r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Feb 18 '25

Place Flooded Detroit Neighborhood Turn into Ice

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u/drhuggables Feb 18 '25

Ice skates

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u/LeftHandedScissor Feb 19 '25

I heard they do that on the canals in Ottawa

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u/PhantomDelorean Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

I mean if the canal is frozen why not? It is the first time in years it has been.

That damn canal really spoiled me for skating, imagine your first memories of skating aren't a circle but actually going somewhere? I got Mexican, put on my skates, got a hot cocoa and a beaver tail, kept skating and saw ice sculptures.

Just a great day.

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u/Working_Box1510 Feb 19 '25

Beaver tail?

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u/PhantomDelorean Feb 19 '25

Fried bread dough. I like the lemon cinnamon one. Winter's ice cream.

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u/CJKatz Feb 19 '25

It's like an elephant ear. Big flat fried bread, usually with powdered sugar on top. Sold at carnivals and the like.

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u/Mojomckeeks Feb 19 '25

Last year was the first year on record it didn’t open

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u/PhantomDelorean Feb 19 '25

We got 10 days last year, it was 2023 that got nothing. This looks like our first strong season since 2022 and it has been a gamble for years.

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u/Mojomckeeks Feb 19 '25

Damn I thought it was the other way around.

Regardless it is the best in years. But to say it hasn’t been frozen in years is kinda misleading.

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u/foo_mar_t Feb 19 '25

Can confirm. Used to skate to the beer store from the university.

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u/Gingerbread_Cat Feb 19 '25

I read that as bear store and was wildly impressed.

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u/Kentucky_Fried_Chill Feb 19 '25

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

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u/405freeway Feb 19 '25

Ice can't skate, it's not a ghost