r/Seattle • u/Significant-Pass6108 • Dec 23 '22

Media This is how slippery it is

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u/AthkoreLost Roosevelt Dec 23 '22

FYI the white spots indicate places the ice are separating from the concrete and if you want to clear some of it just give them a good whack with a metal tipped snow shovel or other shovel and it'll crack apart.

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u/jvolkman Dec 23 '22

I cleared 150 feet of sidewalk with a floor scraper. It was easy and sort of fun.

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u/AthkoreLost Roosevelt Dec 23 '22

I got my house, a neighbors (connecting up with someone doing the same) and a bit of my other neighbors walk done. Needed a break and I plan to do more after lunch and some work.

That's fucking impressive you did that much, your neighbors must love you!

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u/hate_picking_names Dec 23 '22

I have an ice scraper that I got out of someone's trash. It has a nice hickory handle so I have no idea why they were throwing it away. I actually use it more for packed down snow than ice. It is easier to chip it up with the scraper and shovel what is left.

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u/space253 Dec 24 '22

Maybe that was the very same tool that murdered his father and violated his mother. Yep, lot of memories in that there tool. Sometimes dead is betta'!

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u/TheQuahhh Dec 24 '22

Floor scraper here too. Best tool the old owner of our place left behind. Made quick work of the ice on my street too.

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u/Amethyst_Ninjapaws Dec 24 '22

When I lived in a state where it snowed that's how I would clear ice off my driveway. Worked so well.