Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
You can buy deicing stuff that you squirt into car locks (I think it's some sort of alcohol). Perhaps you could squirt a bunch of this on the stuck parts of the door?
It'd be better than hot water, anyway, because if the hot water doesn't work, you're now worse off.
I've gotten frozen car doors unstuck a few times with the "brute force" method, for lo, I am manly....
Antifreeze? I used to have a pocket deicer for the locks (which I need to replace!), but the plastic scraper used as a prybar worked for the wee icestorms we had.
It's too cold for me to try anything tonight. My fingers freeze within minutes even with gloves on. I'll try tomorrow and walk to the nearest drugstore for deicing stuff if I have to. Anything else I could use is in the car.
Her advice: "Btw, if it really gets that cold, it's possible your car won't start or that the door locks will be frozen and you won't be able to unlock them."
Ha! It's not the locks. I could hear the doors unlocking. It's the seal around the door. I've been having trouble with that even when it's just cold rain.
In my old car I could push the seat backs down from the trunk, but in this one you have to pull them open from inside the cab. I guess that saves me the spectacle of entering my car through the trunk.
Ha!
In her (and my) defense, she knows there's no way in hell I drive in frozen if there are options.
I guess that saves me the spectacle of entering my car through the trunk.
Lost comedy gold though...
Um, btdt. Car was snowed in, it was easiest to unearth the trunk (to get to the shovel!!!) and shove a lot of the snow off by opening doors. But that was the Presidents' day snow, which had the National Guard patrolling for people in distress. It was insane. And I spent most of a day uncovering my car.
So, since I couldn't go out tonight I should make brownies instead. Right?
Just use 4 oz sticks.
YES to brownies!
Heh--Two Lumps is having fun with the Twelve Days of Christmas.
I *love* the three French hens! "Le boq...le boq!"
oh god, a guy from highschool challenged me to a word game on facebook, but hasn't friended me. passive aggressive much?