Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.

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2008-01-08 2:52 PM

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Subject: Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.
My jacket as like a sanctuary in a storm. I could live in it through the nastiest of weather. I could be far away from my wife and daughter and home, and still feel safe in the quite solitude of my beloved jacket. Last February it had to get cut off me by the ER staff when I got in a fight with a tree and I've felt like something was missing since then. I bought a cheap shell in the spring to be a summer rain jacket/wind breaker, but it never felt right.

I finally bought a replacement with gift cards I got for Christmas, It just got delivered by brown santa and it is like I have my home away from home again.

No one seems to understand my feelings for my jacket, but without a good one I could never stand the awful weather that brings the best skiing, and that makes it an important piece of clothing to me.

Thanks for letting me gush.

2008-01-08 2:54 PM
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Subject: RE: Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.
Welcome home Dave
2008-01-08 2:56 PM
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Subject: RE: Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.
Glad to see you have a home again - now stay away from those trees!
2008-01-09 8:52 AM
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Subject: RE: Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.
Pics? What kind is it?

I have to agree with you though. The proper shell and liner combos are OH SO GOOD.
2008-01-09 9:24 AM
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Subject: RE: Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.

Welcome home.  Next time a tree jumps in front of you with an attitude and challenges you to a fight, it’s okay to look it straight in the knots and go around.

2008-01-09 11:00 AM
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Subject: RE: Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.
matt3liv - 2008-01-09 8:52 AM

Pics? What kind is it?

I have to agree with you though. The proper shell and liner combos are OH SO GOOD.


Funny thing is, the old one was a really high end North Face shell. I wanted to replace it with an Arc'teryx, but couldn't swing that much money right now.

Ended up getting an EMS jacket with all the features I wanted except it is not Gore Tex XCR. But the hood fits over my helmet which is a bonus.

I still need to replace the Mountain Hardware windstopper vest that was under my shell.



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2008-01-09 11:01 AM
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Subject: RE: Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.
tupuppy - 2008-01-09 9:24 AM

Welcome home. Next time a tree jumps in front of you with an attitude and challenges you to a fight, it’s okay to look it straight in the knots and go around.



Now I carry a chainsaw in my pack.
2008-01-09 11:02 AM
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Subject: RE: Been homeless for 11 months, I'm home again.
Nice jacket and welcome home
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