Cant you hide a bottle in your jacket going in?
Its possible as I saw some people there that managed it. But they patted everyone down going in. Wasnt a very thorough pat down. but they did pat you down.
We got there about 4:00 and hung out doing the tailgating thing. My son and whole bunch of his friends were also going so we hooked up before hand so we could all park in the same general area.
Fired up the BBQ then feasted on beer, Sausage sandwiches. Hamburgers, hot dogs, And a big ol bottle of Hennessy Cognac one of my sons buddies brought. Was a good time but flipping COLD. didnt venture far from the fires cept to take a leak and to go in for the game where it was even COLDER.
But I finally had an excuse to wear these super insulated Feild & stream boots my wife got me a couple Christmases ago. That feel like your walking in giant pillows and kinda look like something a lunar astronaut might wear. Glad I did. It was the one part on me that actually stayed warm. and I only wore one pair of socks.
How cold was it?
I was wearing the boots described above.
1 pair of long johns bottoms and tops.
1 pair of heavy flannel sweat pants 1 pair of jeans.
Long john thermal top, Tshirt, Sweat shirt. Hooded Sweat jacket, heavy winter jacket.
One pair of very thick wool gloves I picked up at Home Depot a few years ago. Best gloves I've ever owned. Too bad. Because, as usual. whenever I find something at Home Depot I like. They stop selling it.
Anyway. all of that and I was still getting cold. Wasnt too bad when I was moving around. But sitting there during the game.. it got COLD.
Was worse for my son and his friends as they had upper level seats.
Fortunately the Jets blew the Bengals out and we left after the start of the third quarter.
As usual there were a few nuts by us about 20 feet away wearing no shirts. 3 to be exact. All hooting and hollering whooping it up.
Couldnt help but keep my eye on them. Watching them gradually get colder. Eventually all three submitted to wearing gloves. which made them look even more idiotic.
they were good for about the first quarter which went by pretty quickly. Then you could see the cold set in on two of them. One shivering more and more. Halftime rolled around and that was the last I saw of those two. They didnt come back. The third one. Well, he may still be there for all I know. Last I saw him was after my buddy said he was ready to leave after the start of the 3rd quarter. blowing into his gloved hands. still shirtless. His skin a bright pink from the cold.
He's got a bigger set hang'n then I do. Or he's just that stupid..maybe both. LOL.
As for the Beer. I didnt even want any. Frikken hot chocolate was $4.50 for a small cup. I saw Beer (which wasnt for sale) priced at $8.50.
screw dat.
