Also not keen on 'passing' because of its connotation of an afterlife.
Ha! Yes, that suddenly made me think of my mother who was apt to say, in a mock pious tone "Not lorst, but gorn before".
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Back on topic for a second Intersport were selling SIDAS studded grippers. If memory serves me right about 20€ for a pair however have had a quick look online and going for about £15. Quite a common sight in Finland, especially useful when going out for a run
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
@KSH, the dreadful euphemism is ‘pass away’ - are you sure there an afterlife connotation? It’s not as though it’s a reference to your passing over the Styx; is it?
You may think dead is dead, but the resurrection offers life eternal, thus dead by definition means gone to a greater place.
@Scarlet - one might lose the cream cakes but at least one’s head will be safe!
Hmm. Depends which version of the small print you go for. And there's a dearth of genuine user reviews.
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@Origen,
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Old Fartbag wrote:
Handy tip: Bubble wrap "Doon the back of yer troozers" acts like a Coccyx Cushion...and if you fall back, lets anyone in the vicinity know that you might need help.
I have the sound of multiple bubble wrap cells popping simontaneously as you fall, in my ears. Would others help you up or fetch some clean trousers?
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See also: walking through the self-service restaurant carrying a tray of coffee and creamy cakes...
Memorably, one of my ski group entered into much the same. Those old wooden floor after much ski boot passage can get perilous in traction quality, Sportinia in Sauze d Oulxx, and carrying a fine plate of spaghetti bolognaise, during the ensuing clog dance and juggling events that followed, managed to stay upright but the spaghetti bought it with comical slap onto the nearest wall, slowly then sliding down to the floor
Its been at least ten years since, still remembered with much embarrassment or delight depending on participation or spectating.
It was akin to this fine fella appearing at 3:10sec into clip though
Amusing how my search software has flagged black ice content though
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I’ve come off bike twice like that. Luckily no cars coming. Main roads as well… bent mech hangar and a sore hip. Took ages to regain any confidence cornering.
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endoman wrote:
I’ve come off bike twice like that. Luckily no cars coming. Main roads as well… bent mech hangar and a sore hip. Took ages to regain any confidence cornering.
I just don't bother cycling to work anymore if I know if had been freezing overnight and the roads have been damp. Just not worth it anymore. You can't do anything about it other than try to keep going straight and not touch the brakes and hope that something isn't in your way.
That being said, pavements for walking can be just as lethal in the UK in winter. Think it was the year before last when we had some freezing rain that turned into wet snow that turned back into freezing rain overnight before temperatures dipped again in the morning. I decided to take the train but I have never seen pavements so slippery. Took me 45 minutes to walk to the station doing the penguin shuffle when usually it takes me 20 minutes. It's that thin layer of ice just on the pavement surface that is the issue.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Well the way things are going icy pavements will be a thing of the past! Heading for the warmest UK year on record.
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Again, nearly a hospital visit, now sitting here with a very sore, bruised hip (going to be a cracker of a bruise the way it's coming on) after cross-country skiing (skating) this morning.
I was going pretty quick as it was the last lap and whilst pushing of with both poles for the next glide, I must have caught the pole in the netting with the net result of being pulled backwards and coming crashing down on my side and hip.
Could well be off games for a few days, just lucky at my age I didn't do worse damage.
Be warned a photo might follow if the bruise is quite OTT as I know @Origen, always likes my photos
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Got to be careful when these old folk have a fall.
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ski3 wrote:
Memorably, one of my ski group entered into much the same. Those old wooden floor after much ski boot passage can get perilous in traction quality, Sportinia in Sauze d Oulxx, and carrying a fine plate of spaghetti bolognaise, during the ensuing clog dance and juggling events that followed, managed to stay upright but the spaghetti bought it with comical slap onto the nearest wall, slowly then sliding down to the floor
A friend did the same in Sportinia probably 17 or 18yrs ago:lol: ...only with a pizza in her hand which miraculously survived! She hung in the air for an unbelievable time before crashing down.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
adithorp wrote:
.....She hung in the air for an unbelievable time before crashing down....
The classic cartoon fall, if done really well whilst nigh on horizontal in the air your feet are still in panic mode trying to get a grip
[quote="DrLawn"]Get a pair of Yaktrax for a little more than £8...
Be good for prezzies as well.
Quite easy to take them on and off as well.,
Been using these for years, easy on and off with strap to keep in place, never slip on ice or snow and a godsend when walking through snow covered streets
I can confirm, there is a lot of black ice in Val D’Isère right now
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2 work colleagues came a cropper in Sheffield yesterday, with the snow on the way tonight I'm off to get some yaktrax so I can safely walk the dog and get to work next week! Plenty snapped neck of femur in A+E according to a patient I saw yesterday.
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OH bought these badasses in Decathlon and used them in anger yesterday.
The beauty of these is that they are so easy to get on and off quickly compared to the likes of Yaktrax style designs, but there again these are not ideal for any terrain that is not ice and snow, at least with Yaktrax designs there not too bad elsewhere - like driving a car, but you wouldn't want to drive in my OH's.
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Last week we had a little bit of rain in the morning following a pretty cold night. According to the local press this resulted in 130 visits to A&E from people who took a tumble that day.
This morning, I got a call from my OH. She was quite upset after falling whilst walking the dog. She was stepping on snow to the side of the pavement to avoid frozen melt water and went down a hole hidden by the snow. It’s resulted in torn ankle ligaments, a bruised hip and grazed palms. She was mostly upset that she probably won’t be able to ski this weekend!
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Weathercam wrote:
One of the issues of no substantial snow in resorts is that the various technical departments (council workers) have done a tremendous job of clearing the footpaths and roads down to the tarmac, however all it takes is for some light drizzle/dank conditions during the day and then as temps dropped from +4 to +2 and then lower whilst having dinner the tarmac becomes sheets of black ice in places, so best to walk on any old snow still lying around.
Roads must have been lethal as well.
That said didn't stop me going flying earlier in the day when I went down to meet my daughter who had just arrived, just slipping into my hiking boots (Danner Ice grip soles) with the laces in the boots to then walk across the parking, for one of the loose laces to catch the eyelet on the other boot and end up doing the resulting Superman impression, could have been so much worse as I landed with arm out to protect myself & shoulder taking the impact and and palm cut up from the loose asphalt.
Hope you've recovered well by now. You put me in mind of this though. Sorry
@Weathercam, Very similar to Kahtoola microspikes. We like ours. Mrsthecramps previously had some Yaktraks, but they fell apart after a couple of dozen uses. Not good at all.
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Got some Yaktrax pro model for walking the dog in the ice and snow up here last weekend. Bit of a fiddle to get on, but felt fine underfoot with no skidding or tumbles. Can manage short pavement sections as well unlike the microspikes. Did try one walk without once the thaw started, but soon ventured back to get them!
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KSH wrote:
Coccyx, actually. If you're going to correct it, best to get it right.
In the spirit pedantry, let's get back to the title.
The ice is of course not black, but transparent, allowing one to see the colour of the substance beneath.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
….this season at least she arrived in something sensible…
Last year I waited in the late night cold for the Gromette to arrive at Sierre station. She’d done the Christmas shifts in her hospital in the UK and we skipped the 25th as celebration day to wait for her to arrive late on Boxing Day. The train pulled in from Geneva and the heavily-wrapped passengers all poured from the train, through the subway and into the waiting cars. I stood at the station entrance and waited. And waited. No one left apparently…where the hell was she? She’d confirmed by text that she was on that train. Asleep and on the way to Brig? And then I heard it, from the subway…click click clickety click. And I knew. High heels. VERY high heels. Here she is beaming a welcome. I summon a smile but regretfully have to say ‘..what the bloody hell have you got on your feet?..’. All around us, snow piles, leached frozen water in black-ice puddles, clumps of grit, crappy corrugated frozen slush. And on her feet, some ankle-breaking urban foot-covering. ‘Wait here, I’ll bring the car over…but you are really going to struggle up at the house…’. Sigh.
Same time schedule this year, but HURRAH … on arrival … proper boots.
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What about inside-cafe falls on wet surfaces?
For twenty years, the Violettes restaurant had super-slippy tiles across its huge floor. It was a late lunch spectator sport to see how many people would skid in their ski boots and drop their tray of coffee/spaghetti/soup all over the floor. Both the Grom and I did miraculous saves during that time - slip, scissor-slide, wave the tray, balance, save, embarrassed grin…
Wisely, the floor is now rubber, and grippy.
Outside is still timber decking, and that remains a slide-fest….
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@valais2, my worst nightmare. Heading back with a tray of drinks, onto a wet decked terrace and a heel slide ensues…
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thecramps wrote:
Weathercam wrote:
One of the issues of no substantial snow in resorts is that the various technical departments (council workers) have done a tremendous job of clearing the footpaths and roads down to the tarmac, however all it takes is for some light drizzle/dank conditions during the day and then as temps dropped from +4 to +2 and then lower whilst having dinner the tarmac becomes sheets of black ice in places, so best to walk on any old snow still lying around.
Roads must have been lethal as well.
That said didn't stop me going flying earlier in the day when I went down to meet my daughter who had just arrived, just slipping into my hiking boots (Danner Ice grip soles) with the laces in the boots to then walk across the parking, for one of the loose laces to catch the eyelet on the other boot and end up doing the resulting Superman impression, could have been so much worse as I landed with arm out to protect myself & shoulder taking the impact and and palm cut up from the loose asphalt.
Hope you've recovered well by now. You put me in mind of this though. Sorry
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