Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phong: Just a little of the "creature," you don't want to screw up your focus. I go out shooting on weekends for 2-3 hours at a time in the sweater/jacket combo. That's a long enough session for me. But, I am going to check out the Army/Navy store for the mittens with the velcro finger cover part as suggested earlier today. Jim Phong wrote: > > Hi Jim, > I have been living in the Northeast of the US for more than 25 years (ouch!). > I just don't have any "real" winter clothes to walk around for extended > lengths of time. My outdoors exposure is confined mostly to walking from my > car to my office and back again. I have a feeling I will be doing a lot of > outdoors photography this winter so decided to gear myself up. Thanks for the > tip re. alcohol :-) > > - Phong > > On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:46:22 -0500 Jim Hemenway <jim@hemenway.com> wrote: > > > Phong: > > > > I had thought that you had been in my > > neighborhood for years... are you > > a New England newbie just this year? > > > > Whomever has told you that it's as cold here as > > Minnesota was being a > > bit disingenuous. > > > > We occasionally get some 5 degree days and > > nights in December but the > > rest of the winter is usually between 20-30++ > > degrees during the day. > > > > My son, (21) has one of those extra warm winter > > parkas, aka "pahk-ah" > > and never uses it, just goes out in a lined > > leather jacket. > > > > I get by pretty well with a pair of thinsulate > > gloves, a pair of LL Bean > > type boots when it's wet, and an irish sweater > > with a light jacket or > > just a ski jacket. > > > > That and a "drop of the creature" and you'll be > > plenty warm. > > > > Some say that alcohol only makes you feel > > warm(er) but then I ask, "if > > that's the case, what's the difference." > > > > -- > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > > > > > > > on 11/21/02 12:33 PM, Phong at > > phongdoan@mindspring.com wrote: > > > > > > > I just realize how woefully ill-prepared I > > am to deal with the outdoors in the > > > > wintertime at this latitude (Boston), and > > would greatly appreciate tips and > > > > advices on winter clothing, and other > > photographic matters. Something that is > > > > also relatively inconspicuous in a > > cosmopolitan, urban setting. In > > > > particluar, I would appreciate specifics > > for a parka/3-quarter coat. > > > > > > > > Much obliged, > > > > > > > > - Phong > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html