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Amy Redfield's avatar

Lisbon's calçada are not like a snot. It's not going to be a little bit viscous. Sticky even.

Most people go with ice. But then thinking ice which other people have skated on it and so it has all those grooves plus if it is a natural pond it didn't freeze smoothly.

Glass. I push forward glass a consideration.

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Jen B's avatar

Oh, I agree. I should clarify that my comment was a nod to a quotation from the 1990 movie "Tremors," which Pete and I have seen around two dozen times.

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Amy Redfield's avatar

Of course. I should have picked that up. I do remember that line. Great quote, just a great quote.

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Jen B's avatar

I recognize that it was an obscure reference. :-)

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Karen (formerly Kcinnova)'s avatar

My brothers often said something slippery was "slicker than snot." My besties from high school still use this phrase. (I avoid it at home because my dh was raised with only sisters and abhors crass sayings. It's why my kids never laughed at fart jokes.)

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TanzPunk's avatar

I don't envy you those surgeries after experiencing my first Achilles tendon injury several months after moving to Porto. It hurt! Still not entirely recovered, even after a few weeks now.

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Jen B's avatar

Ugh, I literally feel your pain and hope you heal soon.

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Karen (formerly Kcinnova)'s avatar

The adaptation of finding balance makes a huge difference. I strive for this daily, but I know the frustration of it all. I hope you no longer deal with pain!

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Karen (formerly Kcinnova)'s avatar

I suspect the streets are a lot like wet slickrock (the sandstone surfaces found near Moab, Utah).

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