Is still alive
Stuck in the ice this morning in my street (apparently we only pay for the gritters to do the main roads, and have no budget for provision of sand boxes either but hey ho), twenty minutes I found myself moved from one side of the kerb to the other (several buckets of warm water and salt later)
One neighbour came out, with a spade and tried to help, pushing me along. A second neighbour came out pushed me along a bit, the other dug the ice up and pushed me. Another twenty minutes later I was free
Yay to the neighbours - shouldn't be surprised by this, but I shockingly I am