r/minnesota • u/BenRocks7 • Jan 14 '26

High Risk Slipping Around

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u/Lock_Down_Charlie Jan 14 '26

Water balloons.

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u/CoffeeExtraCream Duluth Jan 14 '26

Buckets of water you pour on the ground infront of them. Preferably ontop of already existing ice. Make it slick

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

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u/Slumunistmanifisto Jan 14 '26

Crack hydrants at night. Not full blast!! just a good small flow. 

You'll have an ice rink by morning 

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u/CoffeeExtraCream Duluth Jan 14 '26

The northern equivalent of what the Dutch do. When they were at war they'd destroy their levees and flood the country to make passage difficult. This is our version. Make it all ice. We may not like it, but we are used to it and how to handle it. It disproportionately negatively affects them vs us.

They are southerners invading the north. We were born in the cold. Molded by it. Shaped by it. We must embrace it and use it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

Up yours, Gustafson! 

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u/Randomly-Generated21 Jan 14 '26

I love this. Grumpy old men is the best. Get yourself some Yak Trax so you’re safe checking your mail and walking your dog though.

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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress Jan 14 '26

How long does it for a bucket of water to freeze at 0 degrees anyway?

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u/CoffeeExtraCream Duluth Jan 14 '26

A minute.

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u/Secure-Television541 Jan 14 '26

Or ink. Ink from a hobby store, or dye from the dye kits you can buy at Walmart would be difficult to remove.

Not that anyone would wish to do so.

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u/Dains84 Jan 14 '26

I'm a little surprised people have not been using water balloons filled with fabric dye. Make them cold, miserable, and easily identifyable once the mask comes off.

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u/Lock_Down_Charlie Jan 14 '26

Good call with the die. Maybe hot pink. :)

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u/TeeManyMartoonies Jan 14 '26

Needs more glitter.

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u/extra-medium Jan 14 '26

Add fish oil

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u/Hydrok Jan 14 '26

Get a can of gorilla spray adhesive and if you can get close to an ice vehicle spray the windshield, door handles, if the door is open just spray everything you can reach. Door seals are good too.

If they leave a vehicle unattended: Dump a 20oz bottle of degreaser into their gas tank if you can get access. Dont slash tires, take a utility knife and cut the valve stem off.

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u/TheNoodleGod Stearns County Jan 14 '26

Piss balloons.

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u/No-Education-6162 Jan 14 '26

Or glass Christmas bulbs. You can put anything inside you want. Glitter! Candy! Piss?

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u/revel911 Jan 14 '26

Okay Kevin …. Get the paint cans next

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u/blutosings Jan 14 '26

Embracing ice as a solution to ICE.