What is your favorite life hack?

[Jolly Blue Giant]

Speaking of snow, when a storm is predicted, you should put your windshield wipers up so that they don't freeze on your car.

Plus something I have always done. Again, if we were expecting a decent snow, I always move my car closer to the street, in my driveway, so that there will be less to shovel in order to get the car out. It is easier to just make a path to the car and then move the car up and I have a nice area with no snow to shovel.

I put my wipers up whenever it's forecasted to be below 35 degrees. Chipping ice and snow from a frozen wiper ruins the rubber strip much quicker than normal

But it reminds me of another life hack I learned from a bus mechanic. When wipers start streaking, instead of clearing in a nice smooth/clear manner, it means the edge of the rubber is deteriorating. Take a cloth and pour rubbing alcohol on it and wipe the degraded rubber from the wipers. It really works

[Sem]

Not all life hacks are a good idea.   My neighbor (who is an XXXXXXX) tried to get clever before the last snowstorm (3 inches of snow plus freezing rain and sleet).  He put a huge tarp down on his driveway. 

He was none to happy when he discovered he couldn't move a tarp with hundreds and hundreds of pounds of snow and ice on it.  Plus, he couldn't use his snowblower out of fear of pulling in the tarp.   He had a bit of a project clearing enough snow off his tarp so he could finally remove it.

   Stupid is as stupid does.