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Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - B
allison:
Tania, get yourself a pair of Hunter or Tretorn rubber boots. They're trendy, comfy, and functional. Tretorn is my preference, as they have matte finishes, and they offer faux-fur lined boots for winter!
Loooooooooooooooooooooooooook so prettyyyyy
Ladybug:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 15 Oct 2010, 07:54 ---Actually, it's because he's Norwegian, and snow isn't slippery in Norway like it is here (actually, that's largely true, but I won't bother to go into it).
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What? Please do go into it! I would assume it has to do with what kind of winters we get, though? Winter here often means glazed streets (both Trondheim where I go to uni and Bodø where I'm from), but both cities tend to have not very cold winters (with last year as an exception…). However, if one were to move a bit further south in the county, they tend to have ridiculously low temperatures, and I'd assume it's less slippery there, since it's never warm enough to melt and then freeze again. Either way, if snow isn't as slippery here, shouldn't Jens be less good at not falling?
I still haven't found particularly non-slippery boots or shoes, but some are worse than others, like, say, chucks with wool socks. But I've gotten pretty skilled at not falling even though I'm so close lots of times. Maybe one gets used to it – they're not particularly good at putting salt or gravel on pavements, stairs etc. until days after it is needed.
pwhodges:
Ice itself has a reasonably decent coefficient of friction; the problem is that water is an extremely good lubricant on ice. So where the temperature is well below zero, there is no major problem; but when it hovers around zero, going over and under while the snow and ice remain - which is characteristic in British winters - the layer of water on the ice makes it extremely treacherous. Even where the temperature is just a couple of degrees lower, things are better - but a slip once started can be as bad, because the heat from the rubbing is enough to melt a layer of ice and provide the lubricating water.
jimbunny:
I think I'm getting a pair of these once it gets a bit colder.
scarred:
It's snowed for like, a week here in the past 2 years, so I'm reasonably sure I'm safe. But if we get even a couple inches here in Seattle everybody panics and the entire city shuts down. Coming from Chicago, where four feet wouldn't even cancel (or delay) school, it's an adjustment.
Then again, sledding down 1st Ave and passing a city bus that's on its side on the sidewalk is pretty awesome.
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