What I did not realize was that it was not only a snow storm but a snow+ice storm... Nice... The doors of my car were iced shut when I tried to unlock them and take out my shovel and scraper.... Awww Man....
There still weren't any sign of snow removal in the city as of Wednesday (which meant I didn't have to move my car just yet)...
Went and got a new secondary scraper and one of those de-icers for locks, even though it isn't my lock that is frozen. Read online among many tips, throwing hot water on your car should solve the problem... mmmmm... me thinks not....
Thursday morning: able to nicely open the car and clear the car within half hour with no use of chemicals (or hot water!!!). The signs were up to move your car by 7pm for snow removal (which I learned just yesterday, is different from snow clearing). Started shovelling around - ooopsyy... the ice plus the packed snow from the snow 'clearing' made it a very pleasant task indeed! Not! Between my hands with poor blood circulation and the bitter cold, it was taking me forever... Then a nice man came up to me and said "Avez-vous besoin d'aide?"... and I was like "are you kidding me? I need lots of help..." Anyway with his help I managed to shovel off and move my car out (he had to go bring his metal garden spade to break the ice and then he actually pushed my car).
I felt soooo greatful afterwards that I thought I should put a thank you card in his mail box, so after introducing ourselves, I asked "so where do you live?". He just vaguely pointed in some direction... He must have thought "geez you help her shovel off the snow and she's already stalking you"...
But really I only wanted to put a thank you card, I swear!! :)
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