#time for buster lb

[mo-ok]

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[hassiegfrieddoneanythingwrong]

The 30M Download Campaign has finally come, and Oberon is the representative for it. (Really? A third Avalon Servant? 😒)

Here's the rundown, besides the usual rewards:

A x3 Super/Great Success when leveling up Servants, all Dailies are open and their AP costs 1/3.

Some more event CEs have been made available in Da Vinci's shop, along with some more event Command Codes.

The amount of Pure Prisms are doubled from completing Part 1, Part 1.5/EoR, Part 2, and OC.

Along with that, there's a way to refill PP stock, with a special kind of ticket (right now it's only restricted to three, so choose wisely).

Two more Mystic Codes (Anniversary Blonde and Sōya High School Uniform) will be free to get after clearing the LB prologue* (currently unsure if it is the LB prologue).

Three more CEs, those featuring Kayneth, Sola-Ui, and Kirei. Their effects respectively are: self invincibility for 3 times and buff removal resistance by 10%/20%, gain 4%/5% NP per turn, Quick, Arts, and NP gain by 3%/5%, and self star weight up by 100%/200%, Quick, Arts, and Buster up by 8%/10%. (Color coordinated for easier reading)

The next free SSR ticket is here as well, this time including the story-locked SSRs. The permanent ones included this time are: Dioscuri, Tametomo, Vritra, Odysseus, Taigong Wang, Nemo, Kashin Koji, Galatea, and Nitocris Alter. If you were expecting Bhima or Marie Alter, sorry but the cut off is Koji.

The requirements to permanently add them is leveling up your chosen pick to level 60 and bring them up to Bond 5.

Also, Oberon gets his own CC.

[digimon-pokemon-swap-au]

Who's that Pokemon? It's Pichumon! Pichumon is special because he just hatched from an egg. Pichumon is best known as Pikamon's In-Training form.

Mammal Pokemon. 

In-Training-level. 

Vaccine-type. 

Virus Busters and Nature Spirits. 

Height- 1’3”. 

Weight- 10 lb.

An immature Pokemon with an energetic personality. They investigate new things by zapping them. Because they are young, they cannot control their electric power. As a result, they injure themselves every time they attack. Pichumon can be found in large numbers in forests and plains. Only a few survive long enough to evolve.

Moves

Thunder Jolt- Zaps the foe but also hurts themselves

(Full art in the readmore)

[princess-of-the-corner]

Honestly I never understood the whole Adrien is blind thing, since he did figure out Marinette's identity twice on his own with barely any information(Chat blanc, Kwami buster)

Chat Blanc was the only one where he figured it out on his own fully because he had a big hint in Ladybug breaking into his room to drop off a gift that had Marinette's name on it. Like /yeah/ LB could just be playing delivery but that's unlikely.

Kwamibuster was also a big hint of seeing that Ladybug's Kwami was hanging out with Plagg in the school, and then seeing Mari sprint off to panic just like he was doing at the same time.

[jonjmurakami]

Hey all! I somehow managed to squeeze in my jumpsuit and run around with members of the Ghostbusters Hawaii Division - at the Ghostbusters in Concert by the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra at the Hawaii Theatre Center.

•There were numerous people dressed up in proton packs or donning Ghostbusters t-shirts. A Slimer, a Stay-puft, a Louis Tully with a colander on his head. Others just dressed in various costumes (Mario & the princess, Leeloo from 5th Element, etc. In my GB suit, wearing the pack was nearly impossible to pull out my phone - so sorry, no pics.)

•It was also great to see and hear the reactions of many people in the audience who appeared to be watching the original Ghostbusters movie for the first time. The orchestra did a fantastic job matching the movie!

•There is one more performance today, Oct 29. I won't be at it, but a couple of busters will be there representing 🙂

•Great to see everyone again! Had a lot

Of fun! (I forgot the pack is about 35 lbs, so I'm feeling it this morning - lol.) - mahalo to Anthony Sagun for setting this up and inviting us! Pics by Gwen, who was very patient all night 😊

•now back to drawing geckos- lol 😊

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[shizuokadivision]

Kanon's Thoughts on 3rd Members

Saburo Yamada 

“Saburo Yamada, also known by the MC name MC LB. Subject is the 3rd member of Ikebukuro Division’s Buster Bros!!! and the youngest son of the Yamada family. Subject clearly displays high levels of intelligence. Despite his young age I have to admire his intellect however his attitude toward anyone besides his eldest brother shows he still has quite a bit of emotional growth left. Data concludes he is not much of a threat but precautions should be taken against his rap ability.”

Rio Mason Busujima 

“Rio Mason Busujima, also known by the MC name Crazy M. Subject is the 3rd member of Yokohama Division’s MAD TRIGGER CREW and a former naval officer of the Special Extermination Operations Unit. Subject still speaks and behaves as if he were still in the military. He currently lives in the woodlands of Yokohama. Also, it is also my personal opinion that his food is not as terrible as others make it out to be. Reika brought some back once and the taste was interesting, to say the least. Data concludes he is not much of a threat but precautions should be taken against his rap ability.”

Dice Arisugawa 

“Dice Arisugawa, also known by the MC name Dead or Alive. Subject is the 3rd member of Shibuya Division’s Fling Posse and an avid gambler. Subject has a severe untreated gambling addiction and often begs his teammates to lend him money.” Kanon chuckles. “I wonder what goes on through Tohoten’s head when she sees her son? Tohoten is not who I would describe as bursting with motherly love. Although she seems to somewhat care for him considering she ordered the clone to keep an eye on him. Data concludes he is not much of a threat.”

Doppo Kannonzaka

“Doppo Kannonzaka, also known by the MC name DOPPO. Subject is the 3rd member of Shinjuku Division’s Matenro and a salaryman with E.L. Medical Co., Ltd. Subject has no notable characteristics to the point that is his most notable characteristic. However, caution should be taken around him as he becomes unstable when pushed far enough taking his anger out on whoever has wronged him. Although I will admit he is strong in his own right as he is a major reason as to why Shinjuku won the 1st D.R.B. Data concludes he is not much of a threat but precautions should be taken against his rap ability.”

Rei Amayado 

“....Rei Amayado, also known by the MC name MC MasterMind. Subject is the 3rd member of Osaka Division’s Dotsuitare Hompo and self-proclaimed conman.” Kanon is silent before she speaks, however, her next words are laced with a burning hatred. “Subject is an arrogant vile creature who deserves to die a long and torturous death. How Chuohku hasn't gotten rid of him I’ll never know but mark my words the next time I see him I won't hesitate to snuff him out. Data concludes that all precautions should be taken against him.”

“It's because of you that I am like this…” Kanon stares at the conman’s photo for a long while before erupting. “YOU BETTER PRAY THAT I DON'T GET MY HANDS ON YOU AMAYADO! HAHAHAHA! BECAUSE WHEN I DO, OH WHEN I DO THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LEFT OF YOU! YOU’LL PAY FOR TURNING ME INTO THIS MONSTER!” 

Hitoya Amaguni 

“Hitoya Amaguni, also known by the MC name Heaven or Hell. Subject is the 3rd member of Nagoya Division’s Bad Ass Temple and a lawyer. Subject is known for taking on any case for the right amount of money. However, he hates bullying and is willing to represent victims pro bono. He only seems to care for money, liquor, and motorcycles. As such Subject is not particularly interesting. Data concludes he is not much of a threat.”

[the-gequassel-shiro27]

Mordred getting a Buff on Jp, which turned her S1 into a 3 times for 3 turns plus attack up and buster crit up, made me rejoice with happiness. Now please Lasengle release that buff early on NA. Maybe alongside LB 6?

[beinfriends]

really ridiculously detailed character stats.

FULL NAME: Robert "Bob" James Goode NICKNAME(S): Bob, Beau (bio family only), Robbie (bio family only) AGE: 41 MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE: did you know that the Meyers-Brigg test has roots in eugenics? anyways ENFP BIRTH DATE: June 18th ETHNICITY: White PLACE OF BIRTH: Yellowhammer, Eagleland GENDER IDENTITY: Cis male PREFERRED PRONOUN(S): he / him SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual (heavy preference for women) RELIGION: he's one of like four people who actually worships the Dark Dragon actively, so whatever you'd call that, sure. OCCUPATION: he's a fisherman!! but he also helps tend to the Prayer Sanctuary, idk what you'd call that. FACE CLAIM: Himself, Buster Scruggs maybe

RELATIONSHIPS.

PARENTS: Barbara Goode & Eddie Lee (bio parents), Jonel & Brenda Christian (adoptive parents) SIGNIFICANT OTHER(S): Donna Hart (on and off wife) CHILDREN: Robert "Robbie" Dale Goode LEVEL OF SEXUAL EXPERIENCE: We can confirm he has had sex at least once because he has a son 👍 Really, though, he's been married for about twenty years, so what do you think? STORY OF FIRST KISS: idfk and idfc but he was probably in high school. Not that popular of a kid because he was weird as fuck but he was on the football team and that scores points sometimes. A SOCIAL PERSON? YES!! super social!! he loves chatting with people at the Yado bar all the time lol. HOW DO THEY THINK OTHERS PERCEIVE THEM? I think he's aware enough that people find him a bit odd and a bit annoying. HOW DO OTHERS ACTUALLY PERCEIVE THEM? He's right, kind of. But people do like him, he just doesn't really have many friends at all.

PHYSICAL TRAITS.

EYE COLOR(S): Blue HAIR COLOR(S): Light brown SKIN TONE: Tanned HEIGHT: 6'5" WEIGHT: 210 lbs. BODY BUILD: Tall as fuck and pretty athletic, decently muscular. He's in shape. GLASSES? CONTACTS? neither STYLE OF DRESS/TYPICAL OUTFITS: Pretty stereotypical Western style-- he's got the cowboy hat, the boots, jeans, and a Western shirt. JEWELRY? TATTOOS? PIERCINGS? None. ATHLETIC? Yep. Played football and did wrestling in high school. Probably still enjoys athletic activities like running or hiking. HOW DO THEY WALK: He probably slouches a bit just because of his height. If you look at his walk sprite, he swings his legs quite a bit while walking, so possible he has an odd gait, but nothing too out of the ordinary. HOW DO THEY SMELL LIKE: I don't know. Probably not much but soap. WHAT’S THEIR POSTURE LIKE? Not the worst, but he does have to slouch due to the height sometimes, as I said. But if he can, he stands up straight.

PHOBIAS AND DISEASES.

PHOBIA(S): I don't know if he has any really, aside from maybe like spiders or some shit. MENTAL ILLNESS(ES): I wouldn't call it a mental illness but he has autism. PHYSICAL ILLNESS(ES): None. WHEN WAS THIS DIAGNOSED? Like, age 2 or something. He was really young when he was diagnosed with it.

INTELLECT.

LEVEL OF EDUCATION: Graduated high school, did a bit of community college but didn't finish. LEVEL OF SELF-ESTEEM: A perfectly healthy amount. He's not egotistical, but he doesn't think lowly of himself. He likes himself, and that's enough. GIFTS/TALENTS: Bob is nothing if not deeply dedicated to things he gets interested in. He's great at research and collecting information on things he likes. Decent artist, nothing special though since he just sketches things for research. SHORTCOMINGS: Deeply set in his ways and becomes upset if interrupted, completely fucking clueless with emotions, sometimes a bit insensitive. He's a really well meaning guy, just a bit socially inept. He's also a fucking doormat. STYLE OF SPEECH: He speaks slowly, has a pretty thick Southern drawl. Doesn't always use correct grammar or words, but he's pretty deliberate in how he speaks usually. “LEFT BRAIN” OR “RIGHT BRAIN” THINKER: Right brain. ARTISTIC? Kind of! Like I said, he'll do sketches when he's observing or researching things, but he doesn't necessarily do it for fun. He might if he wanted to make Donna something, though, since he knows she loves art. MATHEMATICAL? He's bad at math, really fucking bad. Donna makes up for it by being very good with it, though. MAKES DECISIONS BASED MOSTLY ON EMOTIONS, OR ON LOGIC? Generally emotional, but I don't think he's completely illogical. I suppose it'd depend on the situation. MOST SENSITIVE ABOUT/VULNERABLE TO: He is very sensitive to people insulting his intelligence, or insulting his family, whether his son, his wife, or his mother. He tends to take it more personally if it's something he's close with that's criticizing him, though. OPTIMIST OR PESSIMIST? Optimistic as all hell. EXTROVERT OR INTROVERT? Extroverted.

DETAILS/QUIRKS.

NIGHT OWL OR EARLY BIRD?: I imagine he's a bit of both. He spends a lot of late nights at the Yado, but I can imagine he's an early riser, too. LIGHT OR HEAVY SLEEPER?: Heavy sleeper. FAVORITE FOOD: DID YOU KNOW THAT BOB HAS A CANONICAL FAVORITE FOOD? It's peaches. If you didn't know. He has multiple lines about peaches in the different chapters and he outright says peaches are his favorite! LEAST FAVORITE FOOD: He probably doesn't like crunchy foods a whole lot (weird texture! Especially when combined with smooth or soft foods!) but I couldn't say a thing he particularly likes. Obviously peaches have a bit of a crunchiness but that is okay. I mean super crunchy stuff like crackers and whatnots. Also anything that particularly sticks to your teeth. COFFEE OR TEA?: Coffee. CRUNCHY OR SMOOTH PEANUT BUTTER?: What did I just say about him hating crunchy food combined with smooth foods?? He has to eat smooth, crunchy would kill him instantly RKFH LEFTY OR RIGHTY?: Righty. FAVORITE COLOR?: Light blue! CUSSER?: Sometimes. Not a whole lot if he can help it. SMOKER? DRINKER? DRUG USER?: Heavy drinker. Not necessarily an alcoholic, but he spends a lot of nights at the Yado. He tends to just nurse one or two whiskies most nights, though. PETS?: None, but I think he'd love to get a dog.

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[cleverhottubmiracle]

We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The Iron Snail How One Guy Changed Winter Fashion Forever Canada Goose, The North Face, and Patagonia dominate the outdoor clothing world, and they owe all of that to one man. They also owe it to the invention of polyester fleece. One man who, in 1936, on a trip with his fishing buddy, on the way back to his car, fell against a tree and almost froze to death before firing two shots in the air to alert his best friend he was going to die. That man’s name is Edward Bauer. Without Eddie Bauer, there would be no Patagonia down jackets, North Face jackets, or Canada Goose. But funny enough, we will briefly touch on today how Canada Goose got so good at making jackets that they learned how to from Eddie Bauer and then did it better and made jackets for Eddie Bauer. The Iron Snail I love Eddie Bauer because he was nuts and extreme, and I like extreme nuts. When he made a down-fill sleeping bag, down known to be incredibly light, he made it weigh 18 lbs. Today, we will be telling the story of the first ever down jacket, the 1937 Skyliner by Eddie Bauer, and how it actually made brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Canada Goose, and everything else that we know today. Although the story is amazing, I also think it got exaggerated over the years, and frankly, it’s full of lies and myths. The Iron Snail I’m going to do my absolute best to be a myth buster today because that show got canceled, I think, because a cannonball flew into someone’s house during an experiment. It wasn’t even on purpose. Also, in the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, a lot of down jackets were made using a material that I think most hikers today would not wear because they’d be afraid that it would kill them.   The Iron Snail Myth #1: Eddie Bauer Invented the Down Jacket The Iron Snail What’s up, everyone, it’s Michael! I love this weather. I’m pretty excited about that. The temperature is cooling down, and I’m wearing down jackets – what could be better than that? Let’s talk about the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. The first myth is that Eddie Bauer invented the down jacket. The first down jackets recorded were in 18th century Russia, and the boob octagon thing in the front there is full of Eiderdown, which is one of the warmest and rarest down fills that you could possibly get. Also, the Ainu people, who are indigenous to the island of Hokkaido, wore seabird down jackets, and they kept the down in the jackets, I think, with the skins of the birds. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer didn’t invent the down jacket technically, but he popularized it. Nobody was walking around wearing giant fur coats or seabird skins regularly before that – they were all wearing wool. Interestingly, although he invented the down jacket – oops, I did just go on a pedantic rant saying that you can’t say invented and then immediately said invented. I’ll replace the word “invented” with “popularized,” sorry about that. The Iron Snail What Eddie Bauer really wanted to protect was the diamond shape because down runs into some issues when you stuff it inside of a jacket, and he wanted to fix that. We’ll read some accounts from people who tried this jacket for the first time in 1937 and see what they had to say later. Pt. 1: How He Pulled It Off The Iron Snail So in 1936, Eddie Bauer ordered 25 lbs of goose down, enough, I guess, to make almost two of his sleeping bags. And you may be thinking, “Michael, how did Eddie Bauer know where to find 25 lbs of goose down?” Well, he also invented the shuttle cock. He took the 25 lbs of goose down, brought it to a seamstress, and said, “Hey, can you put this down in this material and make it a quilt jacket?” The Iron Snail I assume that the seamstress said yes; otherwise, Eddie Bauer probably left out the part where she said no, and Eddie was like, “Why?” She’s like, “I just don’t feel like doing that. I’m actually really behind with all these other things that aren’t weird, and I think you should take your business somewhere else.” And then he said, “Fine! I think I’ll take it down the street,” and that seamstress said, “Hey Eddie, how’s it going?” He said, “I’m not having that good of a day today because Betsy is being a real piece…” They either left that part out, or the first seamstress said yes, and then the first jackets were made. The Iron Snail It was 25 lbs of down, so that’s obviously more than one jacket. Eddie made a bunch of jackets. His wife tried it out, and they have a very cute story where he said his wife is his greatest outdoor companion, which is adorable. Eddie was concerned more about the diamond quilted patterns. Number one, down is very puffy, so if I just filled this jacket up without the sewing all throughout it, it would be a huge puffer jacket. And number two, unlike the incredibly popular insulatory (it’s a word, I think) material at the time and today even, the fabric of the jacket, unlike wool, was not the insulating part of it. What was inside the jacket was the insulating part, so you needed the quilted panels to be able to hold pockets of down in areas around your body instead of having it all fall to your bottom. Pt. 1: Mr. Bauer’s Very Bad Day The Iron Snail So the true question is: people weren’t necessarily cold outside; why did they need down jackets? In fact, those 18th-century people who had the first ever down jackets in the world were mostly made out of fur. They wrote pompous essays about how warm their jackets were: “I’m sick of people asking me how the weather is because, frankly, I have no idea. It feels the same outside as it does inside. It’s like I brought the house with me.” The Iron Snail Down was such a big deal because of its warmth-to-weight ratio. So, while you could have a wool jacket and a down jacket to keep you the same level of warmth, the wool jacket would be way heavier than the down jacket. There were a number of drawbacks though, that I feel like Eddie Bauer conveniently kind of glosses over. Down vs. Wool: The Great Jacket Showdown Product Key Features Historical Significance Materials Used Modern Influence Eddie Bauer Skyliner (1937) Diamond quilted design, weight-to-warmth ratio First mass-popularized down jacket 25 lbs of goose down, quilted cotton shell Inspired modern designs of Patagonia, The North Face Canada Goose Down Jackets Machine-stuffed down, durable and lightweight Perfected down-stuffing methods in the 1970s Nylon and synthetic blends Set industry standards for efficiency and quality Patagonia Down Jackets Focus on sustainability and fleece integration Adopted down after excelling with polyester fleece Recycled and natural down fills Combined technology with fleece innovations The North Face Down Jackets Performance-focused outdoor designs Expanded down use in the late 1960s Blended down and synthetic insulation Pioneered technical outdoor gear for mass markets Myth #2: Wool’ll Kill You The Iron Snail So, we shall now venture into myth number two. Eddie Bauer was fishing with his friend. He caught a lot of fish, and he put them in a bag. Then he had to hike back to his car. He and his friend were carrying big sacks of fish on their back, as they do, and they were getting sweaty and tired because of their very heavy woolen clothes. So they both took theirs off, and they walked around in wool undershirts and underwear back to the car. As Eddie Bauer was walking back to his car, he started to catch hypothermia and slow down until he dropped down by a tree. You would assume he was going to die, but thankfully, he pulled out his pistol, he fired two shots in the air, his friend came to save him, and so is history – he survived. The Iron Snail Colin Berg, the historian at Eddie Bauer, says he realized what he needed was a really breathable warm jacket that he wouldn’t have to take off when he was working strenuously in the cold. In general, wool garments fit the bill that Colin Berg is describing better than down jackets – they’re more breathable, you could wear them during work and all that. I don’t know how the wool jacket would have caused this; besides, it was overbuilt for the temperature that he was in. I could be wrong, but the story seems true but that it did get rolled up more and more and more and more until it sounds like the only thing that could have saved Eddie Bauer was a down jacket, when in fact, a wool jacket would have been better for the conditions because it was getting wet, and if down gets wet it doesn’t keep you warm like wool does. A nd I think Eddie Bauer probably thought as he was dying or when he was recovering, “I bet I could make a jacket that I would rather wear outside,” and boom – you have the 1937 Skyliner jacket.The only difference between the one I have and the real one is that there are a few differences, obviously, but the main difference is these sleeves are also down-filled; the originals were lined in alpaca. The shame for us is that it’s hard to fully grasp how revolutionary a down jacket would have been to anyone who has never had a down jacket or held one in their lives before. The Iron Snail This is what people from the 1930s said about their jackets: “My husband thinks his down jacket is lit, his wool fit was mid, but this is,” no, just kidding. “My husband thinks his down jacket is the best thing that was ever made,” wrote a New Hampshire wife. And Mrs. Lee said, “I wear it every day out of doors. I didn’t buy any woolen underwear.” People are literally saying, “Eddie, I don’t even need to wear underwear anymore!” “I didn’t buy any woolen underwear, but with this jacket on, I don’t need any underwear.” I would love to write to North Face and say your jackets are so good I’m not wearing underwear anymore. Pt. 3 WWII The Iron Snail But his big break was World War II, as was, I guess, so many people’s big break in a terrible way. That is our final myth here: the B9 parka. This may not be a myth, but Eddie Bauer made the B9 parka and was allowed to put his name on it. The myth is that the B9 parka could keep you afloat with 25 lbs of gear on your back if you were to fall in the water. That’s obviously – that’s not how down jackets work. That is a myth unless he was allowed to insert personal flotation devices somewhere in the jacket. So now Patagonia, North Face, and Canada Goose are about to enter the scene. Pt. 4 The Big Boys Are Here The Iron Snail Originally, the outside shell of the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka was made out of cotton, and it had Expedition cloth, like the 1970s Eddie Bauer that I have – 100% Egyptian cotton twill, which nowadays people that are actually out in the elements all day would probably be like, “No way am I wearing cotton outside.” And now we use a nylon blend, but Eddie Bauer, the man, was apparently so worried about durability and was unsure that nylon was as strong as cotton because it was so lightweight that it took him a very, very long time to accept that his jackets could be made out of nylon, and even then it was a nylon cotton blend. The Iron Snail Canada Goose says it’s because it will allow your jacket to patina over time, but I don’t think that’s what a Canada Goose customer wants. I think the real reason is nylon. Although it’s way stronger than cotton at a lighter weight, it doesn’t breathe, and Eddie Bauer wanted a breathable, lightweight jacket, and if you cover yourself in plastic, it’s worse. Pt. 5 Master Goose The Iron Snail As I said before, down jackets are great, but the toughest part about them is stuffing them evenly so there are no cold spots. Eddie Bauer was good at that, but the traditional method was stuffing the pockets of cotton or whatever they were filling with down by hand. Canada Goose changed that – they essentially made a machine that did it for you, but better. I think they called it the down stuffing machine, and it just blew the down into the jacket. They got so good at it that they essentially started making jackets for everybody else. The Iron Snail That machine that Canada Goose invented in the ’70s – could be the late ’60s – was vital for virtually every other brand that was making down jackets to be able to do it cost-effectively and to honestly probably go through Canada Goose for the most part. And that is how we had the birth of North Face in the late ’60s and then Patagonia in the early ’70s. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer invented (popularized) the jacket in the 1930s, Canada Goose perfected the methods of production in the 1970s, Patagonia and The North Face, who were largely famous for the polyester fleece garments – then started to jump into the down jacket space, combined some of their technologies, and boom – that is how we have the modern down jacket. Watch This Review Wrapping Up That’s all for the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. I hope you’re all doing well! I will talk to you all very soon. Enjoy the weather! This article was adapted from Michael Kristy’s video on The Iron Snail, with edits from FashionBeans, and was reviewed by Michael to ensure the integrity of his original content. Watch the full video here. The Iron Snail is a men’s fashion vlog (and now article series!) starring a young man named Michael and featuring a snail no bigger than a quarter. The two are set on taking over the world of fashion by creating a clothing line to end all clothing lines. Until then, we’re here to tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about the best clothing out there, from the highest quality raw denim jeans to the warmest jackets to the sturdiest boots…the Iron Snail has got you covered. Source link

[norajworld]

We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The Iron Snail How One Guy Changed Winter Fashion Forever Canada Goose, The North Face, and Patagonia dominate the outdoor clothing world, and they owe all of that to one man. They also owe it to the invention of polyester fleece. One man who, in 1936, on a trip with his fishing buddy, on the way back to his car, fell against a tree and almost froze to death before firing two shots in the air to alert his best friend he was going to die. That man’s name is Edward Bauer. Without Eddie Bauer, there would be no Patagonia down jackets, North Face jackets, or Canada Goose. But funny enough, we will briefly touch on today how Canada Goose got so good at making jackets that they learned how to from Eddie Bauer and then did it better and made jackets for Eddie Bauer. The Iron Snail I love Eddie Bauer because he was nuts and extreme, and I like extreme nuts. When he made a down-fill sleeping bag, down known to be incredibly light, he made it weigh 18 lbs. Today, we will be telling the story of the first ever down jacket, the 1937 Skyliner by Eddie Bauer, and how it actually made brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Canada Goose, and everything else that we know today. Although the story is amazing, I also think it got exaggerated over the years, and frankly, it’s full of lies and myths. The Iron Snail I’m going to do my absolute best to be a myth buster today because that show got canceled, I think, because a cannonball flew into someone’s house during an experiment. It wasn’t even on purpose. Also, in the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, a lot of down jackets were made using a material that I think most hikers today would not wear because they’d be afraid that it would kill them.   The Iron Snail Myth #1: Eddie Bauer Invented the Down Jacket The Iron Snail What’s up, everyone, it’s Michael! I love this weather. I’m pretty excited about that. The temperature is cooling down, and I’m wearing down jackets – what could be better than that? Let’s talk about the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. The first myth is that Eddie Bauer invented the down jacket. The first down jackets recorded were in 18th century Russia, and the boob octagon thing in the front there is full of Eiderdown, which is one of the warmest and rarest down fills that you could possibly get. Also, the Ainu people, who are indigenous to the island of Hokkaido, wore seabird down jackets, and they kept the down in the jackets, I think, with the skins of the birds. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer didn’t invent the down jacket technically, but he popularized it. Nobody was walking around wearing giant fur coats or seabird skins regularly before that – they were all wearing wool. Interestingly, although he invented the down jacket – oops, I did just go on a pedantic rant saying that you can’t say invented and then immediately said invented. I’ll replace the word “invented” with “popularized,” sorry about that. The Iron Snail What Eddie Bauer really wanted to protect was the diamond shape because down runs into some issues when you stuff it inside of a jacket, and he wanted to fix that. We’ll read some accounts from people who tried this jacket for the first time in 1937 and see what they had to say later. Pt. 1: How He Pulled It Off The Iron Snail So in 1936, Eddie Bauer ordered 25 lbs of goose down, enough, I guess, to make almost two of his sleeping bags. And you may be thinking, “Michael, how did Eddie Bauer know where to find 25 lbs of goose down?” Well, he also invented the shuttle cock. He took the 25 lbs of goose down, brought it to a seamstress, and said, “Hey, can you put this down in this material and make it a quilt jacket?” The Iron Snail I assume that the seamstress said yes; otherwise, Eddie Bauer probably left out the part where she said no, and Eddie was like, “Why?” She’s like, “I just don’t feel like doing that. I’m actually really behind with all these other things that aren’t weird, and I think you should take your business somewhere else.” And then he said, “Fine! I think I’ll take it down the street,” and that seamstress said, “Hey Eddie, how’s it going?” He said, “I’m not having that good of a day today because Betsy is being a real piece…” They either left that part out, or the first seamstress said yes, and then the first jackets were made. The Iron Snail It was 25 lbs of down, so that’s obviously more than one jacket. Eddie made a bunch of jackets. His wife tried it out, and they have a very cute story where he said his wife is his greatest outdoor companion, which is adorable. Eddie was concerned more about the diamond quilted patterns. Number one, down is very puffy, so if I just filled this jacket up without the sewing all throughout it, it would be a huge puffer jacket. And number two, unlike the incredibly popular insulatory (it’s a word, I think) material at the time and today even, the fabric of the jacket, unlike wool, was not the insulating part of it. What was inside the jacket was the insulating part, so you needed the quilted panels to be able to hold pockets of down in areas around your body instead of having it all fall to your bottom. Pt. 1: Mr. Bauer’s Very Bad Day The Iron Snail So the true question is: people weren’t necessarily cold outside; why did they need down jackets? In fact, those 18th-century people who had the first ever down jackets in the world were mostly made out of fur. They wrote pompous essays about how warm their jackets were: “I’m sick of people asking me how the weather is because, frankly, I have no idea. It feels the same outside as it does inside. It’s like I brought the house with me.” The Iron Snail Down was such a big deal because of its warmth-to-weight ratio. So, while you could have a wool jacket and a down jacket to keep you the same level of warmth, the wool jacket would be way heavier than the down jacket. There were a number of drawbacks though, that I feel like Eddie Bauer conveniently kind of glosses over. Down vs. Wool: The Great Jacket Showdown Product Key Features Historical Significance Materials Used Modern Influence Eddie Bauer Skyliner (1937) Diamond quilted design, weight-to-warmth ratio First mass-popularized down jacket 25 lbs of goose down, quilted cotton shell Inspired modern designs of Patagonia, The North Face Canada Goose Down Jackets Machine-stuffed down, durable and lightweight Perfected down-stuffing methods in the 1970s Nylon and synthetic blends Set industry standards for efficiency and quality Patagonia Down Jackets Focus on sustainability and fleece integration Adopted down after excelling with polyester fleece Recycled and natural down fills Combined technology with fleece innovations The North Face Down Jackets Performance-focused outdoor designs Expanded down use in the late 1960s Blended down and synthetic insulation Pioneered technical outdoor gear for mass markets Myth #2: Wool’ll Kill You The Iron Snail So, we shall now venture into myth number two. Eddie Bauer was fishing with his friend. He caught a lot of fish, and he put them in a bag. Then he had to hike back to his car. He and his friend were carrying big sacks of fish on their back, as they do, and they were getting sweaty and tired because of their very heavy woolen clothes. So they both took theirs off, and they walked around in wool undershirts and underwear back to the car. As Eddie Bauer was walking back to his car, he started to catch hypothermia and slow down until he dropped down by a tree. You would assume he was going to die, but thankfully, he pulled out his pistol, he fired two shots in the air, his friend came to save him, and so is history – he survived. The Iron Snail Colin Berg, the historian at Eddie Bauer, says he realized what he needed was a really breathable warm jacket that he wouldn’t have to take off when he was working strenuously in the cold. In general, wool garments fit the bill that Colin Berg is describing better than down jackets – they’re more breathable, you could wear them during work and all that. I don’t know how the wool jacket would have caused this; besides, it was overbuilt for the temperature that he was in. I could be wrong, but the story seems true but that it did get rolled up more and more and more and more until it sounds like the only thing that could have saved Eddie Bauer was a down jacket, when in fact, a wool jacket would have been better for the conditions because it was getting wet, and if down gets wet it doesn’t keep you warm like wool does. A nd I think Eddie Bauer probably thought as he was dying or when he was recovering, “I bet I could make a jacket that I would rather wear outside,” and boom – you have the 1937 Skyliner jacket.The only difference between the one I have and the real one is that there are a few differences, obviously, but the main difference is these sleeves are also down-filled; the originals were lined in alpaca. The shame for us is that it’s hard to fully grasp how revolutionary a down jacket would have been to anyone who has never had a down jacket or held one in their lives before. The Iron Snail This is what people from the 1930s said about their jackets: “My husband thinks his down jacket is lit, his wool fit was mid, but this is,” no, just kidding. “My husband thinks his down jacket is the best thing that was ever made,” wrote a New Hampshire wife. And Mrs. Lee said, “I wear it every day out of doors. I didn’t buy any woolen underwear.” People are literally saying, “Eddie, I don’t even need to wear underwear anymore!” “I didn’t buy any woolen underwear, but with this jacket on, I don’t need any underwear.” I would love to write to North Face and say your jackets are so good I’m not wearing underwear anymore. Pt. 3 WWII The Iron Snail But his big break was World War II, as was, I guess, so many people’s big break in a terrible way. That is our final myth here: the B9 parka. This may not be a myth, but Eddie Bauer made the B9 parka and was allowed to put his name on it. The myth is that the B9 parka could keep you afloat with 25 lbs of gear on your back if you were to fall in the water. That’s obviously – that’s not how down jackets work. That is a myth unless he was allowed to insert personal flotation devices somewhere in the jacket. So now Patagonia, North Face, and Canada Goose are about to enter the scene. Pt. 4 The Big Boys Are Here The Iron Snail Originally, the outside shell of the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka was made out of cotton, and it had Expedition cloth, like the 1970s Eddie Bauer that I have – 100% Egyptian cotton twill, which nowadays people that are actually out in the elements all day would probably be like, “No way am I wearing cotton outside.” And now we use a nylon blend, but Eddie Bauer, the man, was apparently so worried about durability and was unsure that nylon was as strong as cotton because it was so lightweight that it took him a very, very long time to accept that his jackets could be made out of nylon, and even then it was a nylon cotton blend. The Iron Snail Canada Goose says it’s because it will allow your jacket to patina over time, but I don’t think that’s what a Canada Goose customer wants. I think the real reason is nylon. Although it’s way stronger than cotton at a lighter weight, it doesn’t breathe, and Eddie Bauer wanted a breathable, lightweight jacket, and if you cover yourself in plastic, it’s worse. Pt. 5 Master Goose The Iron Snail As I said before, down jackets are great, but the toughest part about them is stuffing them evenly so there are no cold spots. Eddie Bauer was good at that, but the traditional method was stuffing the pockets of cotton or whatever they were filling with down by hand. Canada Goose changed that – they essentially made a machine that did it for you, but better. I think they called it the down stuffing machine, and it just blew the down into the jacket. They got so good at it that they essentially started making jackets for everybody else. The Iron Snail That machine that Canada Goose invented in the ’70s – could be the late ’60s – was vital for virtually every other brand that was making down jackets to be able to do it cost-effectively and to honestly probably go through Canada Goose for the most part. And that is how we had the birth of North Face in the late ’60s and then Patagonia in the early ’70s. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer invented (popularized) the jacket in the 1930s, Canada Goose perfected the methods of production in the 1970s, Patagonia and The North Face, who were largely famous for the polyester fleece garments – then started to jump into the down jacket space, combined some of their technologies, and boom – that is how we have the modern down jacket. Watch This Review Wrapping Up That’s all for the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. I hope you’re all doing well! I will talk to you all very soon. Enjoy the weather! This article was adapted from Michael Kristy’s video on The Iron Snail, with edits from FashionBeans, and was reviewed by Michael to ensure the integrity of his original content. Watch the full video here. The Iron Snail is a men’s fashion vlog (and now article series!) starring a young man named Michael and featuring a snail no bigger than a quarter. The two are set on taking over the world of fashion by creating a clothing line to end all clothing lines. Until then, we’re here to tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about the best clothing out there, from the highest quality raw denim jeans to the warmest jackets to the sturdiest boots…the Iron Snail has got you covered. Source link

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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The Iron Snail How One Guy Changed Winter Fashion Forever Canada Goose, The North Face, and Patagonia dominate the outdoor clothing world, and they owe all of that to one man. They also owe it to the invention of polyester fleece. One man who, in 1936, on a trip with his fishing buddy, on the way back to his car, fell against a tree and almost froze to death before firing two shots in the air to alert his best friend he was going to die. That man’s name is Edward Bauer. Without Eddie Bauer, there would be no Patagonia down jackets, North Face jackets, or Canada Goose. But funny enough, we will briefly touch on today how Canada Goose got so good at making jackets that they learned how to from Eddie Bauer and then did it better and made jackets for Eddie Bauer. The Iron Snail I love Eddie Bauer because he was nuts and extreme, and I like extreme nuts. When he made a down-fill sleeping bag, down known to be incredibly light, he made it weigh 18 lbs. Today, we will be telling the story of the first ever down jacket, the 1937 Skyliner by Eddie Bauer, and how it actually made brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Canada Goose, and everything else that we know today. Although the story is amazing, I also think it got exaggerated over the years, and frankly, it’s full of lies and myths. The Iron Snail I’m going to do my absolute best to be a myth buster today because that show got canceled, I think, because a cannonball flew into someone’s house during an experiment. It wasn’t even on purpose. Also, in the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, a lot of down jackets were made using a material that I think most hikers today would not wear because they’d be afraid that it would kill them.   The Iron Snail Myth #1: Eddie Bauer Invented the Down Jacket The Iron Snail What’s up, everyone, it’s Michael! I love this weather. I’m pretty excited about that. The temperature is cooling down, and I’m wearing down jackets – what could be better than that? Let’s talk about the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. The first myth is that Eddie Bauer invented the down jacket. The first down jackets recorded were in 18th century Russia, and the boob octagon thing in the front there is full of Eiderdown, which is one of the warmest and rarest down fills that you could possibly get. Also, the Ainu people, who are indigenous to the island of Hokkaido, wore seabird down jackets, and they kept the down in the jackets, I think, with the skins of the birds. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer didn’t invent the down jacket technically, but he popularized it. Nobody was walking around wearing giant fur coats or seabird skins regularly before that – they were all wearing wool. Interestingly, although he invented the down jacket – oops, I did just go on a pedantic rant saying that you can’t say invented and then immediately said invented. I’ll replace the word “invented” with “popularized,” sorry about that. The Iron Snail What Eddie Bauer really wanted to protect was the diamond shape because down runs into some issues when you stuff it inside of a jacket, and he wanted to fix that. We’ll read some accounts from people who tried this jacket for the first time in 1937 and see what they had to say later. Pt. 1: How He Pulled It Off The Iron Snail So in 1936, Eddie Bauer ordered 25 lbs of goose down, enough, I guess, to make almost two of his sleeping bags. And you may be thinking, “Michael, how did Eddie Bauer know where to find 25 lbs of goose down?” Well, he also invented the shuttle cock. He took the 25 lbs of goose down, brought it to a seamstress, and said, “Hey, can you put this down in this material and make it a quilt jacket?” The Iron Snail I assume that the seamstress said yes; otherwise, Eddie Bauer probably left out the part where she said no, and Eddie was like, “Why?” She’s like, “I just don’t feel like doing that. I’m actually really behind with all these other things that aren’t weird, and I think you should take your business somewhere else.” And then he said, “Fine! I think I’ll take it down the street,” and that seamstress said, “Hey Eddie, how’s it going?” He said, “I’m not having that good of a day today because Betsy is being a real piece…” They either left that part out, or the first seamstress said yes, and then the first jackets were made. The Iron Snail It was 25 lbs of down, so that’s obviously more than one jacket. Eddie made a bunch of jackets. His wife tried it out, and they have a very cute story where he said his wife is his greatest outdoor companion, which is adorable. Eddie was concerned more about the diamond quilted patterns. Number one, down is very puffy, so if I just filled this jacket up without the sewing all throughout it, it would be a huge puffer jacket. And number two, unlike the incredibly popular insulatory (it’s a word, I think) material at the time and today even, the fabric of the jacket, unlike wool, was not the insulating part of it. What was inside the jacket was the insulating part, so you needed the quilted panels to be able to hold pockets of down in areas around your body instead of having it all fall to your bottom. Pt. 1: Mr. Bauer’s Very Bad Day The Iron Snail So the true question is: people weren’t necessarily cold outside; why did they need down jackets? In fact, those 18th-century people who had the first ever down jackets in the world were mostly made out of fur. They wrote pompous essays about how warm their jackets were: “I’m sick of people asking me how the weather is because, frankly, I have no idea. It feels the same outside as it does inside. It’s like I brought the house with me.” The Iron Snail Down was such a big deal because of its warmth-to-weight ratio. So, while you could have a wool jacket and a down jacket to keep you the same level of warmth, the wool jacket would be way heavier than the down jacket. There were a number of drawbacks though, that I feel like Eddie Bauer conveniently kind of glosses over. Down vs. Wool: The Great Jacket Showdown Product Key Features Historical Significance Materials Used Modern Influence Eddie Bauer Skyliner (1937) Diamond quilted design, weight-to-warmth ratio First mass-popularized down jacket 25 lbs of goose down, quilted cotton shell Inspired modern designs of Patagonia, The North Face Canada Goose Down Jackets Machine-stuffed down, durable and lightweight Perfected down-stuffing methods in the 1970s Nylon and synthetic blends Set industry standards for efficiency and quality Patagonia Down Jackets Focus on sustainability and fleece integration Adopted down after excelling with polyester fleece Recycled and natural down fills Combined technology with fleece innovations The North Face Down Jackets Performance-focused outdoor designs Expanded down use in the late 1960s Blended down and synthetic insulation Pioneered technical outdoor gear for mass markets Myth #2: Wool’ll Kill You The Iron Snail So, we shall now venture into myth number two. Eddie Bauer was fishing with his friend. He caught a lot of fish, and he put them in a bag. Then he had to hike back to his car. He and his friend were carrying big sacks of fish on their back, as they do, and they were getting sweaty and tired because of their very heavy woolen clothes. So they both took theirs off, and they walked around in wool undershirts and underwear back to the car. As Eddie Bauer was walking back to his car, he started to catch hypothermia and slow down until he dropped down by a tree. You would assume he was going to die, but thankfully, he pulled out his pistol, he fired two shots in the air, his friend came to save him, and so is history – he survived. The Iron Snail Colin Berg, the historian at Eddie Bauer, says he realized what he needed was a really breathable warm jacket that he wouldn’t have to take off when he was working strenuously in the cold. In general, wool garments fit the bill that Colin Berg is describing better than down jackets – they’re more breathable, you could wear them during work and all that. I don’t know how the wool jacket would have caused this; besides, it was overbuilt for the temperature that he was in. I could be wrong, but the story seems true but that it did get rolled up more and more and more and more until it sounds like the only thing that could have saved Eddie Bauer was a down jacket, when in fact, a wool jacket would have been better for the conditions because it was getting wet, and if down gets wet it doesn’t keep you warm like wool does. A nd I think Eddie Bauer probably thought as he was dying or when he was recovering, “I bet I could make a jacket that I would rather wear outside,” and boom – you have the 1937 Skyliner jacket.The only difference between the one I have and the real one is that there are a few differences, obviously, but the main difference is these sleeves are also down-filled; the originals were lined in alpaca. The shame for us is that it’s hard to fully grasp how revolutionary a down jacket would have been to anyone who has never had a down jacket or held one in their lives before. The Iron Snail This is what people from the 1930s said about their jackets: “My husband thinks his down jacket is lit, his wool fit was mid, but this is,” no, just kidding. “My husband thinks his down jacket is the best thing that was ever made,” wrote a New Hampshire wife. And Mrs. Lee said, “I wear it every day out of doors. I didn’t buy any woolen underwear.” People are literally saying, “Eddie, I don’t even need to wear underwear anymore!” “I didn’t buy any woolen underwear, but with this jacket on, I don’t need any underwear.” I would love to write to North Face and say your jackets are so good I’m not wearing underwear anymore. Pt. 3 WWII The Iron Snail But his big break was World War II, as was, I guess, so many people’s big break in a terrible way. That is our final myth here: the B9 parka. This may not be a myth, but Eddie Bauer made the B9 parka and was allowed to put his name on it. The myth is that the B9 parka could keep you afloat with 25 lbs of gear on your back if you were to fall in the water. That’s obviously – that’s not how down jackets work. That is a myth unless he was allowed to insert personal flotation devices somewhere in the jacket. So now Patagonia, North Face, and Canada Goose are about to enter the scene. Pt. 4 The Big Boys Are Here The Iron Snail Originally, the outside shell of the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka was made out of cotton, and it had Expedition cloth, like the 1970s Eddie Bauer that I have – 100% Egyptian cotton twill, which nowadays people that are actually out in the elements all day would probably be like, “No way am I wearing cotton outside.” And now we use a nylon blend, but Eddie Bauer, the man, was apparently so worried about durability and was unsure that nylon was as strong as cotton because it was so lightweight that it took him a very, very long time to accept that his jackets could be made out of nylon, and even then it was a nylon cotton blend. The Iron Snail Canada Goose says it’s because it will allow your jacket to patina over time, but I don’t think that’s what a Canada Goose customer wants. I think the real reason is nylon. Although it’s way stronger than cotton at a lighter weight, it doesn’t breathe, and Eddie Bauer wanted a breathable, lightweight jacket, and if you cover yourself in plastic, it’s worse. Pt. 5 Master Goose The Iron Snail As I said before, down jackets are great, but the toughest part about them is stuffing them evenly so there are no cold spots. Eddie Bauer was good at that, but the traditional method was stuffing the pockets of cotton or whatever they were filling with down by hand. Canada Goose changed that – they essentially made a machine that did it for you, but better. I think they called it the down stuffing machine, and it just blew the down into the jacket. They got so good at it that they essentially started making jackets for everybody else. The Iron Snail That machine that Canada Goose invented in the ’70s – could be the late ’60s – was vital for virtually every other brand that was making down jackets to be able to do it cost-effectively and to honestly probably go through Canada Goose for the most part. And that is how we had the birth of North Face in the late ’60s and then Patagonia in the early ’70s. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer invented (popularized) the jacket in the 1930s, Canada Goose perfected the methods of production in the 1970s, Patagonia and The North Face, who were largely famous for the polyester fleece garments – then started to jump into the down jacket space, combined some of their technologies, and boom – that is how we have the modern down jacket. Watch This Review Wrapping Up That’s all for the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. I hope you’re all doing well! I will talk to you all very soon. Enjoy the weather! This article was adapted from Michael Kristy’s video on The Iron Snail, with edits from FashionBeans, and was reviewed by Michael to ensure the integrity of his original content. Watch the full video here. The Iron Snail is a men’s fashion vlog (and now article series!) starring a young man named Michael and featuring a snail no bigger than a quarter. The two are set on taking over the world of fashion by creating a clothing line to end all clothing lines. Until then, we’re here to tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about the best clothing out there, from the highest quality raw denim jeans to the warmest jackets to the sturdiest boots…the Iron Snail has got you covered. Source link

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why was sun vulcan so easy to watch but i need 5 business days between each episode of go busters

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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The Iron Snail How One Guy Changed Winter Fashion Forever Canada Goose, The North Face, and Patagonia dominate the outdoor clothing world, and they owe all of that to one man. They also owe it to the invention of polyester fleece. One man who, in 1936, on a trip with his fishing buddy, on the way back to his car, fell against a tree and almost froze to death before firing two shots in the air to alert his best friend he was going to die. That man’s name is Edward Bauer. Without Eddie Bauer, there would be no Patagonia down jackets, North Face jackets, or Canada Goose. But funny enough, we will briefly touch on today how Canada Goose got so good at making jackets that they learned how to from Eddie Bauer and then did it better and made jackets for Eddie Bauer. The Iron Snail I love Eddie Bauer because he was nuts and extreme, and I like extreme nuts. When he made a down-fill sleeping bag, down known to be incredibly light, he made it weigh 18 lbs. Today, we will be telling the story of the first ever down jacket, the 1937 Skyliner by Eddie Bauer, and how it actually made brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Canada Goose, and everything else that we know today. Although the story is amazing, I also think it got exaggerated over the years, and frankly, it’s full of lies and myths. The Iron Snail I’m going to do my absolute best to be a myth buster today because that show got canceled, I think, because a cannonball flew into someone’s house during an experiment. It wasn’t even on purpose. Also, in the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, a lot of down jackets were made using a material that I think most hikers today would not wear because they’d be afraid that it would kill them.   The Iron Snail Myth #1: Eddie Bauer Invented the Down Jacket The Iron Snail What’s up, everyone, it’s Michael! I love this weather. I’m pretty excited about that. The temperature is cooling down, and I’m wearing down jackets – what could be better than that? Let’s talk about the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. The first myth is that Eddie Bauer invented the down jacket. The first down jackets recorded were in 18th century Russia, and the boob octagon thing in the front there is full of Eiderdown, which is one of the warmest and rarest down fills that you could possibly get. Also, the Ainu people, who are indigenous to the island of Hokkaido, wore seabird down jackets, and they kept the down in the jackets, I think, with the skins of the birds. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer didn’t invent the down jacket technically, but he popularized it. Nobody was walking around wearing giant fur coats or seabird skins regularly before that – they were all wearing wool. Interestingly, although he invented the down jacket – oops, I did just go on a pedantic rant saying that you can’t say invented and then immediately said invented. I’ll replace the word “invented” with “popularized,” sorry about that. The Iron Snail What Eddie Bauer really wanted to protect was the diamond shape because down runs into some issues when you stuff it inside of a jacket, and he wanted to fix that. We’ll read some accounts from people who tried this jacket for the first time in 1937 and see what they had to say later. Pt. 1: How He Pulled It Off The Iron Snail So in 1936, Eddie Bauer ordered 25 lbs of goose down, enough, I guess, to make almost two of his sleeping bags. And you may be thinking, “Michael, how did Eddie Bauer know where to find 25 lbs of goose down?” Well, he also invented the shuttle cock. He took the 25 lbs of goose down, brought it to a seamstress, and said, “Hey, can you put this down in this material and make it a quilt jacket?” The Iron Snail I assume that the seamstress said yes; otherwise, Eddie Bauer probably left out the part where she said no, and Eddie was like, “Why?” She’s like, “I just don’t feel like doing that. I’m actually really behind with all these other things that aren’t weird, and I think you should take your business somewhere else.” And then he said, “Fine! I think I’ll take it down the street,” and that seamstress said, “Hey Eddie, how’s it going?” He said, “I’m not having that good of a day today because Betsy is being a real piece…” They either left that part out, or the first seamstress said yes, and then the first jackets were made. The Iron Snail It was 25 lbs of down, so that’s obviously more than one jacket. Eddie made a bunch of jackets. His wife tried it out, and they have a very cute story where he said his wife is his greatest outdoor companion, which is adorable. Eddie was concerned more about the diamond quilted patterns. Number one, down is very puffy, so if I just filled this jacket up without the sewing all throughout it, it would be a huge puffer jacket. And number two, unlike the incredibly popular insulatory (it’s a word, I think) material at the time and today even, the fabric of the jacket, unlike wool, was not the insulating part of it. What was inside the jacket was the insulating part, so you needed the quilted panels to be able to hold pockets of down in areas around your body instead of having it all fall to your bottom. Pt. 1: Mr. Bauer’s Very Bad Day The Iron Snail So the true question is: people weren’t necessarily cold outside; why did they need down jackets? In fact, those 18th-century people who had the first ever down jackets in the world were mostly made out of fur. They wrote pompous essays about how warm their jackets were: “I’m sick of people asking me how the weather is because, frankly, I have no idea. It feels the same outside as it does inside. It’s like I brought the house with me.” The Iron Snail Down was such a big deal because of its warmth-to-weight ratio. So, while you could have a wool jacket and a down jacket to keep you the same level of warmth, the wool jacket would be way heavier than the down jacket. There were a number of drawbacks though, that I feel like Eddie Bauer conveniently kind of glosses over. Down vs. Wool: The Great Jacket Showdown Product Key Features Historical Significance Materials Used Modern Influence Eddie Bauer Skyliner (1937) Diamond quilted design, weight-to-warmth ratio First mass-popularized down jacket 25 lbs of goose down, quilted cotton shell Inspired modern designs of Patagonia, The North Face Canada Goose Down Jackets Machine-stuffed down, durable and lightweight Perfected down-stuffing methods in the 1970s Nylon and synthetic blends Set industry standards for efficiency and quality Patagonia Down Jackets Focus on sustainability and fleece integration Adopted down after excelling with polyester fleece Recycled and natural down fills Combined technology with fleece innovations The North Face Down Jackets Performance-focused outdoor designs Expanded down use in the late 1960s Blended down and synthetic insulation Pioneered technical outdoor gear for mass markets Myth #2: Wool’ll Kill You The Iron Snail So, we shall now venture into myth number two. Eddie Bauer was fishing with his friend. He caught a lot of fish, and he put them in a bag. Then he had to hike back to his car. He and his friend were carrying big sacks of fish on their back, as they do, and they were getting sweaty and tired because of their very heavy woolen clothes. So they both took theirs off, and they walked around in wool undershirts and underwear back to the car. As Eddie Bauer was walking back to his car, he started to catch hypothermia and slow down until he dropped down by a tree. You would assume he was going to die, but thankfully, he pulled out his pistol, he fired two shots in the air, his friend came to save him, and so is history – he survived. The Iron Snail Colin Berg, the historian at Eddie Bauer, says he realized what he needed was a really breathable warm jacket that he wouldn’t have to take off when he was working strenuously in the cold. In general, wool garments fit the bill that Colin Berg is describing better than down jackets – they’re more breathable, you could wear them during work and all that. I don’t know how the wool jacket would have caused this; besides, it was overbuilt for the temperature that he was in. I could be wrong, but the story seems true but that it did get rolled up more and more and more and more until it sounds like the only thing that could have saved Eddie Bauer was a down jacket, when in fact, a wool jacket would have been better for the conditions because it was getting wet, and if down gets wet it doesn’t keep you warm like wool does. A nd I think Eddie Bauer probably thought as he was dying or when he was recovering, “I bet I could make a jacket that I would rather wear outside,” and boom – you have the 1937 Skyliner jacket.The only difference between the one I have and the real one is that there are a few differences, obviously, but the main difference is these sleeves are also down-filled; the originals were lined in alpaca. The shame for us is that it’s hard to fully grasp how revolutionary a down jacket would have been to anyone who has never had a down jacket or held one in their lives before. The Iron Snail This is what people from the 1930s said about their jackets: “My husband thinks his down jacket is lit, his wool fit was mid, but this is,” no, just kidding. “My husband thinks his down jacket is the best thing that was ever made,” wrote a New Hampshire wife. And Mrs. Lee said, “I wear it every day out of doors. I didn’t buy any woolen underwear.” People are literally saying, “Eddie, I don’t even need to wear underwear anymore!” “I didn’t buy any woolen underwear, but with this jacket on, I don’t need any underwear.” I would love to write to North Face and say your jackets are so good I’m not wearing underwear anymore. Pt. 3 WWII The Iron Snail But his big break was World War II, as was, I guess, so many people’s big break in a terrible way. That is our final myth here: the B9 parka. This may not be a myth, but Eddie Bauer made the B9 parka and was allowed to put his name on it. The myth is that the B9 parka could keep you afloat with 25 lbs of gear on your back if you were to fall in the water. That’s obviously – that’s not how down jackets work. That is a myth unless he was allowed to insert personal flotation devices somewhere in the jacket. So now Patagonia, North Face, and Canada Goose are about to enter the scene. Pt. 4 The Big Boys Are Here The Iron Snail Originally, the outside shell of the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka was made out of cotton, and it had Expedition cloth, like the 1970s Eddie Bauer that I have – 100% Egyptian cotton twill, which nowadays people that are actually out in the elements all day would probably be like, “No way am I wearing cotton outside.” And now we use a nylon blend, but Eddie Bauer, the man, was apparently so worried about durability and was unsure that nylon was as strong as cotton because it was so lightweight that it took him a very, very long time to accept that his jackets could be made out of nylon, and even then it was a nylon cotton blend. The Iron Snail Canada Goose says it’s because it will allow your jacket to patina over time, but I don’t think that’s what a Canada Goose customer wants. I think the real reason is nylon. Although it’s way stronger than cotton at a lighter weight, it doesn’t breathe, and Eddie Bauer wanted a breathable, lightweight jacket, and if you cover yourself in plastic, it’s worse. Pt. 5 Master Goose The Iron Snail As I said before, down jackets are great, but the toughest part about them is stuffing them evenly so there are no cold spots. Eddie Bauer was good at that, but the traditional method was stuffing the pockets of cotton or whatever they were filling with down by hand. Canada Goose changed that – they essentially made a machine that did it for you, but better. I think they called it the down stuffing machine, and it just blew the down into the jacket. They got so good at it that they essentially started making jackets for everybody else. The Iron Snail That machine that Canada Goose invented in the ’70s – could be the late ’60s – was vital for virtually every other brand that was making down jackets to be able to do it cost-effectively and to honestly probably go through Canada Goose for the most part. And that is how we had the birth of North Face in the late ’60s and then Patagonia in the early ’70s. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer invented (popularized) the jacket in the 1930s, Canada Goose perfected the methods of production in the 1970s, Patagonia and The North Face, who were largely famous for the polyester fleece garments – then started to jump into the down jacket space, combined some of their technologies, and boom – that is how we have the modern down jacket. Watch This Review Wrapping Up That’s all for the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. I hope you’re all doing well! I will talk to you all very soon. Enjoy the weather! This article was adapted from Michael Kristy’s video on The Iron Snail, with edits from FashionBeans, and was reviewed by Michael to ensure the integrity of his original content. Watch the full video here. The Iron Snail is a men’s fashion vlog (and now article series!) starring a young man named Michael and featuring a snail no bigger than a quarter. The two are set on taking over the world of fashion by creating a clothing line to end all clothing lines. Until then, we’re here to tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about the best clothing out there, from the highest quality raw denim jeans to the warmest jackets to the sturdiest boots…the Iron Snail has got you covered. Source link

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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The Iron Snail How One Guy Changed Winter Fashion Forever Canada Goose, The North Face, and Patagonia dominate the outdoor clothing world, and they owe all of that to one man. They also owe it to the invention of polyester fleece. One man who, in 1936, on a trip with his fishing buddy, on the way back to his car, fell against a tree and almost froze to death before firing two shots in the air to alert his best friend he was going to die. That man’s name is Edward Bauer. Without Eddie Bauer, there would be no Patagonia down jackets, North Face jackets, or Canada Goose. But funny enough, we will briefly touch on today how Canada Goose got so good at making jackets that they learned how to from Eddie Bauer and then did it better and made jackets for Eddie Bauer. The Iron Snail I love Eddie Bauer because he was nuts and extreme, and I like extreme nuts. When he made a down-fill sleeping bag, down known to be incredibly light, he made it weigh 18 lbs. Today, we will be telling the story of the first ever down jacket, the 1937 Skyliner by Eddie Bauer, and how it actually made brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Canada Goose, and everything else that we know today. Although the story is amazing, I also think it got exaggerated over the years, and frankly, it’s full of lies and myths. The Iron Snail I’m going to do my absolute best to be a myth buster today because that show got canceled, I think, because a cannonball flew into someone’s house during an experiment. It wasn’t even on purpose. Also, in the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, a lot of down jackets were made using a material that I think most hikers today would not wear because they’d be afraid that it would kill them.   The Iron Snail Myth #1: Eddie Bauer Invented the Down Jacket The Iron Snail What’s up, everyone, it’s Michael! I love this weather. I’m pretty excited about that. The temperature is cooling down, and I’m wearing down jackets – what could be better than that? Let’s talk about the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. The first myth is that Eddie Bauer invented the down jacket. The first down jackets recorded were in 18th century Russia, and the boob octagon thing in the front there is full of Eiderdown, which is one of the warmest and rarest down fills that you could possibly get. Also, the Ainu people, who are indigenous to the island of Hokkaido, wore seabird down jackets, and they kept the down in the jackets, I think, with the skins of the birds. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer didn’t invent the down jacket technically, but he popularized it. Nobody was walking around wearing giant fur coats or seabird skins regularly before that – they were all wearing wool. Interestingly, although he invented the down jacket – oops, I did just go on a pedantic rant saying that you can’t say invented and then immediately said invented. I’ll replace the word “invented” with “popularized,” sorry about that. The Iron Snail What Eddie Bauer really wanted to protect was the diamond shape because down runs into some issues when you stuff it inside of a jacket, and he wanted to fix that. We’ll read some accounts from people who tried this jacket for the first time in 1937 and see what they had to say later. Pt. 1: How He Pulled It Off The Iron Snail So in 1936, Eddie Bauer ordered 25 lbs of goose down, enough, I guess, to make almost two of his sleeping bags. And you may be thinking, “Michael, how did Eddie Bauer know where to find 25 lbs of goose down?” Well, he also invented the shuttle cock. He took the 25 lbs of goose down, brought it to a seamstress, and said, “Hey, can you put this down in this material and make it a quilt jacket?” The Iron Snail I assume that the seamstress said yes; otherwise, Eddie Bauer probably left out the part where she said no, and Eddie was like, “Why?” She’s like, “I just don’t feel like doing that. I’m actually really behind with all these other things that aren’t weird, and I think you should take your business somewhere else.” And then he said, “Fine! I think I’ll take it down the street,” and that seamstress said, “Hey Eddie, how’s it going?” He said, “I’m not having that good of a day today because Betsy is being a real piece…” They either left that part out, or the first seamstress said yes, and then the first jackets were made. The Iron Snail It was 25 lbs of down, so that’s obviously more than one jacket. Eddie made a bunch of jackets. His wife tried it out, and they have a very cute story where he said his wife is his greatest outdoor companion, which is adorable. Eddie was concerned more about the diamond quilted patterns. Number one, down is very puffy, so if I just filled this jacket up without the sewing all throughout it, it would be a huge puffer jacket. And number two, unlike the incredibly popular insulatory (it’s a word, I think) material at the time and today even, the fabric of the jacket, unlike wool, was not the insulating part of it. What was inside the jacket was the insulating part, so you needed the quilted panels to be able to hold pockets of down in areas around your body instead of having it all fall to your bottom. Pt. 1: Mr. Bauer’s Very Bad Day The Iron Snail So the true question is: people weren’t necessarily cold outside; why did they need down jackets? In fact, those 18th-century people who had the first ever down jackets in the world were mostly made out of fur. They wrote pompous essays about how warm their jackets were: “I’m sick of people asking me how the weather is because, frankly, I have no idea. It feels the same outside as it does inside. It’s like I brought the house with me.” The Iron Snail Down was such a big deal because of its warmth-to-weight ratio. So, while you could have a wool jacket and a down jacket to keep you the same level of warmth, the wool jacket would be way heavier than the down jacket. There were a number of drawbacks though, that I feel like Eddie Bauer conveniently kind of glosses over. Down vs. Wool: The Great Jacket Showdown Product Key Features Historical Significance Materials Used Modern Influence Eddie Bauer Skyliner (1937) Diamond quilted design, weight-to-warmth ratio First mass-popularized down jacket 25 lbs of goose down, quilted cotton shell Inspired modern designs of Patagonia, The North Face Canada Goose Down Jackets Machine-stuffed down, durable and lightweight Perfected down-stuffing methods in the 1970s Nylon and synthetic blends Set industry standards for efficiency and quality Patagonia Down Jackets Focus on sustainability and fleece integration Adopted down after excelling with polyester fleece Recycled and natural down fills Combined technology with fleece innovations The North Face Down Jackets Performance-focused outdoor designs Expanded down use in the late 1960s Blended down and synthetic insulation Pioneered technical outdoor gear for mass markets Myth #2: Wool’ll Kill You The Iron Snail So, we shall now venture into myth number two. Eddie Bauer was fishing with his friend. He caught a lot of fish, and he put them in a bag. Then he had to hike back to his car. He and his friend were carrying big sacks of fish on their back, as they do, and they were getting sweaty and tired because of their very heavy woolen clothes. So they both took theirs off, and they walked around in wool undershirts and underwear back to the car. As Eddie Bauer was walking back to his car, he started to catch hypothermia and slow down until he dropped down by a tree. You would assume he was going to die, but thankfully, he pulled out his pistol, he fired two shots in the air, his friend came to save him, and so is history – he survived. The Iron Snail Colin Berg, the historian at Eddie Bauer, says he realized what he needed was a really breathable warm jacket that he wouldn’t have to take off when he was working strenuously in the cold. In general, wool garments fit the bill that Colin Berg is describing better than down jackets – they’re more breathable, you could wear them during work and all that. I don’t know how the wool jacket would have caused this; besides, it was overbuilt for the temperature that he was in. I could be wrong, but the story seems true but that it did get rolled up more and more and more and more until it sounds like the only thing that could have saved Eddie Bauer was a down jacket, when in fact, a wool jacket would have been better for the conditions because it was getting wet, and if down gets wet it doesn’t keep you warm like wool does. A nd I think Eddie Bauer probably thought as he was dying or when he was recovering, “I bet I could make a jacket that I would rather wear outside,” and boom – you have the 1937 Skyliner jacket.The only difference between the one I have and the real one is that there are a few differences, obviously, but the main difference is these sleeves are also down-filled; the originals were lined in alpaca. The shame for us is that it’s hard to fully grasp how revolutionary a down jacket would have been to anyone who has never had a down jacket or held one in their lives before. The Iron Snail This is what people from the 1930s said about their jackets: “My husband thinks his down jacket is lit, his wool fit was mid, but this is,” no, just kidding. “My husband thinks his down jacket is the best thing that was ever made,” wrote a New Hampshire wife. And Mrs. Lee said, “I wear it every day out of doors. I didn’t buy any woolen underwear.” People are literally saying, “Eddie, I don’t even need to wear underwear anymore!” “I didn’t buy any woolen underwear, but with this jacket on, I don’t need any underwear.” I would love to write to North Face and say your jackets are so good I’m not wearing underwear anymore. Pt. 3 WWII The Iron Snail But his big break was World War II, as was, I guess, so many people’s big break in a terrible way. That is our final myth here: the B9 parka. This may not be a myth, but Eddie Bauer made the B9 parka and was allowed to put his name on it. The myth is that the B9 parka could keep you afloat with 25 lbs of gear on your back if you were to fall in the water. That’s obviously – that’s not how down jackets work. That is a myth unless he was allowed to insert personal flotation devices somewhere in the jacket. So now Patagonia, North Face, and Canada Goose are about to enter the scene. Pt. 4 The Big Boys Are Here The Iron Snail Originally, the outside shell of the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka was made out of cotton, and it had Expedition cloth, like the 1970s Eddie Bauer that I have – 100% Egyptian cotton twill, which nowadays people that are actually out in the elements all day would probably be like, “No way am I wearing cotton outside.” And now we use a nylon blend, but Eddie Bauer, the man, was apparently so worried about durability and was unsure that nylon was as strong as cotton because it was so lightweight that it took him a very, very long time to accept that his jackets could be made out of nylon, and even then it was a nylon cotton blend. The Iron Snail Canada Goose says it’s because it will allow your jacket to patina over time, but I don’t think that’s what a Canada Goose customer wants. I think the real reason is nylon. Although it’s way stronger than cotton at a lighter weight, it doesn’t breathe, and Eddie Bauer wanted a breathable, lightweight jacket, and if you cover yourself in plastic, it’s worse. Pt. 5 Master Goose The Iron Snail As I said before, down jackets are great, but the toughest part about them is stuffing them evenly so there are no cold spots. Eddie Bauer was good at that, but the traditional method was stuffing the pockets of cotton or whatever they were filling with down by hand. Canada Goose changed that – they essentially made a machine that did it for you, but better. I think they called it the down stuffing machine, and it just blew the down into the jacket. They got so good at it that they essentially started making jackets for everybody else. The Iron Snail That machine that Canada Goose invented in the ’70s – could be the late ’60s – was vital for virtually every other brand that was making down jackets to be able to do it cost-effectively and to honestly probably go through Canada Goose for the most part. And that is how we had the birth of North Face in the late ’60s and then Patagonia in the early ’70s. The Iron Snail Eddie Bauer invented (popularized) the jacket in the 1930s, Canada Goose perfected the methods of production in the 1970s, Patagonia and The North Face, who were largely famous for the polyester fleece garments – then started to jump into the down jacket space, combined some of their technologies, and boom – that is how we have the modern down jacket. Watch This Review Wrapping Up That’s all for the Eddie Bauer Superior Down Parka. I hope you’re all doing well! I will talk to you all very soon. Enjoy the weather! This article was adapted from Michael Kristy’s video on The Iron Snail, with edits from FashionBeans, and was reviewed by Michael to ensure the integrity of his original content. Watch the full video here. The Iron Snail is a men’s fashion vlog (and now article series!) starring a young man named Michael and featuring a snail no bigger than a quarter. The two are set on taking over the world of fashion by creating a clothing line to end all clothing lines. Until then, we’re here to tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about the best clothing out there, from the highest quality raw denim jeans to the warmest jackets to the sturdiest boots…the Iron Snail has got you covered. Source link

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The New York Times Greatest Hits of Monday Crossword Puzzles: 100 Easy Puzzles The New York Times Greatest Hits of Monday Crossword Puzzles: 100 Easy Puzzles Contributor(s): New York Times (Author) , Shortz, Will (Editor) Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 1250198348 Physical Info: 0.4" H x 9.0" L x 6.1" W (0.35 lbs) 128 pages WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, also founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday." Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York. Contributor Bio:New York Times The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. Founded in 1851, the newspaper has won 112 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization. Its website receives 30 million unique visitors per month. Contributor Bio:Shortz, Will Will Shortz has been the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. He has edited countless books of crossword puzzles, Sudoku, KenKen, and all manner of brain-busters.

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MLB Notes: Curvelo, Contreras, Luciano

With the offseason underway, let’s take a look at some notes from around the major leagues…

Players with six or more years of minor league service time could elect minor league free agency beginning on Monday. Baseball America has unveiled the list of all 513 players who did so. Luis Curvelo, a Venezuelan right-handed reliever, has been generating some buzz as an under-the-radar possible signing, according to Jon Morosi. He's spent the past six seasons in the Mariners' organization, making it as high as Double-A in 2024. The 24-year-old has had fantastic command — especially unusual at low levels — as exhibited by a 78:18 K/BB ratio this past season. Over 49 games and 66 2/3 innings in 2024, he allowed just 39 hits and a 2.57 ERA. He's mostly a two-pitch pitcher, throwing a fastball and an elite slider. Minor league free agents are seldom given a major league contract, but Curvelo's peripherals may make him a good candidate.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a Paul Goldschmidt-shaped hole at first base for the upcoming season and they’re apparently going to take an unconventional approach to filling it. According to Jesse Rogers of ESPN, Willson Contreras is shifting to first base from his previous catcher position. Ahead of the 2023 season, he signed a five-year $87.5 million contract with the Cardinals after six years with the rival Cubs, as a replacement for St. Louis legend Yadier Molina. But Contreras’ time in the Gateway to the West began to go south in 2024 due to a fractured left forearm suffered in May and a fractured middle finger in August and he ultimately ended up playing in just 84 games. On top of that, just one month into his Cardinals’ tenure in May 2023, it was announced that he would no longer be playing catcher because starting pitchers didn’t like pitching to him. That plan remained in place for only one week before he returned to his normal spot, though. Currently, the team has rookie Pedro Pagés and youngster Iván Herrera as the candidates to take over behind the plate after splitting time there while Contreras was injured. As for former first-round pick Jordan Walker, who at 6’6”, 250 lbs has the size to play first base, it seems that the team either feels comfortable with him playing right field, or are hesitant to commit to him after another disappointing season with the bat. Contreras has only played 11 major league games at first base, with his last time coming in 2019. It remains to be seen how the Cardinals will approach the free agent market that has natural first basemen Rowdy Tellez, Pete Alonso, Josh Bell, Christian Walker, and Carlos Santana among others on it.

Marco Luciano’s prospect status has dwindled after a few disappointing stints with the Giants over the past two seasons but new Giants’ president of baseball operations Buster Posey thinks that he may know what will unlock the 23-year-old’s potential; moving him to the outfield. Luciano has exclusively played shortstop and second base thus far in his career, but dating back to his early years in San Francisco’s system, he looked to be a candidate to move to third base or the outfield because of his defensive struggles and those proficies are coming to fruition. When he was optioned to the minors in late September, the goal was to give him some reps in the outfield at the Arizona complex. Left field was split in 2024 between Heliot Ramos and Michael Conforto, the latter of now being a free agent, so it could be a logical spot for Luciano with centerfield locked down by Jung-hoo Lee and rightfield belonging to Mike Yastrzemski. The Giants have started a different player in left field on Opening Day each year dating back to 2007 and Luciano would help extend that streak to an impressive 19 seasons. San Francisco’s search for the Brandon Crawford-replacement will continue onwards with free agency beginning.