On Sun, 30 Jun 1996, Greg Earle wrote:
} >>>> Yeah, but it was so *cold* by then. [...]
} >>>
} >>> Damn right it was cold! It never (and I mean never) gets that cold in
} >>> Tucson, even in the dead of our so-called winter.
} >>
} >> If I hear one more wimp whinge and moan about how "cold" it was at Organic,
} >> I'll scream. I was in shirt sleeves the entire time, right until we left
} >> at 5:30 or so. Never even put on my pullover. The air was incredibly calm
} >
} > Greg, you left so early!! You should have toughed it out until 7!!
}
} Uh, it usually gets *warmer* after sunrise ... as for leaving, I was willing
} to stay but the other half was exhausted (we got there at 5 PM, I think
} nearly 13 hours standing is enough for most anyone). Plus, like I said, The
} Orb were annoying me. Making us wait at least an hour before they came on
} like Prima Donas was bad enough; but aimlessly wanking about for eons between
} actual "songs" (sometimes the between-track noise could have been called
} "Sounds from runway 4-R, 120 db") was a little too much for me after a while.
}
} > That's the only reason I mentioned the weather, if you were from Tucson,
} > you'd understand. Calling someone a wimp who drove 500 miles each way,
} > that morning, to see this event; and then stayed until the Sun was
} > peaking (no matter how cold it got!) is rather harsh in my opinion.
}
} Wimpiness has nothing to do with the drive. If I go to an all-night event
} in shorts and a t-shirt and never need to put on a sweater or a pullover
} (much less long pants), I hardly think that qualifies as "cold". It's not
} like as if there were ski parkas, gloves and ear muffs bustin' out all over,
} y'know? :-)
Granted I'm from Arizona also, but I think that in the wee hours (around
3am) at that Organic show it was considered 'cold'. I don't where you
were looking in the crowd, but I saw plenty of people wearing jackets and
even a few 'whimps' wearing ear muffs. Where are you from? If you
weren't the least bit cold dressed in shorts and a short sleeved shirt
than either you are from the far north or you were born with fur covering
your body.8) So which is it?
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