[stylist] Hoodys and hoodlams revisited

Wed Feb 16 16:57:12 UTC 2011

Hi Shawn and Bill,

Shawn's story reminds me that the lady who raised my second guide dog 
gave me a poncho to use to take him out in the rain. I still have and 
occasionally use it. I used to work as a street performer in 
Philadelphia, and I used a doubled over space blanket and little rug for 
my dog. I don't think a poncho would provide much protection, though it 
is certainly a step up from the ground, especially if it's only a short 
time.

As far as Hit Man brand ... I assume it's appealing to the rapp crowd, 
and if the record companies don't mind putting their names on stuff with 
violent lyrics, I don't imagine the clothing manufacturers targetting 
that market care either.  I'm sure they think it's cool.
Donna

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On 2/16/2011 8:03 AM, Jacobson, Shawn D wrote:
> The last time I bought a poncho, it was at Giant and I needed it for something for a guide dog to lay on so that she wouldn't get too cold.  We were selling nuts at a chapter fundraiser and it was a blustery morning in December.  One of our members had a dog and she was in obvious discomfort from laying on the cold cement.  So the poncho helped.  I remember that one of the things we were yelling to get attention was "frozen nuts selling nuts."
>
> Anyway, not sure if that was appropo of anything, but thought I'd through that in.
>
> Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bill Outman
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:22 PM
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> Subject: [stylist] Hoodys and hoodlams revisited
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> Good evening.
>
>
>
> I wanted to revisit the discussion we had a few weeks back about hoodys and
> hoodlums.
>
>
>
> I ran across something interesting while looking on line for rain gear and
> investigating seemingly everything possible including golf jackets and
> hoodys.  We had discussed how the image of hoodys is bound up with the
> concept of hoodlums and the criminal element of our society.  One of the
> hoodys I looked at was under the brand name "Hit Man."  I was surprised a
> manufacturer would play to such a prejudice so directly and actually embrace
> it.
>
>
>
> I've actually settled tentatively on a rain coat I can order on line from J.
> C. Penney that I will have the catalog department help me ensure the details
> of next week.
>
>
>
> This project was an outgrowth of the Blind Driver Challenge I attended.
> Since umbrellas are not permitted at the speedway I needed an alternative,
> which turned out to be unnecessary.  My first try was a poncho from Wal-Mart
> I had to return since I could not get any non-visual orientation to it when
> I got it home to try before having to use it.  Other ponchos I've looked at
> turned out to be either flimsy or almost equally unmanageable.
>
>
>
> There is another side note about the use of the language that cropped up in
> my search.  When I double checked the item I'm considering from the JCPenney
> website, I entered raincoat as one word as I thought I remembered it from
> when I could see print and came up empty.  I went back through the list of
> coats and jackets and discovered it was spelled as rain coat, two words.
>
>
>
> So this is possibly an interesting way in which our use of English has
> changed over the years.
>
>
>
> It will be good to have the choice of either an umbrella or rain coat.  One
> benefit will be the ability to have a free hand while manipulating my cane.
>
>
>
>
> Bill Outman
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