First Frost - 16 oz season again !

[scoutniagara]

What's all this talk of 16 oz. kilts? My 13 oz kilt is great, warm and toasty when the snow's flying up to my (where my knickers would be ), but today with temperatures around 5C, I was out with a 10oz poly/viscose and I was fine. I'm not on winter maneuvers in the Arctic. For the short time we have weather under -10C, it's not worth buying a 16 oz. kilt.

[Andrew Green]

But isn't it worth buying a 16oz kilt just 'cause?

[porrick]

What's all this talk of 16 oz. kilts?

Kilts??? Darn, I thought you guys were on about 16 oz glasses of Guinness

[MacConnachie]

It was chilly Saturday night, when I wore a rather light (7-8 oz.) great kilt in the Camel Thompson tartan to a Hallowe'en party. Wasn't too bad until I was outside for a break, and experienced the effects of a cold breeze blowing "up the gulch," so to speak. Temps were between 25 and 30 deg. F at the time.

Right now, it's tough to wear kilts in this part of the world. Temps the past 3 nights have been between 0 and 5 above F., and all the way up to 20 or 25 during the day. I generally don't kilt up in this kind of weather unless the pipe band's got a gig to play, somewhere.

[Blu (Ontario)]

What's all this talk of 16 oz. kilts? My 13 oz kilt is great,

As long as the exposure time isn't too long, 13oz kilts will perform just fine. Once the temperatures drop below freezing though, I tend to consider knickers the better option.

[switchblade5984]

i am so glad i live in CALIFORNIA

[Pleater]

Today was bright but cold down here on the South coast of England, and having work to do outside on the aviary to get it spruced up for the Winter, I put on trousers and fleece - the wind fairly whistles down between the houses when it is North to South.

Having been wearing a jersey and cosy kilt of 8 yards of peached black cotton and a liner for a few days, my choice of clothing was obviously not adequate and I am now suffering with a chill on my back - my skin is still cold and I have been indoors for 6 hours, plus my hips have seized up.

Although it is midnight I think a hot bath and a huddle in a great kilt with some malted milk is in order - sigh - life does get rather slow these days.

[Hachiman]

*sigh*.... all this talk of lovely cold weather is making me envious!

Here I am, preparing for the onslaught of a Queensland summer (read: regular temps in excess of 100deg F), and all I can think of is the lovely crisp air of North Carolina in winter.

I have a whole new category of jonesing now! ;)

cheers!!
Hachiman

[Scott Gilmore]

Yeah, it got down to 70º F today here in San Diego ... brrrrrrrrrrr ...

[Pour1Malt]

guid hard frost this mornin'....


lovely fur a stroll along the river oan Burns Walk...


leaves an twigs cracklin under footie a' the wa'...



ah... life is guid!