[Woodsman]

With temps in the 90's I alternate between my Amerikilt, USA Casual and the Elkommando, mostly without belts and t-shirt not tucked in and keep moving. I've been giving the Moutain Hardwear Elkommando kilt the hardest workout lately because it's my newest kilt. (Yes, I'm already thinking of which kilt I want next. I admit the addiction!) Anyway the ELKK has been great hiking, canoeing, barbequing and working around the yard.

[Larry124]

Finally dropped below 70F.
I tend to judge kilts by their "after dark" comfort and utility.
Shed Elkommando and SK Tropical or Hiking.
Don AK cotton or USAK PV Casuals.

[Larry124]

Originally Posted by Larry124

Finally dropped below 70F.
I tend to judge kilts by their "after dark" comfort and utility.
Shed Elkommando and SK Tropical or Hiking.
Don AK cotton or USAK PV Casuals.

Summer middleweight tonight.
I'm wearing whatever doesn't need to be kept fresh for two upcoming camping Music Festivals.

[CDNSushi]

Here in Japan, the heat has been crazy (as usual). Really, really, really hot. 36C (with very high, close to 100%, sweat through your shirt in 5 minutes humidity) on a daily basis and rainy season is over.

As a result, I did some hunting around and managed to find a very special tailor in Tokyo. He told me that he could make me a kilt, the likes of which no one has ever seen! It would be made of such a thin, revolutionary fabric, that was so light that to the untrained eye it might look completely invisible -- almost like wearing nothing at all!

So after paying him an ungodly sum of money and waiting the longest time, I finally went to collect my new kilt, and I must say I was impressed! The tailor told me that it turned out better than expected and that he would wrap the kilt around me himself because I would not be used to dealing with such a light fabric. So he did, and true to his word, if you didn't know you were wearing it, you might think you were nude.

Well, going home I could see the evidence of the tailor's master craftsmanship by the way people stared at my awesome new kilt. When I finally got home, I removed the kilt and put it into a drawer. Or at least I thought I did... When I tried to take it out to wear it again a few days ago it was gone... I'll talk to my wife -- I'm sure she probably just took it to the cleaners or something.

[Canuck of NI]

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

Here in Japan, the heat has been crazy (as usual). Really, really, really hot. 36C (with very high, close to 100%, sweat through your shirt in 5 minutes humidity) on a daily basis and rainy season is over.

As a result, I did some hunting around and managed to find a very special tailor in Tokyo. He told me that he could make me a kilt, the likes of which no one has ever seen! It would be made of such a thin, revolutionary fabric, that was so light that to the untrained eye it might look completely invisible -- almost like wearing nothing at all!

So after paying him an ungodly sum of money and waiting the longest time, I finally went to collect my new kilt, and I must say I was impressed! The tailor told me that it turned out better than expected and that he would wrap the kilt around me himself because I would not be used to dealing with such a light fabric. So he did, and true to his word, if you didn't know you were wearing it, you might think you were nude.

Well, going home I could see the evidence of the tailor's master craftsmanship by the way people stared at my awesome new kilt. When I finally got home, I removed the kilt and put it into a drawer. Or at least I thought I did... When I tried to take it out to wear it again a few days ago it was gone... I'll talk to my wife -- I'm sure she probably just took it to the cleaners or something.

CDN, are you a South Park fan? If so, you will be aware of the activities of the Underpants Gnomes and the Japanese version of those may have been confused if you put your new kilt with either your Japanese or your other Western clothing. It could happen!

[kiltedpresbyterian]

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

Here in Japan, the heat has been crazy (as usual). Really, really, really hot. 36C (with very high, close to 100%, sweat through your shirt in 5 minutes humidity) on a daily basis and rainy season is over.

As a result, I did some hunting around and managed to find a very special tailor in Tokyo. He told me that he could make me a kilt, the likes of which no one has ever seen! It would be made of such a thin, revolutionary fabric, that was so light that to the untrained eye it might look completely invisible -- almost like wearing nothing at all!

So after paying him an ungodly sum of money and waiting the longest time, I finally went to collect my new kilt, and I must say I was impressed! The tailor told me that it turned out better than expected and that he would wrap the kilt around me himself because I would not be used to dealing with such a light fabric. So he did, and true to his word, if you didn't know you were wearing it, you might think you were nude.

Well, going home I could see the evidence of the tailor's master craftsmanship by the way people stared at my awesome new kilt. When I finally got home, I removed the kilt and put it into a drawer. Or at least I thought I did... When I tried to take it out to wear it again a few days ago it was gone... I'll talk to my wife -- I'm sure she probably just took it to the cleaners or something.

It was just wrinkled.

[auld argonian]

The weather here in Chicago has gotten us a bumper crop of mosquitoes...what the hell is a "bumper" crop, anyway...what grows on a bumper?

Anyway...I had to take a large branch off a neighbor's tree last week before it took out my electrical wires...I did spray myself with some Cutter's repellant but forgot to do the backs of my upper arms...I forgot them but the mosquitoes didn't.

I went out this morning at 6 to haul the branches out to the curb for the trash pick up and didn't make it past the back gate...got hit with a wall of skeeters like I have never seen. The branches can wait...

...by the way, I'm not that concerned with getting West Nile from the skeeters because I'm convinced that I've already got it last year...

The forecast? More of the same until further notice...90's and humidity you can cut with a machete.

Best

AA

[castledangerous]

"But back in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was common to hear shopkeepers talk of "bumper business" in the holiday season or even "bumper traffic" on city streets. "Bumper" as a noun was even used as theatrical slang for a sold-out house at a performance.

The logic of this "large" sense of "bumper" is a little hazy, but a clue may be found in its earliest use. A "bumper" in the 17th century was a large glass of beer or wine that was filled to the brim, i.e., with the liquid literally bumping against the rim of the glass. Such abundance was obviously considered a good thing, as "bumper crops" of just about anything have been ever since.'

http://www.word-detective.com/112700.html

[Larry124]

Originally Posted by castledangerous

"But back in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was common to hear shopkeepers talk of "bumper business" in the holiday season or even "bumper traffic" on city streets. "Bumper" as a noun was even used as theatrical slang for a sold-out house at a performance.

The logic of this "large" sense of "bumper" is a little hazy, but a clue may be found in its earliest use. A "bumper" in the 17th century was a large glass of beer or wine that was filled to the brim, i.e., with the liquid literally bumping against the rim of the glass. Such abundance was obviously considered a good thing, as "bumper crops" of just about anything have been ever since.'

http://www.word-detective.com/112700.html

I love our language!

[Jock Scot]

----------now do I put on my thin sweater and a fleece, or maybe, the thick sweater and the fleece today, or perhaps the thick sweater over the thin sweater and the fleece today? Hummm decisions, decisions!