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Daily Morning Edition from sporting good businessMonday, March 16, 2020 Nike Closing Stores In Response To Coronavirus Nike Inc. on Sunday said it is closing all stores in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand from Monday, March 16, through Friday, March 27, to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Read more VF Corp. To Shutter [...]
one answer to staying healthy
THE ANSWERJerry,What’s the answer to Corona Virus...or any disease? Cleanliness wash often.If people who wear the tight-fitting coats without Lamilite wash their apparel often, it will breakdown and lose loft thus they are cold and out lots of money.As I am writing this, 23 minutes ago my Wiggy's pull over was washed and will be dry in the next [...]
welcome to the third world
PANDEMIC OR PANICToday I went to the Safeway to do my normal shopping and what a surprise to see so many people buying stuff and shelves emptying.I wanted carrots and I buy them from the bulk section, there were 3, that was okay with me since that was what I would have bought anyway. There were 2 sweet [...]
why oregano
LAMILITE PROVES BETTER THAN EXPECTEDGreat Bag PeriodAs I previously spoke, I will be writing another review. So here it is. So, after returning from the Philippines March 2019 I found the weather in Ohio to be cold and wet. Good test for my Wiggy's 40-degree mummy bag. As I am wont to do, I like to push my gear [...]
More of a Scam + Sleeping Bag Sale
One of my customers sent me the ad from the bean web site about this jacket because they advertise it has a NASA developed product used for insulation called aerogel which is blended with the fiber that primaloft company calls primaloft. The new product is called cross core. Bean is disingenuous with the information that they [...]
smarty textiles?
NOT SO SMART TEXTILESResearchers investigate wash ability in smart textilesMarch 9th, 2020 / By: IFAI / In the IndustryEnhancing usability of smart textiles is necessary for improved user acceptance, and wash ability is a key requirement, especially concerning textile integrated conductor tracks, a new study concludes. Those tracks, it says, “exhibit a higher level of integration into the textile [...]
snowmobile clothing
SNOWMOBILERSJust finished a snow machine trip from Tok, AK to Dawson City, Yukon. Left Thursday and it was - 36F in Tok, - 25F in Chicken, AK 75 miles away, and in - 20s in Dawson. I wore Lamilite socks, Lamilite boots, and Mukluks. Never had cold feet for the 7-hour trip. My five friends put chemical toe warmers [...]
taking care of yourselves.
SUMMERTIME CAMPING VACATIONSI remember in the 1940’s during and after WWII my parents as well as thousands of other parents left the cities, I lived in Brooklyn, for bungalows in the Catskill Mountains. What I did not know at that time and found out years later it was to escape the polio epidemic that seemed to occur each summer.I [...]
MORE POOR QUALITY MERCHANDISE COMING TO AMERICA
ANOTHER WOULD BE SPORTING GOODS RETAILER THAT WE DO NOT NEEDDid you ever hear of a sporting goods retailer by the name of Decathlon? If the answer is no, neither did I until the past two weeks when they announced in the Sporting Goods Business online publication they were going to open stores in the USA after a trial [...]
oregano a remarkable drug
HOW IS THIS FOR SUPPORTJust wanted to thank you for the prompt shipping and excellent customer service on my recent order. I was so pleased with my experience with the FTRSS Overbag that I went ahead and ordered a super light bag to go along with it. (Without even having slept in the first bag). Confident based on [...]