cold weather tailgating best practices.

bringmagicback

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lets hear ideas on what you guys do to keep warm tailgating for 6 hours on a freezing cold day. heaters, tents with sides ect ect. Save the stay at home stuff, were not pussys.
 

Tailg8er

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About 12 layers of clothes, hand warmers, hot chocolate + Bailey's. If really desperate you can go to the porta-potty & let the steam from your **** warm you up, just be careful not to inhale.
 

Cycsk

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My little red grill doesn't seem to cook very well on cold, windy days. Need to bring the full sized grill.
 

3TrueFans

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lets hear ideas on what you guys do to keep warm tailgating for 6 hours on a freezing cold day. heaters, tents with sides ect ect. Save the stay at home stuff, were not pussys.
Start a thread about how to keep your little tootsies warm and then call out people for being *******?
 

redrocker

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Real men are out there with no shirts on and paint on their chest. ******* want the heaters, tents with sides ect.

:pbiggrin:

And I have a tent with a heater and sides incase you are wondering.
 

pulse

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Layers. Come on we are from Iowa do we not know how to stay warm?
 

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We got the single output mr heater as a wedding gift but haven't had to fire it up yet. Maybe this week.
 

CtownCyclone

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I prefer boots made from the skins of clubbed baby seals. As for the upper body, I prefer a deerskin shirt with a polar bear coat for upper body warmth. If I am using a heater outside, I find the ones that burn whale oil give the most consistant flame.
 

NickTheGreat

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Most the time, adding sides to the tent cuts the wind, which helps a LOT.

Then layers and dress warm. Because even if you have your tailgate feeling like Florida, it is still ****ing cold in JTS :twitcy:
 

3TrueFans

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I prefer boots made from the skins of clubbed baby seals. As for the upper body, I prefer a deerskin shirt with a polar bear coat for upper body warmth. If I am using a heater outside, I find the ones that burn whale oil give the most consistant flame.
See my vest, see my vest, made from real gorilla chest.