When I got out to my car last night around one in the morning, the windows were thickly coated with ice and it was about -20°C outside. Amazingly, I've made it this far into the winter without an ice scraper in my car, but last night my procrastination finally caught up to me. I didn't even have my wallet with me, so I couldn't resort to the trusty credit card approach.

So, I started my car to get it warming up a bit and then searched the interior for any object that might suffice as a scraper. Ah, the trusty old tape deck caught my eye. But, which tape to use? My choices were: The Lemonheads It's a Shame About Ray; Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson Highwayman; a homemade Bob Dylan mix; and The Beatles Help!. Well, it was a hard decision, but the task fell to The Beatles.

For future reference, cassette tapes make great window scrapers. Big enough to hold with a mitten-covered hand and hard enough to remove tough ice.