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CaliBoom
05/04/09

In reply to CoolCop Is a Hose That Runs AC Right Into Your Shirt, But Only if You're a Cop
You know, they could use a cool-suit ([www.coolshirt.net]) which is less bulky, would be less umm, crappy . . .

It's proven, it works, there are quick connects for the fluid hoses. . .

but whatever.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
05/04/09

@CaliBoom: I hate to admit it but the coolcop is a good idea because it's quickly and easily removable. I can't see quickly jumping in and out of the car with the coolcop on.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
05/04/09

In reply to CoolCop Is a Hose That Runs AC Right Into Your Shirt, But Only if You're a Cop
Well, one redeeming quality is it wouldn't be the most egregious waste of taxpayer money...but it'd be close.
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Bailen
05/04/09

In reply to CoolCop Is a Hose That Runs AC Right Into Your Shirt, But Only if You're a Cop
This is marketed towards police because they are one of the few occupations that, at least on most services, requires wearing their Kevlar vests 100% of the time while on duty and out of the police station. If you think cars get hot, try it in a Kevlar or ceramic vest that just traps your heat in and shields all the cold air out. They really need to make winter jackets and sleeping bags out of the stuff, but they might get too hot.
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DH405
05/04/09

@Bailen: Actually I think the local 7-11 around the corner has the same attire requirements.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
05/04/09

@SMSDHubbard: I don't want to live in your neighborhood.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
05/04/09

In reply to CoolCop Is a Hose That Runs AC Right Into Your Shirt, But Only if You're a Cop
For a second I thought this was an anti-smoking ad, and that he had a tracheotomy due to lung cancer. And then I wondered how he managed to out of the cruiser during police stops.
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Curves
05/04/09

In reply to CoolCop Is a Hose That Runs AC Right Into Your Shirt, But Only if You're a Cop
Hoser.
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robot-shmobot
05/04/09

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why does it have to go from the opposite vent in the dash? why not the one next to the steering wheel?
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
05/04/09

@robot-shmobot: He can't use that vent because his damn dispatch screen is in the way.

Plus, he probably has that vent blowing on his face and that basically unused vent is keeping his core temp down.
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Murilee Martin
05/04/09

In reply to CoolCop Is a Hose That Runs AC Right Into Your Shirt, But Only if You're a Cop

The Punisher Racing Chevy Caprice 24 Hours Of LeMons team has been using a similar rig in their ex-cop car for years now. Maybe they need to sue!
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.357
05/04/09

@Murilee Martin: And, this can be had for much less than $50.00.
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ddhboy
05/04/09

@Murilee Martin: To be fair, they are using their system to cool someone in a crash suit. The Cool Cop is retarded because unlike the fellow picture here, there isn't pounds of insulation separating you from the AC system in a cop's uniform so just running the AC in the car for everyone makes a hell of a lot more sense than stuffing a hose down your shirt.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
05/04/09

@ddhboy: You, obviously, have never been in a police uniform. It's not that different.

First, you've got your undershirt (white tee) then you have a layer of kevlar vest, then you have your wool (and completely unbreathable wool uniform), then you have your shirt stays from the bottom of your shirt to your ankles, and then you have your pants and your shirt really hangs over your thighs, too. Then you have the wool pants, and then you have your damn boots after that.

It's like wearing a thick jacket you can't take off.
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LastError
05/04/09

@Murilee Martin: A racing car with air conditioning? FAIL!
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
05/05/09

@LastError: Let's if you're so hard on it after spending 8 hours in a hot racecar... LeMons is endurance racing... so anything that helps YOUR endurance is better.
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Murilee Martin
05/05/09

@LastError: These guys nearly won the LeMons South '08 race, which took place in 98 degree South Carolina swampy heat.
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smegz
05/04/09

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At least it's going to his shirt. I almost read it a CoolCock.
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MushyHeirloom
05/04/09

@smegz: The guy looks like a CoolCock to me.
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.357
05/04/09

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So what happens when there's a robbery in progress and he has to get out of the car?

What happens when the local Tim Horton's drive thru is closed and he has to walk inside to get his food?

What happens when he has to chase crackheads?
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Moonshadow101
05/04/09

@.357: Pulling this out of your collar can't possibly take any longer than removing a seatbelt.
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robot-shmobot
05/04/09

@.357: Haha, if Timmie's is closed all hell would break loose. Maybe they could make sort of a telescoping hose that can stretch that ever so common 15 meters from the front doors to the counter.
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.357
05/04/09

@Moonshadow101: What the hell is a seatbelt?
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.357
05/04/09

@robot-shmobot: You know what, if it really did close, there would be rioting.
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robot-shmobot
05/04/09

@.357: I could just see it now, the class ridden riot consisting first of the weekend, camo-clad hunters looking for the double-doubles; next the daily swash of seniors whom seem to infest every Timmies from 9-3, Monday to Friday; the very very large mothers of 5; the toothless crack addicts; the daily joe drinkers and finally the Timmy-Hoes.. All pounding incessantly on the glass, begging for a sip of the sweet sweet nectar of the Timmy-Teat.
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.357
05/04/09

@robot-shmobot: Canada would be almost dead. The only thing that would keep us alive would be Alexander Keith's.
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MushyHeirloom
05/04/09

@.357: And there would be nobody to suppress it, as the cops would join in.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
05/04/09

@robot-shmobot: wait. wait....

There's another place besides In-N-Out that serves Double-Doubles?

In and out should be suing for copyright infringement.
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.357
05/05/09

@Plecostomus will never win COTD... but has a: I don't think it's the same thing.
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