Cold Weather Kilting

[turpin]

C x 9/5 + 32 = F

F -32 x 5/9 = C

F = -30 x 9/5 + 32 = -22F = COLD!!

[auld argonian]

Where's that whole little essay about what a Scot considers cold? You know, the one that ends with hell freezing over and Scotland winning the World Cup?

Best

AA

[Jimmy the Celt]

Last night was pretty chilly for Southern California, and I was out and about in my SWK Wallace economy, with a t-shirt and a sweater, and thin black socks with boots. My knees were a bit cold, but I imagine that if I were wearing hose instead of thin socks, it would have gone a long way in keeping my knees comfortable. Of course, it's nowhere near as cold as a lot of other places . . . I wonder what kilting will be like in January?

~James

[Barclay]

C x 9/5 + 32 = F

F -32 x 5/9 = C

F = -30 x 9/5 + 32 = -22F = COLD!!

C x 1.8 + 32 = F is so much easier. Easier still is double the Celcius and add 30 to get Farenheit - it's close enough at usually only a degree or two off.

It's never too cold to kilt, of course, long johns underneath may be a good idea in your neck of the woods!

[turpin]

C x 1.8 + 32 = F is so much easier. Easier still is double the Celcius and add 30 to get Farenheit - it's close enough at usually only a degree or two off.

It's never too cold to kilt, of course, long johns underneath may be a good idea in your neck of the woods!

Now don't go getting all decimally on me. I'm a classicist I am. Those little dots between the numbers are an abomination unto the lord. I demand complexity!

[Kilted_John]

Yesterday, I wore my Armstrong 16 oz 9-yarder, a t-shirt, parka, oatmeal KH, and hiking boots. Was a lot warmer than I was earlier when I'd put the snow tires on the car and ran to the PO. Wore shorts with cotton rugby socks, with the rest of the outfit mentioned above. Actually had a buddy of mine ask me if I was cold. Saw him a few minutes later and had taken off my parka, since I was so warm.

-J

[Barclay]

Now don't go getting all decimally on me. I'm a classicist I am. Those little dots between the numbers are an abomination unto the lord. I demand complexity!

ROFL! My apologies. I think the same thing when I see those damnable slashes that signify a fraction is a'coming!

[auld argonian]

...ah...found it!

Originally posted by Raphael:

English vs Scots

50F degrees (= 10C)
People in southern England turn on the central heating
People in Edinburgh plant out bedding plants

40F degrees
Southerners shiver uncontrollably
Glaswegians sunbathe on the beach at Largs

35F degrees (approx. 0C)
Cars in the south of England refuse to start
People in Falkirk drive with their windows down

20F degrees
Southerners wear overcoats, gloves and woolly hats
Aberdonian men throw on a T-shirt & girls start wearing mini-skirts

15F degrees
Southerners begin to evacuate to the continent
People from Dundee swim in the North Sea at Broughty Ferry

Zero degrees
Life in the south grinds to a halt
Inverness folk have the last BBQ before it gets cold

Minus 10F degrees
Life in the south ceases to exist
People in Dunfermline throw on a light jacket

Minus 80F degrees
Polar bears wonder if it's worth carrying on
Boy Scouts in Oban start wearing their long trousers

Minus 100F degrees
Santa Claus abandons North Pole
People in Stirling put on their 'long johns'

Minus 173F degrees
Alcohol freezes
Glaswegians get upset because all the pubs are shut

Minus 297F degrees
Microbial life starts to disappear
The cows in Dumfriesshire complain about farmers with cold hands

Minus 460F degrees
All atomic motion stops
Shetlanders stamp their feet and blow on their hands

Minus 500F degrees
Hell freezes over
Scotland wins the 6 nations


...always bears repeating when the "cold" thread pops up.

Best

AA

[Bill]

Currently here where I am (Jamestown ND) it is 0F/-18C with a steady 22mph wind produsing a wind chill of -23F a bit chilly. I don't tend to spend much time out in weather like this but I have no problems with being cold kilted as long as I remember proper hat, coat, and mits.

Bill