I just wouldn't go Northface crazy just yet. A lot of their price is just paying for the name. Although some of their stuff is nice.
Interesting side note the ORIGINAL company "The North Face" actually went under after the market was swamped with knock offs coming out of China and brought in by the Triads. Not that the knockoffs aren't decent, (I own one in fact
What I would recommend is Marks Work Wear House they have some very nice quality stuff (I believe their in house brand is called WindRiver) but everything comes with a LIFETIME warranty, even if you do something really stupid and tear it up, or even just wear it out, its all warrantied.
LostSt4r said:the clothes I have would be like running around in snow with only underwear on xD
We have that here. Its called a Polar Bear Club
LostSt4r said:I prefer the cold (I don't know what real cold is) but if it means being bundled up in a full winter kit then so be it.
You do realize that -40 on the celcius scale is THE SAME as -40 on the Farenheight scale right
As was said by the gentleman before me, we LOVE to complain, in fact its even a major section of This book. I actually suggest you give it a read, you'll get a real kick out of it, and then after living here for a year or two re-read it and you'll piss yourself laughing now that you understand what half the jokes are
A few other things we love,
a) Line ups
b) Complaining about waiting in line up's
c) Apologising, even for things that aren't our fault. Usually in a twisted guilting way, *ahem*
d) Beer commercials. They're pretty much our secondary national anthem.
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