Cold Weather Kilting?

[Retro Red]

'Fraid I can't help you, Chefdave - I'm a desert rat.

Here in Phoenix, if it gets below 60ºF (15.6ºC) it's considered a cold spell. In fact today's high temp is suppose to be 92ºF (33.3ºC).
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[Chefdave]

It's 50* and steadily moving lower.

And windy too...with the accompanying windchill factor.

I also don't have much "natural insulation".

[Caradoc]

In fact today's high temp is suppose to be 92ºF (33.3ºC).

The remote thermometer in my driveway is reporting the current temp at 96ºF at the moment.

[starbkjrus]

The remote thermometer in my driveway is reporting the current temp at 96ºF at the moment.

Harumph!!! 54f and falling to 34F So harumph again.

[Blu (Ontario)]

I am a pragmatist. I also hate the cold weather... tough considering I live in Ontario where temps can fall well below zero F. in the depths of winter. It snowed today - a harbinger of days to come.

If it gets too cold... I wear trousers. In the past, and on accasion still do wear kilts in some pretty brutal conditions... but not as a general rule.

Warm kilt hose are important to me this time of year. I do wear them with boots and then change into shoes indoors... nobody has ever commented to me that kilt hose with boots looked goofy - in winter, health and survival overrules fashion.

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[porrick]

Harumph!!! 54f and falling to 34F So harumph again.

I changed to studded tires this afternoon...

[scoutniagara]

I will arrange to put on my winter tires this week, but I'm still in kilt. My Burnetts and Struth traditional kilt as has been said, is quite warm in winter, yet breezy in summer. Unless I'm going to be outside in the snow for extended periods of time, nothing more than wool hose are required to keep everything toasty warm. Keep your core area warm, but you lose most of your body heat out through your head, so put a cap on the chimney.

[Sir Robert]

We have a cold snap where it has dropped from 94f to 72f. The drop for us acclimated to the 90s actually has people reaching for the heater switch and finding that it is inoperative. It feels cold.

Of course the nice thing is that we can now wear nice clothes without the heat injuries.

[Robinhood]

Scrunching socks down to the top of the boots
helps keep stuff (including snow) out of them.
What you need for winter is some shock that
are really high so you can scruch them and
still have enough to reach the knees.

I've seen such socks on ebay quite frequently.
Mostly they are cotton, though occasionally wool.
The wool ones are rather expensive, though
probably worth it.

[Hachiman]

'Fraid I can't help you, Chefdave - I'm a desert rat.

Here in Phoenix, if it gets below 60ºF (15.6ºC) it's considered a cold spell. In fact today's high temp is suppose to be 92ºF (33.3ºC).
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I'm in a similar position: Queensland rarely gets below 20 deg C on a winter's day (I guess that's in the mid 60's?), and in summer it often exceeds 100 deg F during the day. Then there's the humidity!

I look forward to moving to a colder climate - in fact, I can't wait! (does that mean I'm jonesing for the Northern Hemisphere?). I'm pleased to see that a decent woollen kilt will keep me warm in most winter weather in the USA...

Now, I just need to buy a decent woollen kilt! :rolleyes:

cheers

Hachiman