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Ice pants! The mind boggles.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, I'm really putting off taking a shower because there are going to be moments of extreme coldness involved, I just know it.

I'll bet Kenan and Jesse's apartments are nice and toasty, though.

xp - Old Timer's is just under two blocks east of the State/Lake brown orange green purple pink line station.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I bet my apartment is toasty, too, though I wasn't in it this morning. I was going to go buy a wrench this afternoon to turn the heat off in my bedroom, but I think that can wait another day. WOOF it's cold today.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

So, I'm assuming TT is at Old Timers today, huh? Maybe we could find somewhere just a little cozier?

I'm up for going anywhere, I've got a full compliment of Carhartts today and am pretty much impervious to the cold.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

(Though I am going to the new location of Leve| 0ptica| to pick out frames today and that'd be v. convenient to Old Timerz.)

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

EZ on WBEZ now.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Two quotes about smoking from all-time masters of the aphorism:

1. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want? (Oscar Wilde)

2. To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I’ve done it a thousand times. (Mark Twain)

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Heard it! When he said he couldn't play guitar "like a normal person" I had to larf.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I got in to work literally JUST IN TIME to hear the piece. Whew.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

DAMMIT I just missed Eric. Fudge.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

What could be more convenient, cozy or loving than Old Timer's? I have been looking forward to a greeled cheese and beerz since I woke up. Also, I brought cookies. For everyone.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

At least I hope there are enough for everyone. There should be enough for everyone to have at least one. That should distribute the poison evenly.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I have been looking forward to a greeled cheese and beerz since I woke up. Also, I brought cookies. For everyone.

Damn that sounds like a lovely evening.

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I've got a full compliment of Carhartts today

Moi aussi. Another big shout-out to the kind folks who gave me this big-ass coat and these crazy warm gloves. You know who you are. :)

A couple days ago I was leaving work wearing this coat, and one of the girls said, "Carhartt? Way to go, farmboy." And I was like, "Laugh if you want to, but one day I'm going to be warm and you're not." I think today is that day. (She was wearing Uggs at the time, and I thought about making a joke about Trixies, but thought better of it. Besides, they do look warm.)

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Cf also "But in the morning, I'll be sober..."?

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I think dry, 16 degree days (hey! It's warmed up!) are the perfect days for Uggs. I don't even get irritated at their existence on days like today - they DO look warm! Plus nobody who can afford Uggs and isn't crazy would wear them with shorts or a miniskirt on a day like today.

You hear that, Ugg-wearing people of the world? You have my blessing!

(Similarly, I saw a young woman working at Intelligentsia on Jackson wearing black Crocs (sans holes) and they seemed like a logical and nice-looking choice for her situation. Am I getting soft???)

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

they DO look warm!

That's what I'm talking about!!

What are Carhartts? I thought it was a coat, based on context clues, but then I don't get what "I've got a full compliment of Carhartts today" means...?

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link

It's a brand of hearty outerwear. Think Dickies.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Think Dickies.

You know that's not going to help him any.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

You know what's funny, Kenan? One of my coworkers asked me why I was wearing such a "light jacket" today. It's the heaviest, warmest coat I've ever had! Also, the toughest.

xpost: They do make coats, but they also make jeans (a flannel-lined pair of which I am wearing today) and hats (somehow I have three of the and) as well as other "work" clothing. So: hat, coat, jeans = full compliment. I wish they made boots, they'd be unstoppable.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

They kick Dickies' ass up and down the street. Or the construction site, whatever.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Dry is better for Uggs, def, but they still get dirty and I find that people still tend to shuffle around in them w/o picking up feets. Plus let's face it: I like drinking the haterade. I am pro Crocs, tho!

XP: They also make one-piece work/snowsuits! Good for snowmobiling, sitting in deer blinds, and lying on the frozen ground to fix cars.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

(somehow I have three of the and)

fixed: (somehow I have three of these and wore one today)

xpost: My dad got one for Xmas the other year, he wears it to blow snow and chop wood and stuff. It's the baddest-ass snowsuit ever.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish they made boots, they'd be unstoppable.

That site Jenny linked to looked like it has socks that would make boots almost superfluous.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Ok. Old Timers it is. I forgot about the grilled cheese (!). Also, I'm excited about cookies.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link

True about the shuffling and the dirty. I guess I'm just all about situationally appropriate clothing. I'm also more forgiving when weather extremes demand drastic wardrobe measures. I would be more scornful of someone wearing sling back pumps today than someone wearing Uggs.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

There's something to the farmboy = warm thing, I think. One of the warmest pieces of clothing I ever had was a hoodie I bought for $20 in the middle of bumfuck Kansas. It was, like, triple lined. It was as warm as a coat. I loved that thing. Someone stole it out of my laundry.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I had a similarly warm, equally loved, and eventually stolen or lost lined Carhart hoodie.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I almost bought a Carhartts coat last week! It was like a jacket/hoodie. A joodie. Hacket. It was a black work coat with the hoodie-pouch and an attached hood, I looked forever to find one in a regular size and then decided it just didn't look good on me (big boxy shoulders, huge hood, elastic on the ends of the sleeves, etc.).

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

i have had the same Carhartt hoodie for....ten years?? best ever.

grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

once i put it on, actually, i will have on a full complement of Carhartt outerwear.

grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

You know that's not going to help him any.

Ha, but all I know of Dickies is that they make jeans and workshirts popular among skaters and rockabilly dudes. Do they make outerwear, too?

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

This was the jacket:

http://image.bizrate.com/resize?sq=160&uid=400997308&mid=71828

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

As long as basically graceful mobility is still possible, I am so in favor of situationally inappropriate clothing! If it's simply impossible to walk on the ice in anything but crampons, then crampons it is...but if it's just the cold, I would be so proud of someone wearing slingbacks well and showing no pain. RESPECT YO.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

those things are stupid warm, Jordan. every 'neck in town owns one

xp

grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Carhartt is not so good for winter sports tho. I've found their stuff can be too warm.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link

very true

good for winter standing.

grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, which makes it perfect bus stop attire. Or driving a slow tractor, which was probably the original idea. But I'm all about perfect bus stop attire.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link

What time is everyone getting at Old Timers? I can be there pretty early (I get out of work at 4:30).

Calico (calico), Thursday, 7 December 2006 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I might get the 5 o'clock, but I've heard good things about the 7, too.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 7 December 2006 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I should be at OT sometime between 4:30 and 5:30 (when the eye doctor closes), it all depends on how fast I find some good frames.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I will probably not be there any earlier than 6, since I had to reschedule my Tuesday class for tonight. I'll be at Madison and Wabash until 5:45 and then I guess I will find some way to get to Lake. Brown line?

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 7 December 2006 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Is anyone familiar with a rock n' roll combo called the Zutons? I've heard the same song on college radio three times in the last week and I like it.

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 7 December 2006 17:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll probably be there at 6:30.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link

JC -- name rings a bell but couldn't tell you anything about them.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 December 2006 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't make TT tonight. :( I was looking forward to F/M/K.

horseshoe (horseshoe), Thursday, 7 December 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Raise a glass for me, and wish me success on my legal ethics final tomorrow!

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 7 December 2006 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

So to get a headcount, I see Sarah, Dan, John and myself raising glasses to Jenny in absentia?

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 7 December 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse said yesterday that he's in, too.

What about husbands/fiances/etc? EZ? Kev? (I'm kind of worried he might be frozen solid in his heaterless apartment)

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 7 December 2006 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link


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