There was one particular parking lot near my house that was not plowed for years. The snow would fall, melt a little during the day, and then refreeze. Spent many evenings there.

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sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 2 years ago

But snow isn't particularly slippery, the only way that works properly is if there's a layer of ice underneath. So you need a warmish day with some rain, followed by a bitter cold night, followed by a dusting of fresh snow to really lose traction in a parking lot.

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Jiggle_Physics 23 points 2 years ago

It has been a long time since most of those places have been cold enough, long enough, to have a lake become that solidly frozen. It has been 30+ years since I have seen this happen in the mid atlantic.

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corsicanguppy 28 points 2 years ago

The water's really deep there, too, so it's riskier. Isn't that were the Titanic sunk?

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Zagorath 10 points 2 years ago

I think by "mid Atlantic" they mean a city in the US on the Atlantic coastline, but not the northern tip of the country, or the southern end. The mid part. But they're talking about lakes or rivers in those areas, not the ocean itself.

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ArtieShaw 8 points 2 years ago

I think there may have been a joke in there.

Or maybe not.

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sugar_in_your_tea 3 points 2 years ago

Nope, nobody jokes on the Internet. In fact, it's illegal.

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Drusas 2 points 2 years ago

I think you missed the joke.

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Jiggle_Physics 1 point 2 years ago

That's the north atlantic ocean

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Semi_Hemi_Demigod 7 points 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the mid Atlantic my entire life and have never driven on a frozen lake.

I do my donuts in parking lots that haven’t been salted or plowed yet.

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Jiggle_Physics 3 points 2 years ago

back in the 90s there was a couple times lakes in western PA/NY froze over enough people were out driving on them.

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Kolanaki 18 points 2 years ago

I was gonna ask "is there a term other than 'doing doughnuts' specifically for when it's on ice?" because I live where we don't drive on frozen lakes. 🤣

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sugar_in_your_tea 1 point 2 years ago

Where you live, you apparently add extra letters to "donut" for no reason.

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Kolanaki 2 points 2 years ago

They're nuts made of dough, not nuts made of do. 😌

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ace_of_based 2 points 2 years ago

Y'all need to try them nuts made of d's

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Dasus 16 points 2 years ago

Idk about the etymology of the American "whipping shitties", but seeing it's popular a saying in States where there have historically been Finns, I guess there could be a connection. Or not.

But in Finland we call it "ajaa paskarinkiä" "driving in a shit circle"

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JustinTheGM 15 points 2 years ago

We definitely whip shitties in WI, too.

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Adderbox76 11 points 2 years ago

Wait until they learn about parking your half-tonne on it, building a hut and sitting there fishing with some beers for hours.

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bluewing 2 points 2 years ago

And having your house warm enough to fish in your underwear while drinking said beer and fishing.

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samus12345 6 points 2 years ago

I've always heard it called that regardless of what you're driving on. I assumed it referred to the circle of tire tracks it leaves.

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MothmanDelorian 6 points 2 years ago

NJ here and at no point could you drive on lakes. It doesn't get that cold. Most of the winter you cannot skate on ponds.

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logos 3 points 2 years ago

You could a few years ago.

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MothmanDelorian 4 points 2 years ago

Where? I have lived here since the 1970s and 85% of the winter it would be dangerous to skate on most of the ponds let alone bring a car onto ice

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loopedcandle 6 points 2 years ago

Fellow NJ-ian here. I have definitely driven on frozen lakes when I was a stupid teenager. TBH they were more like tiny ponds though.

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logos 2 points 2 years ago

Well, within 100 mi of NJ and we raced motorcycles on them.

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MothmanDelorian 3 points 2 years ago

Motorcycles are lighter and 100 miles from NJ could place you in a much colder climate as you moght be in the mountains.

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Rhaedas 5 points 2 years ago

You know the old trope about how people in the South can't drive in snow? We do donuts on the roads unintentionally once the snow falls and refreezes to ice. No lake needed. I guess if you only have snow on the roads you have to seek out places where the car will slide around.

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sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 2 years ago

In the PNW, we don't get a lot of snow and it doesn't get cold enough to freeze lakes, but we do get plenty of black ice. Rain + tons of shade under evergreen trees can cause a lot of issues.

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Juice 4 points 2 years ago

Ripping donies

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TriflingToad 4 points 2 years ago

Am Floridian, can confirm. Istg every few months I learn something about cold places that's terrifying like 'black ice'

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Hikermick 4 points 2 years ago

Am from NE Ohio and have never heard people driving on frozen lakes except to ice fish. We would do donuts in large parking lots. Bonus if you do it with the windows down. Bumper skiing was another one. Ah to be young and insane again...

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SynopsisTantilize 4 points 2 years ago

Maryland can be included in this. We have parking lots...and empty roads...and neighborhoods....and intersections.

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CptOblivius 4 points 2 years ago

ND we use both. I can't even say what is more common.

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sugar_in_your_tea 4 points 2 years ago

North Dakota doesn't exist.

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Threeme2189 1 point 2 years ago

'Course it does, it's just left of East Dakota.

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Zeppo 3 points 2 years ago

I’ve heard people call doing a u-turn “whipping a shitty” and always thought it was a dumb term.

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wetsoggybread 4 points 2 years ago

I once heard it refered as 'bang a uey' from a relative from boston and it just sort of stuck

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conditional_soup 2 points 2 years ago

I much prefer "flip a bitch".

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HertzDentalBar 1 point 2 years ago

I prefer whip a bitch, or pull a nut

But I'm a bit of a sadist.

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LifeOfChance 2 points 2 years ago

Ripping shitties? Lol wtf Maine is way better, "ripping titties" and it makes more sense.

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ikidd 2 points 2 years ago

Ice fishing.

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