Walking in Snow : A Tip
 

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.

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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

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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.

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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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Mick, you have the right idea.......wonder if you'll get any takers?

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What no Railway today? The snow must be bad :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!

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I hope this isn't going to interfere with the research:D

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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)

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Buy a pair of wellies for getting about in this snow, ok not exactly trendy but who cares?

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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

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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

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Sssshh I have been fine up to now with mine, so don't tempt fate please:)

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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?

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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.

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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:

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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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I like your tip mick it sounds the best one of all lol

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Well, no I don't, because they are sort of summer and winter wellies......and OK I know that you shouldn't need wellies in summer, but where my Ma lives becomes like a river during summer storms and I bought the pink ribbon ones for then........the others are for serious snow...like we have now....and they are pretty too.
If you ask me nicely I might lend them to you :D

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you sure you want to lend them neil - you wouldnt get them back margaret ... :D:D:D

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You are a little love :rolleyes::D

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Shhh big gob, I was going to sell them to you :rolleyes:

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sorry neil .. im already sorted dont need wellies .. i got my boots ...:D:D:D anyway itd cost me a fortune to buy em off you ... you got pets corner to feed ... :D:D:D

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Thats why I am buying you the wellies so you can help me :D:D

Pets corner does not cost me anything - well the odd thing thats all. All the food and vets bills are paid by HBC. I think we are feeding half the wild birds in Ossy at the moment. If you look on facebook you can see some pictures of it with all the snow.

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You're not the first one to think that :D
(mistakenly, of course...:D:D)

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its too far for me to get there to help out .... not using my free bus pass to travel all the way up there then find i have to hike it back!!!:D:D:D

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Its ok I will give you a lift home

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i have better advice,if ya cant wear shoes/boots etc, Dont go to work.:rolleyes:

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My favourite attire this week are my mountain walking boots and my ski pants. I haven't slipped yet in my boots and if I do, my pants are totally snowproof so I can avoid having a wet btm.

Sparks has a theory that if you want to stay upright in the snow you have to mince a bit when you walk. My colleagues and I tried this on the works car park after a night shift. Can't say for certain that it definitely works cos we were all falling about laughing.:D

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tell sparks to explain mince,:confused: got me beat.

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Guessing that it might be (as someone described it on Radio 2 today) walking around like Inspector Poirot (David Suchet) when he is having deep thoughts about solving a crime. I know that is the way I am walking in my flat boots ....having to abandon my stilettoes for the time being ... :D