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Subject:Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
From:Jeff Palmer
Date:Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:10:36 -0600

Anybody else see the video of a dude in North Dakota using a blow torch on his driveway?

Honestly windshields should be heated same as in the back. 

Jeff

Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:22:40 -0800
Subject: Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
From: dhanson928@gmail.com
To: jpalmer@mymts.net
CC: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com

I lived in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for about 20yrs before the NW and I never saw anything close to the nasty verglas we find on windshields here.  Couple of my buddies, after one douche of freezing rain on top of a few feet of wet snow, they "skied" on their hockey skates on the 2" rain crust.  Not even a premium Lexan windshield scraper  will remove that kinda ice.

On Feb 10, 2014 12:00 AM, "Jeff Palmer" <jpalmer@mymts.net> wrote:

You southerners kill me. I've scraped windshields at -30 with a credit card. You mean windshield washer fluid guaranteed to -40 isn't readily available? It works great :)

Jeff

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 9, 2014, at 11:01 PM, "Ben" <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>

> Be careful how hot you set that space heater. There's yeast, bread crumbs, catsup, and maybe even cheese sitting around from previous meals. A sprinkling of right spices and you might be needing a ... hey wait. Those plastic pie cutters are great for scraping ice.

>

>

> BenT

>

> sent from my electronic pizza

>

>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 8:41 PM, TonyCollin <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>> The temperature of oregano have always bother me. Like basil and thyme. Just too cold.

>>

>> Anyhow. Really even in Michigan where winters are famously cold I always used a scraper to get started and let the heater do the rest.

>>

>> T.

>> Sent from my cilantro plant.