Mental note to self 2

[mealexme]

After washing bike and car the night before the big freeze, don't leave keys in ignition (this is only the third time i have ever done this), as keys will be frozen in in the morning... just Aswell i was planning on walking today, just managed to get them out but no way they would have turned.

[Guest Hodgy]

Get some silicone spray, Halfords sell it, and spray into the locks after you wash the bike and car, or after it's got a soaking in the rain, this will keep them from corroding and freezing, WD40 works too, but the affect doesn't last as long

[mealexme]

i got some WD40 might go use it in a bit. dont need the bike today though, just need to remember not to wash it when its gunna freeze over

[Grumpy Old Git]

Fresh urine unfreezes bike locks quickly (and the smell soon vanishes as you ride the bike)

[Guest Hodgy]

Fresh urine unfreezes bike locks quickly (and the smell soon vanishes as you ride the bike)

 

Dare we ask how you came to know this useful fact?

[Decor58]

It's simple physics, pour a nice warm liquid on ice and it will melt

[mealexme]

It's simple physics, pour a nice warm liquid on ice and it will melt

Oh, so there is no need for gritters? They just need to pour warm water on the roads?

[Guest Hodgy]

It's simple physics, pour a nice warm liquid on ice and it will melt

Oh, so there is no need for gritters? They just need to pour warm water on the roads?

 

Or just stand there and pee on them?

[Decor58]

It's simple physics, pour a nice warm liquid on ice and it will melt

Oh, so there is no need for gritters? They just need to pour warm water on the roads?

 

Pouring warm water gets rid of ice by melting it, though that water is then liable to stay and refreeze.

Adding salt/grit lowers the freezing point of water, a preventative.

One's a solution to get rid, one's a preventative, completely different things...

[Jixerman]

It's simple physics, pour a nice warm liquid on ice and it will melt

Oh, so there is no need for gritters? They just need to pour warm water on the roads?

 

Pouring warm water gets rid of ice by melting it, though that water is then liable to stay and refreeze.

Adding salt/grit lowers the freezing point of water, a preventative.

One's a solution to get rid, one's a preventative, completely different things...

 

I think they were taking the piss so to speak

Oh................urine will contain salt which will prevent refreezing

[asharin]

Oh................urine will contain salt which will prevent refreezing

...so that's how you keep your driveway ice free?

[Guest]

Oh................urine will contain salt which will prevent refreezing

...so that's how you keep your driveway ice free?

 

It's worked in the past

[Decor58]

lol so if the plod stop me coming back from a night out amy time soon my excuse will definitely be 'I performing a public service, clearing snow'

[Grumpy Old Git]

But don't sign your name in your girlfriend's handwriting!

[taliabee]

Fresh urine unfreezes bike locks quickly (and the smell soon vanishes as you ride the bike)

well, that's alright for boys...girls have no aiming device!! lol...

mind you, men dont always seem to employ said aiming device...

t xx

[Horseynat30101]

Fresh urine unfreezes bike locks quickly (and the smell soon vanishes as you ride the bike)

well, that's alright for boys...girls have no aiming device!! lol...

mind you, men dont always seem to employ said aiming device...

t xx

 

have you not heard of a shee wee brilliant devices! lol

[taliabee]

i have heard of them...indeed, the thread dedicated to said item on one of my fora is the funniest thing i've ever read (apart from henrik's jacobite penguins of doom and the ferkin merkin threads!)

t xx