No umbrellas

[Veronica]

Yesterday a mom called our school and said she was keeping her three students home because it was raining and they didn't have umbrellas. It is about a ten minute walk from their home to the school.

Veronica

[maillotpois]

Wonder what she'd do if she knew a bunch of us were going to do a 400k this weekend when the real rain is supposed to be here. (deja vu, by the way?)

[Veronica]

I can't believe I use to ride 200 anything.

Veronica

[maillotpois]

Those kids ought to just wear Hefty bags.

[Veronica]

OMG you made me laugh!

Thanks!

Veronica

[maillotpois]

Happy to oblige!

[SheFly]

What? No umbrellas? Remember when we used to walk 5 miles to school, uphill both ways, in a snowstorm, with no shoes?

Lamest excuse ever. But Sarah, you look might fine in a Hefty bag

SheFly

[maillotpois]

. . . Sarah, you look might fine in a Hefty bag

SheFly

Thanks! It was really more of a skirt at that point. (And V took the picture.)

[Veronica]

Back in the days when I was "crazy". That was the night time portion of a 400 K. I hooked up with MP halfway through to keep her company.

I sported the same trashy look myself on the Knoxville Double.

Veronica

[ny biker]

Well I wouldn't want to walk 10 minutes in the rain without an umbrella and then sit around in wet clothes.

But you don't exactly live in an area that never gets any rain. So unless they have real financial issues, it's reasonable to expect parents to either have rain gear for their kids or have a way to get them to school when it rains.

[Veronica]

They have coats. We woke their mom up - she doesn't work - when we called at 9AM.

Veronica

[GLC1968]

Did you tell her that's what hoods were for?

Jeeze! Here in Portland, no one uses umbrellas (except tourists) and it rains most of the year.

[smilingcat]

Did you tell her that's what hoods were for?

Jeeze! Here in Portland, no one uses umbrellas (except tourists) and it rains most of the year.

So true. what an umbrella, you must be a tourist. I'm used to getting my tops getting "moist". It's pouring again... and I have couple of lakes forming in my backyard. Maybe I can stock it with fish.

[Crankin]

I guess I would be branded a tourist forever, if I moved to Portland. I cannot stand being wet (unless I'm outside doing some activity, like hiking) and it would mean I would have to travel with my flat iron, so I wouldn't look like Bozo when I got to work, if I was walking. I have no problem with umbrellas, keep 2 very small ones in my car and work bag. I dislike hats/hoods, though and those are not a solution for me.
In the case of the kids, though, that is nuts. Veronica, the mom sounds like some of the women I work with.
When my kids used to stand and wait for the bus in the rain (with appropriate rain gear) all of the moms in the caravan of cars that would be lined up and holding their kids, so they wouldn't get wet, would ask my kids to get in the car and they would refuse. It was a never ending source of laughter for DH and I, who would watch from our window.