I was driving back to london last night after dropping my son off at school. I was on that bit where the M40 joins with the M42 and as it was well lit decided to wash the bits of salt off my windscreen. Big mistake. The jets of water turned to ice as they landed on my window and completely obscured my view. Luckily the road was straight and there were no cars near me! I couldn't really pull over as I couldn't really see where the hard shoulder was. So I put on the heated windscreen, put the blowers of full on my window and kept my sprays going and wipers on full. After what seemed like an age it cleared. Sacred the tulip out of me though!! I thought that premixed stuff wasn't supposed to freeze like that!
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Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostI was driving back to london last night after dropping my son off at school. I was on that bit where the M40 joins with the M42 and as it was well lit decided to wash the bits of salt off my windscreen. Big mistake. The jets of water turned to ice as they landed on my window and completely obscured my view. Luckily the road was straight and there were no cars near me! I couldn't really pull over as I couldn't really see where the hard shoulder was. So I put on the heated windscreen, put the blowers of full on my window and kept my sprays going and wipers on full. After what seemed like an age it cleared. Sacred the tulip out of me though!! I thought that premixed stuff wasn't supposed to freeze like that! -
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The usual premixed stuff is for the "normal" UK conditions, it isn't necessarily concentrated enough for -10. When I was touring ski resorts I would mix the concentrate 1:1 with water, and keep a spare bottle in the boot for emergencies (like it being far too cold to piss about with a scraper in the morning)While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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here on the mainland we have winter washer water which is good to -25
no mixing with water just poor it straight in
Milan.Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostThe usual premixed stuff is for the "normal" UK conditions, it isn't necessarily concentrated enough for -10.
These guys need to wise up, its been getting much colder the last couple of years and we need -10 minimum (ideally -15 or -20) for safety's sake.Comment
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostI was driving back to london last night after dropping my son off at school. I was on that bit where the M40 joins with the M42 and as it was well lit decided to wash the bits of salt off my windscreen. Big mistake. The jets of water turned to ice as they landed on my window and completely obscured my view. Luckily the road was straight and there were no cars near me! I couldn't really pull over as I couldn't really see where the hard shoulder was. So I put on the heated windscreen, put the blowers of full on my window and kept my sprays going and wipers on full. After what seemed like an age it cleared. Sacred the tulip out of me though!! I thought that premixed stuff wasn't supposed to freeze like that!
HTHKnock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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