but baby, it's cold outside....

**Blu (Ontario)** · 16th August 05, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

... having 80 degree temps on Christmas Day is no picnic either. Heat index, blah!...

I could live with that. The Gas Co. wouldn't like it very much!

**Dreadbelly** · 16th August 05, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Blu (Ontario)

I could live with that. The Gas Co. wouldn't like it very much!

The Gas Company is EVIL down here. Somehow, they can justify a $900 bill to heat a one bedroom 4 room total millhouse in the winter. And that's just for the heater all by it self.

For those that don't know... Common millhouse round these parts. One small bedroom (A queen sized matress will go wall to wall), a bathroom(Typically a shower, a toilet, and sink, no bathtub), a kitchen, and a small living room. That's it. Maybe 600 to a 1000 square feet.

**arrogcow** · 16th August 05, 08:38 PM

Basically the difference between pants and a kilt is the same as mittens vs gloves. A kilt gives you a pocket of warm air around your body. One day last winter I had to park about 1/2 mile away from home due to snow. I hiked home, then back to the car (I had forgotten a 4 pack of Guiness) and then home again. I was wearing a lined Pittsburgh Kilt, kilt hose, and a calf length cashmire coat, and a ball cap. Temp was 7F plus what ever the wind chill factor was. No problems.

Actually I have found the worst time to wear a kilt is when it is windy, raining and the temp is about 40F. It has to be a combo of all three, but that is chilly.

Adam

**Archangel** · 17th August 05, 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by arrogcow

Basically the difference between pants and a kilt is the same as mittens vs gloves. A kilt gives you a pocket of warm air around your body. One day last winter I had to park about 1/2 mile away from home due to snow. I hiked home, then back to the car (I had forgotten a 4 pack of Guiness) and then home again. I was wearing a lined Pittsburgh Kilt, kilt hose, and a calf length cashmire coat, and a ball cap. Temp was 7F plus what ever the wind chill factor was. No problems.

Actually I have found the worst time to wear a kilt is when it is windy, raining and the temp is about 40F. It has to be a combo of all three, but that is chilly.

Adam

forgot the Guinness???

**Blu (Ontario)** · 17th August 05, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by arrogcow

Basically the difference between pants and a kilt is the same as mittens vs gloves...

Well... sort of... perhaps mittens with the end cut off!

**Andrew Breecher** · 17th August 05, 04:15 PM

I live in Boston, and it gets below 0°F in the winter here quite often (as low as -20°F, with an additional wind chill factor on top of that). No problem. Sure, you're chilly. You'd be chilly in trousers too.

Last year I spent the entire winter outdoors - literally, I was not indoors at any time. Snowstorms, hailstorms, dank drizzle, I was out in it, 12 hours a day, and then I stayed in three-sided structures overnight, so I was outside 24 hours a day. In the winter. Wading through knee-deep snow. Wearing a kilt. No problem. My fingers were often cold, and I often couldn't feel them. My knees were never too cold.

Obviously, if you're in very extreme cold and wind, you can get frostbite on any exposed skin. Be aware of that, and take precautions. But don't be afraid of a little bit of cold weather. The kilt is not as cold as you, or anyone else, thinks.

Andrew.

**Archangel** · 17th August 05, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Andrew Breecher

I live in Boston, and it gets below 0°F in the winter here quite often (as low as -20°F, with an additional wind chill factor on top of that). No problem. Sure, you're chilly. You'd be chilly in trousers too.

Last year I spent the entire winter outdoors - literally, I was not indoors at any time. Snowstorms, hailstorms, dank drizzle, I was out in it, 12 hours a day, and then I stayed in three-sided structures overnight, so I was outside 24 hours a day. In the winter. Wading through knee-deep snow. Wearing a kilt. No problem. My fingers were often cold, and I often couldn't feel them. My knees were never too cold.

Andrew.

why? if that's not being personal.