Nick told me I should record some of the weird things my dad says and make a twitter out of it, like some dude currently does and make lots of money.
I’m not going to do that, but I thought I’d start a new segment here on Alon’s Salon, titled “Replies from Alon’s Dad Pt1.”. In this first segment, Alon’s dad will tackle the powerful topics of head injuries, as well as the complex technique of pouring water on a car’s windshield. Enjoy.
Alon:
todya i hit my head super hard on my car (the right side middle)
i looked up the symptoms for concussoin, and u have to have passed out briefly, so i’m ok for that. However right now i feel a bit out of it and sort of stupid…it doens’t hurt but i could tell something is not as comfortable as usual…i think it’s ok though?
Dad’s Reply:
i don’t know what is with our children. Little one fell on the stairs yesterday almost killed herself, now you…
It must be mom’s genes.
I think you should be ok, thanks to creator for putting our stupid brains inside protective shell 
It happens to the best of us though, i did it too
On a serious note though (don’t get mad, i am not trying to make fun of you) – next time buy a bigger car.
1. It makes harder for punks to run over the roof as it is high
2. Less opportunities to hit your head
3. I don’t even want to elaborate on the case if you roll over in the accident.
Alon:
so how do i properly defrost the window when icy? i don’t understand your technique when you describe it
dad’s reply:
the technique is simple
time x “hot water”
When you poor hot water in big amounts but quickly, it re-freezes.
It is function of time
You need to expose window to hot water longer
In order to do that with the same amount of water, instead of pooring it, you splash it, several times with interval between splashes
So you splash one half, then another half, then side mirror and window, then come back to windshield and splash it again… with time interval passed while you were splashing other areas. Then you wait (count to 3) and splash again and wait and splash.
Each area should be splashed more than twice with time in between.
Time allows entire windshield to sort of absorb the heat, or get used to…
another reasoning behind sparaying, also a precaution against pooring large amounts of hot water quickly…
If you heat up half of the glass while other half is cold, difference in temperature may cause different expansion/contraction resulting in a crack, I haven’t seen this happen, but it is basic phisics.
….so i try to spray onto entire windshield evenly as quickly as possible, and as little as possible (spraying small amounts).. initially… and repeatedly with short time intervals. This ensures more gradual temperature change and more even across the windshield
