Walking in Snow : A Tip

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Bob Dobson

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As the snow comes down, making walking difficult, I think it is time I passed onto you a tip my grandma gave me.
To avoid 'snow pads' building up on the soles of your clogs, making it necessary to kick against a wall to get rid of them, smear the inside of a banana skin over the sole before venturuing out. The result - no snow pads.
Throughout my life I have wondered at my grandma's wisdom . What else can a banana skin be used for?

Perhaps someone will test the tip on shoes and report back. This is right up Atarah's street.
 
my dad put on his golf shoes... worked a treat whilst walking on the ice....

another one is to put a pair of old wool socks over your shoes:D
 
Banana skins are also good for cleaning shoes......rub the inside of the skin against the leather and then buff up to a good shine with a clean duster.

As for the wool socks thing......I have found that this doesn't work so well.......the snow compacts between the knitted stitches and then you are back to a no grip situation.
 
If you realy have to go out but dont want to slip this tip works every time..............get some other idiot to go for you and you can then stop in front of the fire.:D

By the way if anyone is going to town today i could do with...............:D
 
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You can get snow chains for shoes, just like you can for your car's tyres.

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If that's still no good, forget walking, and try alternative modes of transport.

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Re banana skins/orange peel. As long as they are not thrown on the pavement after use! Many years ago a great aunt of mine, slipped on one on Pearl Street. She ended up with one leg shorter than the other and had to wear one of those horrible, huge, shoes for the rest of her life. Poor Aunty Maggie!
 
Atarah. Just re-capping. Was it in Peel St or Orange St that she came a pearler? Was she a skinny woman? Was she a slip of a woman? Fruity like you? (This'll get Katex going)
 
i've just walked down to the big Tesco in Blackburn with a pram and 3 kids and none of us slipped, it was hard work walking but we got there in the end :D
 
BERNADETTE said:
Buy a pair of wellies for getting about in this snow, ok not exactly trendy but who cares?
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Some wellies are naff in the snow. I have a pair of work boots that are great in the snow/ice and feel like a pair of slippers :D
 
I bought two pairs of Wellies at the beginning of December, one pair is excellent(has good 'tread' on the soles) the other pair are not very comfortable and not much good in snow.....little tread on the soles.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
I bought two pairs of Wellies at the beginning of December, one pair is excellent(has good 'tread' on the soles) the other pair are not very comfortable and not much good in snow.....little tread on the soles.
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Why did you buy the naff ones then, are they a nice colour?
 
Neil, they aren't exactly naff......they are just not made for this heavy duty weather.........and I bought them because they were for Breast Cancer......have the pink ribbon logo on them........and they are the short length wellies.
The good ones......are bright pink with roses on them and have a little strap on the side that you can let out, so that you can tuck your jeans in them.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
Neil, they aren't exactly naff......they are just not made for this heavy duty weather.........and I bought them because they were for Breast Cancer......have the pink ribbon logo on them........and they are the short length wellies.
The good ones......are bright pink with roses on them and have a little strap on the side that you can let out, so that you can tuck your jeans in them.
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Bet you wish you had bought one pair and stuffed a fiver in the breast cancer collection box now.
 
I have discovered a useful piece of advice today which I'd like to pass on - never walk in the snow in flip-flops. Thanks to a burst blister which is aggravated by wearing shoes, I ended up going to work in this rather unseasonal form of beachwear.

The cold didn't bother me, as your toes go totally numb after your socks are completely soaked. However, I've gone a**e over t*t five times, but I only hit my head on the pavement on three of those occasions, so the headache isn't too bad.

I wonder what I'm doing on Accyweb though? Never heard of the place! :confused:
 
i have a pair of steel toe cap work boots that were given to me by transport co i worked for 16 years ago and they are still going strong .. i wore them going to spugs before xmas .. and wore them most of the time .. in fact only wore my trainers once ... and i have a pair of hiking boots as well. The problem with me is finding the boot socks i have to wear with them!!!
 
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