It's the day when ice covered everything, some of it turned slushy, some still slick.

E, who is in his 70s, wants to get himself a soda at the corner store.

C says, "Don't go, bad weather, I'm telling you."

E looks out and sees a dindu walking in it, "If he can do it, I can."

"He can climb tree, you can't"

"What do you mean?"

"You can climb on wife, maximum, not tree."

I add understandingly, "A tree might be easier and more willing."

E grins, "I'll climb a coconut tree..."