I-80 east. You'll find the snow in CA then. (That's if you don't hit snow on The Grapevine on I-5.)
Only Wall Street individuals, Politicians & Fratboys know what snow is
@@phatbuddha1 Well that kind of snow requires money which they have.
Yes the winters here are brutal im in Michigan City Indiana , Chicago time zone as well, and I can't imagine going through even one winter without snow boots or an ice scraper
I am so glad I found your channel. What a joy you are! I subbed out immediately! Love your observations. I live in Indiana, glad I found you! 💯💕
Watch when you get fancy with your snow equipment getting the extended arm ice scraper with tilting heads.
A good thing to do is treat your walkway with a snow clearer, it's a granular product you sprinkle on your pavement and it will melt the snow. There is a spray on product that prevents your windscreen and windows from icing up too badly.
In Southern California, an ice scraper isn't part of your car kit. So in a pinch people use credit cards. Which get cold and break into bits. Then I moved to rural Canada. Like you, I discovered the value of these items plus wool flannel and...growing a beard. I also discovered that I could die in the driveway 30 feet from my door if I tried to trot out in a t-shirt, jeans and sneakers to get something I'd left in the car. Ice + sneakers + walking like it's July in California = stitches in my head.
Funny video. Loved your monologue at the Golden Globes by the way.
Yeah, sneaker in snow for an extended period is something most people avoid although if you can get in and drive your car quickly then just a quickly in and out of wherever you're going- work, visiting, shopping- you can get away with it although don't fall prey to fantasy that if you tread very lightly and stealthily you can walk on to of crusty snow, like Legolas . . .
I keep a pair of light shows at work so I can wear heavy boots in and not have my feet overheat while working.
For parking outside one can if using a I.C.E. car you can instal a circulating block heater on a timer, and a battery warmer. 2-3 hours before you need to start vehicle.
look up snow blower injuries, thats a good time
Space Catboy good thing Florida doesn’t get snow...
The day I cut my index finger off with a rogue radial arm saw the surgeon that was supposed to sew it back on was called away to a more pressing injury. A girl had taped the blower handle down. She walked in front of the snow blower. The auger ate her foot. An intern sewed my finger back on. Six hours. Local anesthetic. Got to watch all 44 stitches. The finger works fine. I doubt the girl had much of a foot left but I've always wondered how she is.
@@m1t2a1 not only would i not have my child run a snow blower, i wouldnt ever buy one and own one or have one on my property. Myself i have had many many close calls that could have lost me fingers, arms, my eyes or my life, by the grace of god i still have them all. One of the more painful was the time i was using a stilh 041 without any glasses and something flew out and hit my eye, ER doctor said it was the worse cut he ever seen on the lense of an eye,
@@spacecatboy2962 That made my eyes water to think of. I hope it healed without any lasting consequences, except for wearing safety glasses.
@@m1t2a1 i guess it healed ok, i never did go to the eye doctor like he told me to. It didnt hurt at first, but after the novicaine wore off i was on the floor in pain, One of the very few times i ever took a pain pill.
If I recall correctly, every rental car I got in Italy had an ice scraper in it.
It was one of the tiny useless kinds that Midwestern companies give away in place of business cards. Us Midwesterns know that you need a long handled one that you can get two hands on.
I would add a block heater to the list 😀 definitely a must in certain states.
I live in Houston. One year, like '88 or '89, we had a rare ice storm, and of course no one was prepared. I was a waitress at the time and one of my co-workers couldn't get her car to start and asked for a ride home. I lived about a mile away from our workplace but she was about three miles in a totally different direction. I had no gloves. The heater in my car didn't work. I "borrowed" a spatula from the kitchen because why would I own an ice scraper in Houston? I drove slowly until I couldn't see anymore and then my co-worker would get out and clear the windshield. But on the way home, I had to do all that myself. I had planned to go to a friend's party that night, just one street over, easy walking distance, but after all that ice scraping with no gloves, I spent the next few hours in tears over the pain as my hands thawed. Nevertheless, I didn't see a bona fide ice scraper until decades later when I rented a car in Colorado and wondered why they put a funny-looking flyswatter on the dashboard...
I'm surprised you didn't mention Yak Traks! I live in the Pacific North West and we have Yak Traks at work for people to check out so they can walk to the office after ice storms.
2008 central Indiana got 2ft of snow..my Jeep Cherokee 4x4 was snowed in..had to go to work..scraped it off got in warmed her up put it in 4x4 mode..mind you she was caked in 3ft of snow!!..put her in gear and nailed it!!..cut threw it like butter got my ass to work!
If you only have one boot, you should be a Duffelpod from "Voyage of the Dawn Treader".
Your having a warm winter this year. Two things you need to try well make that four. Where the proper gear and ride a snowmobile where there is real snow and riding trails. Find someone that let you plow snow with their truck and blade. Third and fourth require exercise, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. Drop the big boots except for standing around outside. Treat a good pair of leather shoes with something like sno seal and get a pair of gaiters. You can change your last name to Manly.
As a kid growing up in the late 70's an dearly 80's.....a snow shovel was just something you got for Christmas, and used every day of winter!!! It taught us kids(my parents had 6 kids) the meaning of hard work and 'stick-to-itiveness'.
You forgot studies, and chains. You know, winter tires with studs, and chains for ice. Oh yeah, in Minnesota, etc, there's also the engine block heater you plug in to prevent your car from freezing up till Spring.
Only one you're wrong about in england is the Ice scraper. I've always had one of them because the windscreen gets frosty pretty often. I only know about the rest from media though.
Part of my job in the winter is shoveling snow. As far as snow boots go, I have worked with many people out shoveling who have lived where I live all their lives and never had a pair of boots. They all complained of cold feet. Imagine that.
I would imagine that there were at least things like snow shovels in Britain a couple of centuries ago during the Little Ice Age, but with a return to a far more temperate climate, they would really not be big sellers today. Depending on the year, it's entirely possible that you saw more snowfall in one year in Indiana or Illinois than you had seen in your entire life in Britain.
We keep our vehicles in the garage during Winter because digging them out is a gigantic chore, and this also prevents windshield ice, but not everyone is fortunate enough to have a garage that large, or even a garage at all.
Be careful shoveling snow. Wet snow is very heavy and is a major cause of sudden heart attacks.
Also before sraping the windshield run the car with the heat on. It makes scraping much easier.
If you don’t wanna scrape the windshield, can look into a windshield cover . They’re pretty adorable
You truly are a riot!!
Keep up the great job!
Timing is everything when the snow flies. Get everything on and suddenly, your bladder is full, so off it comes to allow one last, last pee, even though you had one last pee before you started getting everything on the first time. Also, have everyone and everything that's going out with you ready by the door for a quick exit before heat prostration sets in. My husband grew up with snowy winters, but I didn't. Never owned a pair of snow boots until I was 30! We love the snow, but we're in Ohio so we don't live with it for months on end like you do in Chicago.
Although ice scrapers are widely available in the U.K. and every man has had several in his Christmas stockings over the years, let's be honest we can never find one when we need one and always resort to using a kitchen spatula / fish slice thingy.
You left out a good quality winter jacket, like those that go all the way down to your ankles to keep you super nice and toasty. Also, hand and foot warmer packs that are activated by air and De-icer spray to quickly defrost your windshield after you've scraped it. A few spritz of that and you don't want to wait for your heater to defrost it. If you won a vehicle in the midwest and your car does not have an automatic car starter or key fob, you need to keep a lighter in your purse, or coat (to heat up your key and defrost any ice that may have built up over the car door keyhole--you'd do this if you didn't have access to de-icer spray). Also, don't forget all the stuff you need to carry in your car during the winter: shovel, kitty litter, flares, 1st Aid Kit, multiple blankets, food such as granola bars in case you're stuck in a snow storm, rope, jumper cables and a good ol' flashlight.
"You may see council members using them but not actual human beings" - I snorted