Large scholarly birds.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jan 04, 2017 10:01:58 am PST #4955 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Jan 04, 2017 10:15:38 am PST #4956 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I know this is looks-ist, but I can't see emus as being very scholarly.
Burrell - Jan 04, 2017 10:44:03 am PST #4957 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I know I've been pretty lurkery lately, but can I get some hivemind advice? I have to go to Philly tomorrow for a work thing and, well, I'm a Californian so not a lot of cold weather clothes. My daylong meetings will all be in the hotel, so no worries there, but for coat options I have:
a barn coat - warm but, well, looks like it's a barn coat
car coat length trench with full lining - looks professional, but is it warm enough?
And for shoes, I was going to go with my hiking boots for outside as they serve well on mountains when not skiing, etc, but they can fill with ice and get slippery if there's slush. Seem okay, or courting disaster?
thanks in advance for any advice
Fred Pete - Jan 04, 2017 10:55:12 am PST #4958 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Burrell, I've done fine in DC winters (which is usually just a few degrees warmer than Philadelphia) with a lined trench coat, as long as it stays out of record low territory. DC over the next few days is supposed to be cold (by DC standards -- highs in the low 30s F) but not record-breaking, and dry.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2017 10:58:18 am PST #4959 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Two schools of thought on the coat: (a) You won't be outside much, if you're going airport-cab-hotel-cab-airport. (b) IT'S FREEZING!!!! And your work stuff will all be in the hotel?
I'd bring the warmest coat you have.
-t - Jan 04, 2017 10:59:13 am PST #4960 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They are dinosaurs that are still alive, Jesse, you think they can't be academic?
-t - Jan 04, 2017 11:02:42 am PST #4961 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'd go barn coat, Burrell. Who's going to see you? And I would guess lush is probably likely on sidewalks given my limited exposure to urban cold-weather - can you get Yaktrax or the like? [link]
Jesse - Jan 04, 2017 11:03:04 am PST #4962 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They are dinosaurs that are still alive, Jesse, you think they can't be academic?
I mean, maybe? [link]
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Jesse - Jan 04, 2017 11:04:03 am PST #4963 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And I would guess lush is probably likely on sidewalks given my limited exposure to urban cold-weather - can you get Yaktrax or the like?
There's nothing on the ground here, and I'm guessing nothing in Philly, either.
Burrell - Jan 04, 2017 11:04:19 am PST #4964 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Hmm, so warmest coat possible? Yipes, was worried about that. Should have tried to borrow a proper coat but I have been in a weird place lately and not good at reaching out to people.