@sjvn you may be interested in some our snowplough names in Scotland

@sjvn the obvious OT (beer):
https://untappd.com/b/nils-oscar-ctrl-alt-delete/123501#google_vignette

@sjvn reminds me of this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv80mxry1o
UK vote to call leaf clearing train "Ctrl Alt Deleaf"

@sjvn https://shows.acast.com/thebugle/episodes/spready-mercury that is all

@sjvn Gritter Thunberg is one of my favourites 😄

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@sjvn The children get to pick the names in Vermont. Here's the list. I wonder if "Ice will pay the price" is still on the road.

https://vtrans.vermont.gov/name-a-plow

@sjvn Using this, you’ll see no snow on your screen.

(Well, you wouldn’t with a digital signal anyway, but you get the idea.
(—snowmansplainer)

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The Scots do this, too, I understand.

https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker

@sjvn 😅 Perfect.

@sjvn Can’t tell if that’s ours, but we have a Ctrl-Salt-Delete here in #Chicago. Some of my other favorites: Sears Plower, Da Plow, Sleet Home Chicago, and Mrs. O’Leary’s Plow. (That last one only makes sense if you know the story about Mrs. O’Leary‘s cow.)

@sjvn I'm still upset not one of mine made it to the finals for Portland

https://mastodon.online/@PizzaDemon/113824531590077726

@sjvn There needs to be a canonical list of all of the snowplow / salt truck names in the USA and Canada. Every year they have contests to name new ones.

@sjvn I drove 6 hours last week what normaly takes 3 hours at the most! But I'm rolling on the floor right now, to Charlie's dismay!

@sjvn Scotland’s gritters and snow plows also have great names. Double Snow 7, You Only Grit Ice, Han Snow-Lo, Salt Disney, I Want to Break Freeze, Don’t Go Grittin My Heart, Gritty McGrit Face, etc… 😁 https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker

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Many Canadian cities have contests to name their snowplows. Here are some winners:
Anita Shovel
Gordie Plow
Blizzard of Oz
Darth Blader
Betty Whiteout
Sir Plows-A-Lot
Pillsbury Plowboy
Sled Zepplin
Buzz Ice-Clear
Qunuk (Inuit for snowflake)
Flurrious George
School’s Not Cancelled
Snobi One Kenobi
Sleetwood Mac
Plowy McPlowface
CTRL-SALT-DELETE
Clearopathra
The Big Leplowski
Plowasaurus

@sjvn You can still submit names for this year's contest! https://www.dot.state.mn.us/nameasnowplow/ (Ctrl-Salt-Delete won in 2021/22)

@sjvn Hahaha I quite like that one!

@sjvn I got up to show this photo to my husband & he turned his laptop around to show the *exact same* picture to me! 🤣