[SGVLUG] OT: Snow

[Chris Smith]

On 11/17/05, Dustin <laurence at alice.caltech.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Dennis Birney wrote:
> > I used to sell buckets of ashes from the fireplace to get those who were
> > stuck by the side of the road, unstuck. Ashes worked great! And at 50 cents
> > a bucket made me a decent income. This was in the '50's. Maybe too far back
> > for some of you to remember. Sorry.
>
> Never heard of ashes.  Do they work better than sand for some reason?

In Northern Ontario ashes are a very common solution. They work
fantastically, and they have the advantage of being significantly
easier to come by (most everyone has a wood burning heater up there,
not everyone has a sandy beach, even in the summer).

--
Chris