Northern Fix-It Guy Helps Out Southerners after Ice Storm

 

 Move to Minnesota. Glen and Esther know all about cold.

Ranger Bob came over to borrow a snow-scraper, the second innocent in several days. Tupperware does not do the job.

He said, "Your snow is soft. My driveway is all ice."

I said, "Did you notice the aquamarine-colored salt?"

No answer.

Even the Laotian family left their snow and ice on the driveway.

A few hours after I lightly salted the driveway, half of it was easily scooped to the side. Yes, I took chemistry and physics in high school, so I knew about salt melting snow and moving downhill to keep the magic working. I should have moved to Arkansas. I coulda been someone. I coulda been a contender.

Tomorrow is almost torrid, so the snow-ice will mostly melt away.

Three Stooges Weather

This is the third day of my captivity, so I grew ambitious and went out to shovel some snow ice. The grain shove could not find a way to dig snow up and toss it aside to let the sun do the melting.

Instead, I opened the bag of ice melt, delicately colored aquamarine, and tossed it over the ice, just in case the cloud-filtered sun tipped the scales toward melting, with some help from the salt.

I started my adventure by using the windshield tool again to clear off the barrel lids where the creatures fed yesterday. Starlings came in force to enjoy the corn. A blue jay landed, picked up a peanut in the shell, paused and took off again. I assume he was motivating me to scatter more peanuts.