NEVER SCRAP THAT ICE AGAIN!!!

[sijka]

you are too funny and WAY too observant!!
LOL
Sijka


"Sweep" <sweep@spam.free> wrote in message
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> "570-622-6441" <bubba@corrupt.gov> wrote in message
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> > I usually scrap the windshield when I scrap the whole car .
> >
> > Sometimes I get a big crack in the windshield, and I have to scrap just
> > that.
> >
> > I also use scrap paper to take notes.
>
> My dog scraps with the cat next door.
>
> > "sijka" <sijka@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:DRNtb.35510$Vu6.22049@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> > : I used to live in Alaska and still live where there is ice on car
> windows
> > in
> > : winter--get that spray de-icer--spray it on wait about 20 sec and turn
> on
> > : windshield wipers and it's usually gone. For hard and thick ice--the
> > : de-icer softens it up so it's not so hard to scrap off.
> > : I haven't scrapped for 7 years!!
> > :
> > : Sijka
> > :
> > :
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

[Lloyd Randall]

In article <DRNtb.35510$Vu6.22049@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
"sijka" <sijka@neb.rr.com> wrote:

> I used to live in Alaska and still live where there is ice on car windows in
> winter--get that spray de-icer--spray it on wait about 20 sec and turn on
> windshield wipers and it's usually gone. For hard and thick ice--the
> de-icer softens it up so it's not so hard to scrap off.
> I haven't scrapped for 7 years!!
>
> Sijka
>
>

I suppose a spray containing alcohol would work best if it could work
its way under the ice. I'd want to spray it on a patch of bare glass
above the ice. I suppose it would work much better at 30 F than -20 F.

To have ice stick to a windshield, you need water to freeze *after*
hitting the glass. I don't think that's likely in winter in much of
Alaska.

I lived near Sijka AK one winter. Ice was a problem in that climate. I
rode a motorcycle, and ice doesn't seem to stick to Plexiglas
windshields.

Why not use a repellant like Rain-X to keep ice or road spray from
sticking?

--
Best Regards,
Lloyd

[Lloyd Randall]

>
>
> "jamie" <jamie@sure.spam-me-silly.net> wrote in message
> news:slrnbrqo7u.7ih.jamie@bozo2.local.net...
> >
> > I spent most of my life in New England, where it's plenty cold in the
> > winter. Start the car, turn the heat on high, go back in the house
> > for 5 to 10 minutes. Go back out, the underlayer of ice is melted,
> > and it all brushes or scrapes off really easily.
> >
> > --
> > jamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com)
> >
> > "There's a seeker born every minute."
> >
In article <Xf6wb.70650$Eq1.42330@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
"sijka" <seej@neb.rr.com> wrote:

> You need one of those remote starts on your car!!
>
> Sijka

I lived more than thirty years in New England. Windshield icing was
worse on a farm along a creek bottom in the Carolinas. The air tended
to be very humid, which resulted in windshield icing if it went below
freezing at night. Also, freezing rain was more common there than in
New England.

Even in a fairly mild climate, it took time for the heater to warm up
and more time to melt the ice. It was a lot more efficient to cover the
windshield with polyethylene at night.

--
Best Regards,
Lloyd

[sijka]

I hate to tell you what us "REAL ALASKANS" called all you folks living in
THAT part of ALaska--you were REALLY living in "Upper Washington"
there is SUCH a difference between the cultures and the needs, etc. I lived
from Kodiak to Barrow and over to St. Mary's. Yes, I certainly experienced
icy windshields!!!

I truly miss it also!!

Sijka

It just sleeted here and I had to use my spray de-icer-to loosen up the ice.
I did have to brush it off.

"Lloyd Randall" <broth@eels.net> wrote in message
news:broth-C3B91F.14343723112003@corp-radius.supernews.com...
> In article <DRNtb.35510$Vu6.22049@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
> "sijka" <sijka@neb.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > I used to live in Alaska and still live where there is ice on car
windows in
> > winter--get that spray de-icer--spray it on wait about 20 sec and turn
on
> > windshield wipers and it's usually gone. For hard and thick ice--the
> > de-icer softens it up so it's not so hard to scrap off.
> > I haven't scrapped for 7 years!!
> >
> > Sijka
> >
> >
>
> I suppose a spray containing alcohol would work best if it could work
> its way under the ice. I'd want to spray it on a patch of bare glass
> above the ice. I suppose it would work much better at 30 F than -20 F.
>
> To have ice stick to a windshield, you need water to freeze *after*
> hitting the glass. I don't think that's likely in winter in much of
> Alaska.
>
> I lived near Sijka AK one winter. Ice was a problem in that climate. I
> rode a motorcycle, and ice doesn't seem to stick to Plexiglas
> windshields.
>
> Why not use a repellant like Rain-X to keep ice or road spray from
> sticking?
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Lloyd

[Sweep]

"sijka" <seej@neb.rr.com> wrote
> It just sleeted here and I had to use my spray de-icer-to loosen up the
ice.
> I did have to brush it off.
when I use the spray de-icer I find the next time the windscreen freezes
it's harder to get the ice off.

[Lloyd Randall]

In article <08Cwb.73445$Eq1.57936@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
"sijka" <seej@neb.rr.com> wrote:

> I hate to tell you what us "REAL ALASKANS" called all you folks living in
> THAT part of ALaska--you were REALLY living in "Upper Washington"
> there is SUCH a difference between the cultures and the needs, etc. I lived
> from Kodiak to Barrow and over to St. Mary's. Yes, I certainly experienced
> icy windshields!!!
>
> I truly miss it also!!
>
> Sijka

So you lived in seaside resorts. I lived a few hundred miles inland
from St. Mary's at McGrath, where summer was summer and winter was too
cold for icing.

There wasn't much at McGrath but a cafe, an airfield, a smoke-jumper
camp, and a B-24 that kept the grass mowed by flying low.

For an aerobic workout I'd put insect repellant everywhere except one
spot on my neck before leaving the sauna. I tried recreational fishing
but the fish were unsportingly aggressive. If I dangled my lure a foot
above water six inches deep, a pike would jump and grab it.

If you'd known how many days each week we spent waiting for the next
barge of beer, you would know what it was like to be a REAL ALASKAN. In
the interest of harmony, I'm not going to say what we used to call the
Yup'ik Yuppies of St. Mary's.

Once in a forest fire a couple of hundred miles from McGrath, I caused a
helicopter crash. We escaped injury, and I immediately told the pilot
it was his fault. Being Alaskan is never having to say you're sorry.

--
Best Regards,
Lloyd