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Topic History of: Slippin' an aSlidin'
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To add insult to injury, snow track thingies don't fit onto those useless boots of mine either.
I like Rich's idea of under pavement heating.
Much safer than my idea of flame throwers on the sides of the gritter trucks.  |
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JK2006 wrote:
I just saw another young person slip and fall on dead leaves in icy cold London on my way to lunch.
It's surprisingly easy to slip on autumn leaves, not just in icy weather but wet weather, and not just on foot but even when biking while breaking even gently.
I remember many of the hard early 80's winters, when snow fell and stuck on the ground for a week or two. Compacted down by boots and shoes, it then froze sold as uneven ice and stayed for days, and having to walk a mile to school on such lethal footpaths, shiny uneven ice. I slipped a few times even as careful as I was. But it wasn't the falling over I was bothered by most, it was being seen to fall over by anyone.
A century or two from now all roads and paths will be fitted with underground heating in winter so nothing will ever be able to stick, it will all melt instantly on contact, even heavy rain will just evaporate back where it came from and all will be dry, in winter. The only people falling over then will be a few pissed alcoholics, unless that's banned by then with prohibition. |
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Honey |
Al Gershwin wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
I just saw another young person slip and fall on dead leaves in icy cold London on my way to lunch.
As I walked slowly - eyes up (direction)/eyes down (terrain) - through my Surrey town today, I saw several similar mishaps.
You sound a bit gozzy, Barney.
Seriously though, do take care, please. It sounds quite bad where you are. |
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Al Gershwin |
JK2006 wrote:
I just saw another young person slip and fall on dead leaves in icy cold London on my way to lunch.
As I walked slowly - eyes up (direction)/eyes down (terrain) - through my Surrey town today, I saw several similar mishaps. |
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Honey |
Anyone thinking, as I did, that Merrel waterproof walking shoes would be suitable for rain, please think again.
They are lethal on smooth paving in particular. 
www.merrell.com/UK/en_GB/moab-3-gore-tex...v1=false&start=1 |
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