This is a light weight rain jacket. It zippers well which is my main complaint
about my old jacket. Even with the hood
packed in the collar, the lines of the jacket are nice. I particularly like that it is available in a
tall. I hate buying stuff in a size
that is too large just to get the length I need. The fit on this jacket was spot on. I also like the inside chest pocket that is
designed to allow the jacket to be crushed and pushed into the pocket. They call it a packable pocket. I don't see myself doing that but I do like
the inside chest pocket for general use.
The jacket also has a draw string bottom which is another good
feature. I think there is a lot of bang
for the buck in this jacket at $37.00 on Amazon. I saw some
reviews complain about sweating in the jacket.
Since it is fall and chilly I have not noticed that.
I just got the Samsung FlipShot aka SCH-U900. If you haven’t noticed by now, I am very family oriented, specifically focused on grandchildren. I frequently lament that I don’t have my camera on me. However, I always have my phone on me. Thusly I wanted a phone with a decent camera. The FlipShot comes close. Samsung claims it is a 3 megapixel camera with flash and zoom. The photos are not what I would consider decent from a digital camera but compared to my last phone/camera, they are much better. The phone has a slot for a micro sd memory card. I popped a 2gb card in there for saving my photos. I have not been able to find a way to default the photos to the memory card. You have to manually move them. I haven’t given up and perhaps in a software upgrade there will be a way to get them to the card without moving them manually. Getting them off of the phone is interesting. If you don’t buy Samsung’s charging/data cable, you can send them to yourself and get them on your pc that way. You ...
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