Comments on: Brooks Street http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/02/22/brooks-street-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brooks-street-4 it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Vivienne Armentrout http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/02/22/brooks-street-4/comment-page-1/#comment-296623 Vivienne Armentrout Tue, 25 Feb 2014 02:05:12 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=131155#comment-296623 Edible ice? How about edible snow?

When I was a child, we had snow ice cream. One brought in fresh clean snow (avoiding the feared Yellow Snow), added sugar and vanilla. It was lovely.

Few would be brave enough to attempt this now.

]]> By: TJ http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/02/22/brooks-street-4/comment-page-1/#comment-296588 TJ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:44:54 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=131155#comment-296588 (and not really related, since this is more about edible ice than ice on sidewalks, but my search for images led me to a web site dedicated to antique ice tools!

[link]

Some strange and interesting stuff therein.)

]]> By: TJ http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/02/22/brooks-street-4/comment-page-1/#comment-296585 TJ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:42:48 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=131155#comment-296585 Kathy / #4: those spuds are intriguing. The tool we have has a straight blade – similar to the “Ames 4 in. Chopping Scraper” shown in google images, except ours likely came from Stadium HW.

Re my own report in #3: I was wrong about Slauson sidewalks on Washington street. The eastern half of that stretch (east of the parking lot entrances) was thoroughly icy. To my surprise, their stretch on 8th Street was clear (despite being on a hill). Crest is a mess, with all the sledder foot traffic.

]]> By: Kathy Griswold http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/02/22/brooks-street-4/comment-page-1/#comment-296360 Kathy Griswold Sun, 23 Feb 2014 02:59:02 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=131155#comment-296360 My husband sent me out for an ice spud today. Term was new to me and of course the hardware store was out of ice tools.
Here is a [link] with photos of spuds for ice fishermen. I remember seeing a tool like Vivienne described many years ago. Today we settled for a spade and water softener salt.

]]> By: TJ http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/02/22/brooks-street-4/comment-page-1/#comment-296343 TJ Sun, 23 Feb 2014 00:05:08 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=131155#comment-296343 I’m 48 and we’ve had one of those ice breaking tools for 5 or so years. I certainly never saw one growing up in New Mexico! :-)

Saw in tweet from Ruth earlier where she was wondering about AAPS maintenance during break. The Slauson sidewalk along the Buena Vista dogleg is iced over. The Washington stretch is mostly clear.

]]> By: Vivienne Armentrout http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/02/22/brooks-street-4/comment-page-1/#comment-296341 Vivienne Armentrout Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:50:21 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=131155#comment-296341 By the way, I possess an ice breaking tool given to me a couple of decades ago. Looks like a hoe that hasn’t been bent to make an angle. I’ll bet many people younger than 45 or so have never used one.

]]> By: Vivienne Armentrout http://annarborchronicle.com/2014/02/22/brooks-street-4/comment-page-1/#comment-296340 Vivienne Armentrout Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:48:14 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=131155#comment-296340 Yes, I saw people walking in the street on Brooks too (including County Commissioner Conan Smith). On the positive side, I saw a lot of people out today, Brooks and elsewhere, taking advantage of the warmth and sunlight to chip away at the ice on their sidewalks.

Ace Hardware is now out of ice melter.

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