Umbrella vs. Raincoat
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
Putting on a grimy raincoat can be a bit of a pain. Also when you get to wherever you are going you have this dripping, mangled coat that nobody wants to take from you. An umbrella you just shake dry. Plus a good raincoat costs more than an umbrella. You want one that is breathable unless you don't mind sweating up a storm. If you are wearing a nice suit you don't want it crumbled, smeated or dirtied by a raincoat. In really bad weather though you are right, umbrellas don't work. But most of the time an umbrella is fine. p.s. I am a coat man though :) regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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You get thrown in jail for using your skin only in wet weather :) regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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As soon as starts raining, most street merchants here will start selling cheap/discardable raincoats for around US$1. Since summer rains are very strong, it's a common practice use both umbrellas and raincoats. But, if it's weekend, I just *love* to take the rain on a hot day, it brings me back memories from my childhood. I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
Daniel Turini wrote: As soon as starts raining, most street merchants here will start selling cheap/discardable raincoats for around US$1. Our merchants just get a dazed look in their eyes like deer in your headlights. Probably because all the rain comes in a few months a year.... and the weather prediction that morning said 20% chance of rain... Mini-umbrella under the seat of my car. But I never take it into work, unless it is downpouring when I arrive. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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You get thrown in jail for using your skin only in wet weather :) regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
Gore-Tex all-weather superjacket. Umbrellas irritate me, especially when short people walk down the street on a narrow pavement with them.
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Could be, could be. Not much under those kilts anyway. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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Could be, could be. Not much under those kilts anyway. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
Paul Watson wrote: Not much under those kilts anyway. That could be taken as an insult Paul.
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Paul Watson wrote: Not much under those kilts anyway. That could be taken as an insult Paul.
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Only an inadequate man would take it as an insult. A proud Scot would take it as the truth, balls to the wind you know. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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You mean... she isn't? :wtf: Somehow I find it difficult to imagine Anna (or for that matter, anybody) stepping out of the house on a rainy day carrying an umbrella and wearing a bikini. :~ Cheers, Vikram.
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
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Surely a clear PVC raincoat wouldn't hide anything? :-D -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
Clear PVC? How tacky!! If I ever get into PVC believe me it will be black. With 4" healed boots to match.... :-D Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
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I don't melt. My clothes don't waterspot. I don't wear anything thin enough to go transparent when wet. Why bother with either.
Because clients don't appreciate you sitting in their chairs with wet pants. Nither is it fun sitting in a cinema for two hours with wet pants. And you won't get a bank loan if you meet your bank manager in wet pants. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
I have an umbrella in the car, under my desk, and at the house. I very rarely use any of them, but it good to know they're there. It's much easier to for me to carry an umbrella if I need it, than keep a raincoat around. Especially considering I'm not in the rain very long if it is raining. BW
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Because clients don't appreciate you sitting in their chairs with wet pants. Nither is it fun sitting in a cinema for two hours with wet pants. And you won't get a bank loan if you meet your bank manager in wet pants. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
Paul Watson wrote: Nither is it fun sitting in a cinema for two hours with wet pants. I always thought that was extra evaporative cooling. I guess when it is 100f outside after the rain you take any way you can to get cool. But then, I go to the cinema more often as an excuse to get cool at that point. The other two I agree completely. I love rain and get somewhat childish in the rain (on my time), but when I know I am seeing the General or a Customer that day, I take a lot more precautions over gettign rained on. Plus offering an umbrella to a Customer is never a bad thing. Generally they don't pack umbrellas to visit New Mexico, and they are too often shocked to wake up to a clear sky warm temps, and end the day with black skies, lightning, thunder and localized downpours that will soak you rapidly. Or confused that they can see the rain soaking half a building and hurry in the dry side to safety as the curtain of rain slowly walks across the landscape. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
When I was a kid, it was a raincoat. I think my parents were worried we'd play swordfight with the umbrellas (which of course we would). As a grownup - I always misplace my umbrellas so more often than not, I'm getting wet.
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
...but if you really need to be out walking, a good raincoat is essential. Umbrellas are for stowing in the glove box of your car, so as to keep you more or less dry while you're walking into whatever building you drove to.
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
I use both for better effect.
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
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How many of you use raincoats over umbrellas on a rainy day? I have seen more people using umbrellas but it doesn't protect well if the weather is very bad. It is also more troublesome to carry around than a raincoat. To me, i still prefer using an umbrella probably because raincoats has always been a childhoood thing/memory to me. Are raincoats only for kids? :~ Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
