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snow...love it or hate it???

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
[b]Northern East Coast... tonight we should get about 8 inches (20cm?).
im in my 5th decade snow is good for xmas cards only. and another N.E.C. and a feet and inches pounds and ounces are true.

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We ended up getting about a foot of light powder... I was almost able to sweep the stuff off the driveway.

Hit the front of the garage (car hole) and started at the other end... got half way up and the wife said... good enough.

I did not argue.

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Originally posted by Alcra
* Confused look

Since I live in a country where a REALLY cold day is around -8 degrees celcius, please explain - is there any relation to salt on the road and a hole in your car.

In honest curiosity,
alcra



The salt and sand mixture is applied to the roads to melt the snow and ice. This forms a slushy\salt mixture which coats the underside of your vehicle which reacts with the steel to cause rusting and, eventually, holes.

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Originally posted by Alcra
* Confused look

Since I live in a country where a REALLY cold day is around -8 degrees celcius, please explain - is there any relation to salt on the road and a hole in your car.

In honest curiosity,
alcra



Yes, dweezil explained it well, it's like having seawater attack your car.

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Thanks to you and KneverKnight! Learn something new every *year* I always say. 🙂

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The other downside of the salt, if you live in a rural, forest setting (like myself) is that once spring comes, the porcupines come out of hibernation
and seem to have a real craving for the salt. Over the years, I've lost brake lines, rad hoses, belts, fuel and fuel lines, etc. to their incessant chewing! 😠

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Originally posted by dweezil
The other downside of the salt, if you live in a rural, forest setting (like myself) is that once spring comes, the porcupines come out of hibernation
and seem to have a real craving for the salt. Over the years, I've lost brake lines, rad hoses, belts, fuel and fuel lines, etc. to their incessant chewing! 😠
All this is interesting - colder climates seem to take all this for granted.

I wonder what we in the hotter climates take for granted that you "coldies" do not even think about.

Maybe Crowley has an idea?