The Iceman of the North Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Grit is salt innit?Anyway, the point is that they didnt use the substance that lowers the freezing point of water and also prevents it from refreezing back into a crystalline slippery hard ice.Looking it up, it does appear that grit is the same as rock salt, I was thinking of gravel, not grit. For sidewalks, sand or gravel would be more effective than salt. Salt lowers the freezing point, but usually, depending on how much ice we're talking about, it requires the help of friction from the traffic to prevent freezing. For sidewalks, and other surfaces meant for pedestrian use, sand or gravel, making the surface less slippery, would be more effective.Atlanta vs. Bergen. There is a difference weather wise. Just saying. :)Might be more rain in Bergen, but as far as winter conditions goes, usually not that much of a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mme Erzulie Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 PS: Who is that wanker up as your avatar?His idle ways is the talk of the town. You make him feel like a do-nothing clown. He can't function, honey, when you run him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 How are we to recognize that face when we can't even see his steely eyes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mme Erzulie Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Who is the gaucho amigoWhy is he standingIn your spangled leather ponchoAnd your elevator shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkerX Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article6982316.eceNorth Sea Natural Gas fields being shut down for a week for emergency maintaince. Combined with this mild cold snap...(freezing) pitchfork mobs? or frozen corpses not found till spring? especially if it takes longer than just a week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sounds like a snowfall in South Carolina. People see a flake and suddenly no one can remember how to think or drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartTesla Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Salt lowers the freezing point, but usually, depending on how much ice we're talking about, it requires the help of friction from the traffic to prevent freezing. For sidewalks, and other surfaces meant for pedestrian use, sand or gravel, making the surface less slippery, would be more effective.Even if it does freeze (because the temperature is so low that even salt water freezes), its more in the form of slush. Since the presence of NaCl disrupts the crystalline nature of purer water. Slush is easier to drive/walk through than slippery ice. The friction from traffic is not a necessary condition for all of this. But yeah, sand and gravel is probably a good idea for sidewalks. Pedestrians arent that well taken care of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usotsuki Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 North Sea Natural Gas fields being shut down for a week for emergency maintaince. Combined with this mild cold snap...(freezing) pitchfork mobs? or frozen corpses not found till spring? especially if it takes longer than just a week...The temporary shutdown of a pipeline carrying 0.5% of the UK's gas supplies will indeed lead to outbreaks of looting, cannibalism, sodomy and epicaricacy. I know it's how I'm planning to spend Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Luckily, the pitchfork shop has been closed due to inclement weather, so I think we're safe for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zollo Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The temporary shutdown of a pipeline carrying 0.5% of the UK's gas supplies will indeed lead to outbreaks of looting, cannibalism, sodomy and epicaricacy. I know it's how I'm planning to spend Tuesday.Wait, are we talking about the weather here or the House of Commons? I am confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usotsuki Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The weather of course, the House of Commons is historically very keen on looting, sodomy and epicaricacy but the Speaker frowns on cannibalism.Hereward, where is the stalwart spirit of the true Briton? Your glorious namesake the Wake once made a pitchfork from the thighs of his enemies (or possibly local beekeepers - the records are unclear) we expect no less from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 You misunderstand me. As a free, property-owning Englishman, I of course own and maintain my pitchfork in perfect working order, as is my ancient right. The Bolshevik masses, on the other hand, are thankfully, and predictably, unprepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I dunno, the pavements are a bit too slippy at the moment for a good angry mob; people might fall over and hurt themselves. Probably safest to wait until it warms up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zollo Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 You misunderstand me. As a free, property-owning Englishman, I of course own and maintain my pitchfork in perfect working order, as is my ancient right. The Bolshevik masses, on the other hand, are thankfully, and predictably, unprepared.So what is your pitchfork made of? Inquiring minds etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I dunno, the pavements are a bit too slippy at the moment for a good angry mob; people might fall over and hurt themselves. Probably safest to wait until it warms up a bit.Unless they are an angry mob of tort lawyers, in which case it's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usotsuki Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Hereward, unfortunately as a filthy Catholic immigrant, deeply stained with the water of the bogs, I am not allowed a pitchfork of my own. However, I am permitted to hurl potatoes and mutter incomprehensibly during lulls in the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 So what is your pitchfork made of? Inquiring minds etc.The polished and lacquered clavicles of members of the local committee of the National Union of Journalists. I'm a traditionalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usotsuki Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 :rofl:Having spent some unhappy years in my youth being responsible for dealing with freelancers and their impressively creative claims for expenses and astonishingly pedestrian articles I am consumed with envy. May the council never collect your rubbish again. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The temporary shutdown of a pipeline carrying 0.5% of the UK's gas supplies will indeed lead to outbreaks of looting, cannibalism, sodomy and epicaricacy. I know it's how I'm planning to spend Tuesday.That's just how the Brits roll.In related news, I heard on the news that Norway had to reduce the export of gas due to frozen pipes. This weekend it was down to a third of normal operating level, but it's gone up to two thirds by now. Since this gas was supposed to go to England, I guess this is the source of ThinkerX's panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wizard Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I can see grass today. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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