Roughing It!

Weds. into Thurs. we received an Ice Storm. And just like a kid, I started praying for a 'snow day'. And sure enough, the police said no one was to drive. Yeah! No work. But then I realized, I am in one of those positions where you still have to go, i.e. management. So, off I went to scrape my car, but it wasn't really scraping so much as hacking through a 2 inch layer of ice. I first had to pry my door open, not easy given the ice covering. After I got in and got the car started I spent another hour just pulling the ice off of the windshield, windows, door handles, etc. I even started a little game with myself, How big of a piece can I take off at once. Just as I thought I was making progress this college kid comes out of his house in shorts and says 'Hell No!' and goes back in. I'm thinking, okay... you're gonna have to do it sometime or the other. Well a few minutes later he comes out with a bucket of hot water and proceeds to pour it over the car. I was shocked, afterall my dad told me to NEVER do this. Well, he didn't damage his car with this method and managed to have it cleaned off within 15 minutes. So, he saved himself approx. 1:15... not bad.