Wow - thanks for all the great advice! We have gotten a lot of the "why-would-you-go-all-the-way-to-DC-to-be-cold-for-10-hours-and-not-hear-or-see-anything-when-you-could-watch-it-in-the-heated-comfort-of-your-own-home-for-free" response from friends here. I have an answer for that, but suffice it to say that we want to be there (I suspect that feeling may be challanged at times during the adventure, but we are sticking with it). I will have my TiVo set on two different channels on two different TV sets each so I can watch the details I missed when I get home.
We have heard a lot about hats - I happen to have Obama-lable ski type hats for everyone, but we have our regular ski hats too in case those prove to be more decorative than functional. The hoodie sweatshirt sounds like a good idea, as do the fleece gloves (I will by pass the fashionable leather gloves). I am leaning towards going with sneakers and several pairs of heavy socks that I can change out if they get wet, but I have heard a lot of advice along the lines that we will be miserable if our feet out cold and wet. I suspect my wife and daughters will go with boots and my son and I will go with sneakers. We have done a lot of reserach on what they let you bring; one problem is the rules are different for the mall than they are for the parade (where the rules are more strict). We no longer need a stroller, but we will want a backpack, which may be a problem in some places. It seems that the less you bring the easier it will be to get into certain areas, but the less you bring the more likley you are to die from starvation, dehydration or exposure. We are staying with friends about 15 minutes a way in suburban Maryland, but that won't help as a warming station when it will take hours to get through various Metro and security lines. We will have our Metro cards in advance, but even so we are planning on leaving the house very early in the morning, with a hope of actually being in place on the mall around 11:00. I think the idea is that that heat geneated by hundreds of thousands of farting, belching, coughing Liberals should be enough to keep everyone from freezing to death. I am telling my people to pee before they leave and not drink anything untill after the ceremony. Thanks again for the advice. I still wonder how anyone actually lives under these kinds of conditions (I was born in Michigan, but have lived in California since I was 2 years old, so no, I don't really remember much of what it was like). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
