IP: Little snow leaves him in the cold from today's Baltimore Sun

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://www.sunspot.net/news/bal-to.kasper26jan26.column

Abstracted using Copernic

Yesterday as I scanned the weather forecasts from cities around the globe, 
I got jealous when I saw that the folks in Fairbanks, Alaska (11 below 
zero), probably have ice coating on their car windshields this morning.

I have been feeling chippy since last week, when I started packing an 
ice-busting piece of business named the IceDozer.

I thought I might have had some action when last Saturday's storm dropped a 
couple of inches of snow on us.

I put the IceDozer in its least combative position, made one jab with it 
and all of the snow and ice scooted off the windshield, like a whipped dog 
turning tail and running for cover.

In case you haven't figured this out by now, the IceDozer is a tool for 
people like me, who, as our loved ones have informed us, have inordinately 
deep feelings about the importance of removing all the frozen precipitation 
from cars.

In addition to maintaining a commitment to the cause of clean cars, owning 
this tool requires a willingness to shell out $15 for what some people - 
those content to drive around with itty-bitty openings on their windshields 
- might regard, in their ignorance, as too much tool.

It quickly became apparent that Weinberger was also pining for bad weather.

The IceDozer was born, Weinberger told me, on a flight from Philadelphia to 
San Francisco, where the two men were headed to raise money for another of 
their inventions, a toy decoder ring.

They came up with IceDozer and the SnowMover, a shovel with rubber-covered 
lips mounted on a 3 1/2 -foot-long telescoping stick designed to clean snow 
off the tops of vehicles without scratching the paint.

"It is great for cleaning those SUVs," which he noted always seem to be 
driven by "petite women who can't reach the roof."

While Weinberger seemed to share my passion about the importance of driving 
a vehicle free of frozen precipitation, he had some compassion for the 
folks who don't clean their windshields and rooftops.


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