A life hack from your Uncle CB

"CB" (jrcb) 10/20/2020 at 18:58 • Filed to: Advice from Uncle CB

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This is the one I have. It works I guess.

Tired of opening your car door on a snowy day to grab your snow brush, only to have a bunch of snow end up inside your car? Bring your snowbrush from your car inside and keep it close to your toque, gloves, and jacket. Bring it out when you need to drive somewhere.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:03

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My tip is:  work hard and get rich enough to buy a house either 1) with a garage or 2) somewhere it doesn’t snow

CB > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/20/2020 at 19:05

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I’m stuck in Saskatchewan forever, I’m working on the garage thing.

Thomas Donohue > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:06

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Good plan, except it will snow after I get to my destination, and my snow brush will be home, nice and dry and warm.

Thought : Since I no longer have cassette or CD boxes in my cars these days, what do I use as an emergency scraper ? My ph0ne????

CB > Thomas Donohue 10/20/2020 at 19:08

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Hmmmm maybe I should have suggested just having a home and car snow brush. Time to buy a second snow brush!

Wacko > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:09

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I use my mitts or my gloves to take the snow off the top of the door to get my brush and put my notebook bag and lunch box at the same time. 

CB > Wacko 10/20/2020 at 19:10

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But then your gloves get snowy!

BeaterGT > Thomas Donohue 10/20/2020 at 19:11

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Metal credit card

Textured Soy Protein > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:15

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Yes this is something I did all the time when I lived in Wisconsin. I brought my snow brush with me into the office, and the gym. People thought I was nuts. They're not wrong, but I also was able to brush off my snowy car without having to open it first.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:15

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Or does the snow get glovey?



Thomas Donohue > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:16

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Then I would have two locked in the car, or two at home. They are like sunglasses, never where they are needed and multiples some wh ere else.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:17

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Arch Duke Level Life Hack:

Take your car inside and let it sleep at the feet of your bed during the winter. Bring it out for drives every once and a while 

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/20/2020 at 19:18

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You need to start buying higher quality gloves.

Thomas Donohue > BeaterGT 10/20/2020 at 19:18

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I had not thought of that, even though my new Amex card is like steel, and I have to keep it in a covered sleeve in my wallet because it’s so heavy it just slides out of the normal slots.

This is the answer!

Kiltedpadre > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:18

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I keep an extra snow brush in the garage for this reason. That way there’s always one in the car too in case I’m caught out when an unexpected storm hits.

CB > Thomas Donohue 10/20/2020 at 19:18

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I can’t cure everything.

CB > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 10/20/2020 at 19:19

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Wacko > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:22

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Even if they do I take them off once I get in my car, I even take my jacket off since I have just over an hour drive (100km) to get to work.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:22

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#nothingishuskyproof

Jarrett - [BRZ Boi] > Kiltedpadre 10/20/2020 at 19:24

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I do this as well. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Thomas Donohue 10/20/2020 at 19:26

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True, they are hefty bois perfect for scraping. 

smobgirl > Kiltedpadre 10/20/2020 at 19:27

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Here’s an even BETTER hack : try keeping the car in the garage!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:28

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sometimes in georgia's wild wild winters i have to use a rubber spatula to scrape some sort of weird hardened water off my windshield

Kiltedpadre > smobgirl 10/20/2020 at 19:29

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But then where will all my priceless treasures live??

lone_liberal > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:34

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Here’s my hack: Have a global pandemic so you work from home all the time. Neat and simple!

bob and john > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:34

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or do what I do.

snow brush in car, AND one in the house!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:37

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I think I might require gloves a dozen days a year

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Kiltedpadre 10/20/2020 at 19:43

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Outside? Don’t worry, you’ve got a snow brush! 

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Thomas Donohue 10/20/2020 at 19:43

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Answer is clearly to tie a snowbrush to your door handle. Have it wherever you are, outside your vehicle! 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:58

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Or have a house snow brush and a car snowb rush. 

wkiernan > CB 10/20/2020 at 19:58

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I live in Florida. I’m sixty-five years old. The last time I lived in a place where it snows a lot (Cleveland), I was eight years old. I remember that back then, I loved snow. I’ve never driven in it, though.

wkiernan > bob and john 10/20/2020 at 19:59

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What happens then is that both of them end up in the car, or in the house.

bob and john > wkiernan 10/20/2020 at 20:24

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not if you have a leash on them XD 

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > CB 10/20/2020 at 20:26

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You should work on the hibernating thing instead

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > CB 10/20/2020 at 20:29

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Psh, all you fools scraping the snow. I get to my destination so much quicker. I don’t have time for that!

facw > CB 10/20/2020 at 20:50

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It’s a problem, but one I can survive. Helps to no longer be driving to work in Upstate New York. The real key for me is to remember to take it out of the spare tire well before it starts snowing. I can deal with a little snow getting in the car (especially if I have gloves), but opening the trunk to get the brush leads to a real mess.

for Michigan > CB 10/20/2020 at 21:22

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Or: keep it in the trunk/ boot .

Kiltedpadre > ZHP Sparky, the 5th 10/20/2020 at 21:30

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But...

HoustonRunner > CB 10/20/2020 at 21:53

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Or live in Houston. 85 today.

(Having cooled seats helps.)

shop-teacher > CB 10/20/2020 at 21:56

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My snow brush is in the back seat. I don't mind if a bit of snow gets in there. If the snow is really bad in the morning, I just use a push broom I have in the garage.

foghat1981 > Kiltedpadre 10/20/2020 at 22:03

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Yup. The 1-2 in garage are usually the older retired ones that still have some life left in them.

I keep my old car in the garage so the daily stays outside.  (My wife gets the other spot since I’m not a damn fool)

functionoverfashion > CB 10/20/2020 at 22:33

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I have one that lives in a snowbank at home and isn’t allowed to go in any of the cars, so it’s always ready for the morning snow removal. I also keep the brush in the back seat instead of the trunk or “way back” because it’s easier to open a side door without dumping snow in, than a back door (wagon) or trunk lid. 

functionoverfashion > CB 10/20/2020 at 22:36

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I, too, am working on the garage thing. Honestly in New England, it’s more of a chafe not having a garage during the other seasons when our trees shed all kinds of things onto our cars, that get into every nook and cranny of everything. And pine pitch! Oh, the pine pitch. Snow and ice are pretty easy to remove compared to all that crap. 

Tohru > CB 10/20/2020 at 23:45

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life hacks - if you don’t clean the snow off it’s not an issue.

CB > Tohru 10/20/2020 at 23:47

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Why do you make me hate.

Tohru > CB 10/20/2020 at 23:56

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because i’m good at what i do

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > CB 10/21/2020 at 00:00

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Option 2: get more huskies and a sled

Nauraushaun > CB 10/21/2020 at 02:31

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>toque

I’m in Darwin where the coldest temp ever recorded is 10.4 degrees. Can you pls get some advice that’s useful to folks like me?

pip bip - choose Corrour > CB 10/21/2020 at 03:58

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better solution - move to somewhere warmer.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > CB 10/21/2020 at 08:13

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Amateurs. Light some newspaper on fire, throw on top of car, take shower. Car will be nice and clean when you are ready to go. 

Nom De Plume > CB 10/21/2020 at 12:42

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Tired of opening your car door on a snowy day to grab your snow brush, only to have a bunch of snow end up inside your car?

Whoa, stop right there.

Snowbrush as in single? As in 1 snowbrush, single.  Now that we settled that numerous ice removal tools are required.

What I think you meant was keep your gauntlet gloves sitting somewhere they’ll be warm and dry when next you venture out.  So you can clear enough of a path out to the car to attempt knocking the piles of snow off it in big chunks.  With your entire arm because a snowbrush ain’t doing shit there but snap or cut right through doing nothing.