Comments on: Coat Check/Rental at MSP http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/ (And Sometimes Saint Paul) Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:02:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: katie http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-130 katie Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:32:43 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-130 It sounds like I made the right choice by going to Romania twice this winter instead of somewhere warm. It's much easier to just wear the coat than to carry it around. It sounds like I made the right choice by going to Romania twice this winter instead of somewhere warm. It’s much easier to just wear the coat than to carry it around.

]]> By: Stephen Gross http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-118 Stephen Gross Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:22:23 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-118 We should all email the folks at MSP (publicaffairs@mspmac.org) and request this! --Steve We should all email the folks at MSP (publicaffairs@mspmac.org) and request this!

–Steve

]]> By: Luke Francl http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-112 Luke Francl Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:25:25 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-112 This is a great idea. I just had to lug my coat all around Florida. On the day I returned, there was an 80 degree temperature differential! This is a great idea. I just had to lug my coat all around Florida. On the day I returned, there was an 80 degree temperature differential!

]]> By: Alexis http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-111 Alexis Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:55:55 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-111 Excellent idea. There's nothing more annoying than having to leave room in your carry-on for a 3/4-length Michael Kors, only to have the airline counter dude tell you it's now oversized and you now have to--gasp!--check your bag. Even though I've found that not checking it and just carrying the coat comes in handy in perpetually freezing-cold jet cabins, walking off the plane and into sunny Caribbean humidity lugging what then feels like a wooly dead animal is simply no picnic. Excellent idea. There’s nothing more annoying than having to leave room in your carry-on for a 3/4-length Michael Kors, only to have the airline counter dude tell you it’s now oversized and you now have to–gasp!–check your bag.

Even though I’ve found that not checking it and just carrying the coat comes in handy in perpetually freezing-cold jet cabins, walking off the plane and into sunny Caribbean humidity lugging what then feels like a wooly dead animal is simply no picnic.

]]> By: leif http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-110 leif Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:56:55 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-110 Aaron – Yeah man, when I went to San Fran a couple weeks ago, it was that Tuesday before the insanely cold Wednesday, except the weather for Insanely Cold Wednesday arrived just as I was walking out of my building to LRT. I was wearing a fleece and a light jacket and it was like 2 degrees. Walked five blocks and missed the train by 10 seconds. Cowered under one of those heat lamps for eight minutes. So, maybe there is a god after all. Joanna – I bet you were the talk of the town in Nicaragua. They'd probably never seen a parka before. Did little kids cry when you came down the street? Ed – I see you have marketing experience. I feel like a European just looking at the name. Makes me wanna get rid of my coat and chain-smoke 47 cigarettes. Aaron – Yeah man, when I went to San Fran a couple weeks ago, it was that Tuesday before the insanely cold Wednesday, except the weather for Insanely Cold Wednesday arrived just as I was walking out of my building to LRT. I was wearing a fleece and a light jacket and it was like 2 degrees. Walked five blocks and missed the train by 10 seconds. Cowered under one of those heat lamps for eight minutes. So, maybe there is a god after all.

Joanna – I bet you were the talk of the town in Nicaragua. They’d probably never seen a parka before. Did little kids cry when you came down the street?

Ed – I see you have marketing experience. I feel like a European just looking at the name. Makes me wanna get rid of my coat and chain-smoke 47 cigarettes.

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-109 Ed Kohler Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:27:46 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-109 The Smarte Carte people should do this. They're local. Give them a ring so they know where to send your check. It should be called Coate Checke. The Smarte Carte people should do this. They’re local. Give them a ring so they know where to send your check.

It should be called Coate Checke.

]]> By: Joanna http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-104 Joanna Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:08:04 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-104 Brilliant! I could have used that so many times. I went to Nicaragua in February once. It was -5 when I left here and 95 when I arrived there. I had a down parka and had to haul it all over the overheated landscape for the next three weeks. Brilliant! I could have used that so many times. I went to Nicaragua in February once. It was -5 when I left here and 95 when I arrived there. I had a down parka and had to haul it all over the overheated landscape for the next three weeks.

]]> By: Aaron http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-103 Aaron Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:54:05 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/02/coat-checkrental-at-msp/#comment-103 Good idea... I was going to suggest the storage lockers but they're only good for 48 hours? Damn. I think a lot of people though... if they park at the airport will leave their jacket in the car. If you're like me, I wear a light jacket - freeze my ass off at the light rail for a short but and then put it in my case. Good idea… I was going to suggest the storage lockers but they’re only good for 48 hours? Damn.

I think a lot of people though… if they park at the airport will leave their jacket in the car. If you’re like me, I wear a light jacket - freeze my ass off at the light rail for a short but and then put it in my case.

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