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Those of us in the snow-belt have to deal with iced-over car mirrors every time it snows or rains in the winter. Now a company called Mirror Mate Mitts is marketing a solution. Their product is a glove-like device that slips over the mirror when you park the car, preventing ice and frost from building up on it while the car sits outside in inclement weather. There’s even an attached strap that you insert into the car door to prevent theft. For $15 a pair, it’s a pretty good idea. And while writing this, we thought of an even better one: Why not tie one of those plastic grocery bags around your mirror? Same result, zero cost. Sometimes we’re so smart we scare ourselves.