When you go to a game...

FourBear · 09-07-2006, 08:59 PM

What is the best way to stay warm? It is almost always cold up here (in the NE) by the time football season is well underway. How do you keep from freezing (especially in the snow)?

inSTAALed · 09-07-2006, 09:01 PM

Don't have to worry about that down here in North Carolina

In Ohio, though -

1) lots of clothing
2) chili and other good warm tailgate food
3) bring heater to tailgate
4) bring a blanket or something to put on the seats or something

I dunno, it's too warm here.

Katmandu · 09-07-2006, 10:13 PM

Here in NY, we layer our clothing and drink hot chocolate (rather than coffee or tea).

At the tailgate party, drink alcohol - lowers the body temperature so you don't feel the cold and eat chili or beef stew.

kelkat · 09-07-2006, 11:14 PM

You take someone with you to keep you warm. A nice blanket to sit on and one to cover up with, someone to snuggle, and some hot coffee!

solar · 09-08-2006, 08:05 AM

layers...a "heat seat"...and a blanket..keep your hands covered....and ears...they'll feel the cold first.

-thoma- · 09-09-2006, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by FourBear

What is the best way to stay warm? It is almost always cold up here (in the NE) by the time football season is well underway. How do you keep from freezing (especially in the snow)?

I live in NE too, and I usually just eat some kind of warm food before the game while tailgating like chili or hot sausage or something like that. Then, I usually just bring in a sweatshirt/coat and a hat, and sometimes gloves if it is really that cold.

PredsFan77 · 09-09-2006, 12:16 PM

Don't go. I sell those tickets.

19nazzy · 09-09-2006, 02:20 PM

Move to Canada. Experience real cold. Go back to New England. Then things won't seem as cold. :P

Just do the sweater/gloves/ear muffs thing.

FourBear · 09-09-2006, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 19nazzy

Move to Canada. Experience real cold.

I live about 1 hour from Canada

Sure, not the coldest, but close.

Great ideas, especially since I'm a fan of chili. Drinking alcohol isn't the greatest idea, though...you feel warm because the alcohol makes your blood flow to your skin more, meanwhile your core body temp drops. A good quick fix, but not a great permanent way to stay warm

-thoma- · 09-09-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 19nazzy

Move to Canada. Experience real cold. Go back to New England. Then things won't seem as cold. :P

Just do the sweater/gloves/ear muffs thing.

It depends where you are in Canada. In Montreal and those areas its actually not that colder than in NH or MA at all. In summer it's actually sometimes hotter there.

Big Blue · 09-10-2006, 11:44 AM

Most of the heat lost from your body is from your extremities. Keep the head/ears and hands warm. My secret to keeping your feet warm; bring a styrofoam cooler lid. Instead of having your feet resting on the ice cold concrete that stadiums are made of rest them on the insulated cooler top. It works.

Also, find out which is the sunny side of the stadium and sit there. At Giants Stadium it's the Giants side of the field. Always found it funny that the visiting team sideline gets hardly any sun.

Who Dat? · 09-12-2006, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by PredsFan77

Don't go. I sell those tickets.

QFT

tater03 · 09-13-2006, 02:49 PM

I dress in layers. tons of them. Even when i do this i am always still freezing. I'm a freeze baby to begin with.

Brown_23 · 09-13-2006, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kelkat

You take someone with you to keep you warm. A nice blanket to sit on and one to cover up with, someone to snuggle, and some hot coffee!

Agreed. Clothing and a tasty sidekick is the best way to get the job done.

FourBear · 09-13-2006, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Blue

Also, find out which is the sunny side of the stadium and sit there. At Giants Stadium it's the Giants side of the field. Always found it funny that the visiting team sideline gets hardly any sun.

Interesting observation. I wonder if they do that on purpose...? Tell me, do the fans on that side look like they are shivering? haha.

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19nazzy Backup Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 84 vCash: 1975 NFL Team: San Francisco 49ers NCAA Team: BYU Cougars	Move to Canada. Experience real cold. Go back to New England. Then things won't seem as cold. :P Just do the sweater/gloves/ear muffs thing. __________________

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Big Blue Gigantes Baby!!! Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 252 vCash: 2000 NFL Team: New York Giants NCAA Team: Michigan Wolverines	Most of the heat lost from your body is from your extremities. Keep the head/ears and hands warm. My secret to keeping your feet warm; bring a styrofoam cooler lid. Instead of having your feet resting on the ice cold concrete that stadiums are made of rest them on the insulated cooler top. It works. Also, find out which is the sunny side of the stadium and sit there. At Giants Stadium it's the Giants side of the field. Always found it funny that the visiting team sideline gets hardly any sun. __________________

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inSTAALed Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Holly Springs, NC Age: 17 Posts: 1 vCash: 2000 NFL Team: Carolina Panthers NCAA Team: Ohio State Buckeyes	Don't have to worry about that down here in North Carolina In Ohio, though - 1) lots of clothing 2) chili and other good warm tailgate food 3) bring heater to tailgate 4) bring a blanket or something to put on the seats or something I dunno, it's too warm here.

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Katmandu Backup Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 33 vCash: 2000	Here in NY, we layer our clothing and drink hot chocolate (rather than coffee or tea). At the tailgate party, drink alcohol - lowers the body temperature so you don't feel the cold and eat chili or beef stew.

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kelkat Starter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 184 vCash: 2000	You take someone with you to keep you warm. A nice blanket to sit on and one to cover up with, someone to snuggle, and some hot coffee!

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PredsFan77 Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 915 vCash: 2000 NFL Team: Tennessee Titans NCAA Team: South Carolina Gamecocks	Don't go. I sell those tickets.

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tater03 Starter Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 209 vCash: 2000	I dress in layers. tons of them. Even when i do this i am always still freezing. I'm a freeze baby to begin with.

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