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I always thought black ice meant it was ice that formed at intersections where exhaust water drips down and ices over forming a "super-slippery-ice" because of the tiny particles of exhaust in the mixture. Not sure where I got that definition. Anyway, I looked it up today and black ice is just regular ol' ice that doesn't have bubbles in it. Did anyone else think this or am I a total idiot?

We’ve all been there. The snow came at an inconvenient time and you couldn’t break out “ol ironsides”, your big heavy shovel, in time to really get under it. So now your driveway is compacted with a thick impenetrable carpet of snow and ice. The ice chopper is not effective at that point but there’s still hope. If you use a spade, the curved part of the blade is perfect for breaking it up and lifting it up and off the concrete. Given, you’ll dull the tip of the spade but to me, it’s a fair price to pay.

Edit: for clarity, you slide the spade horizontally and not chopping with and up and down motion. This technique is for when you have 2-3 inches of compacted snow/ice.