Who's still wandering around in shorts then?

whyamihere
whyamihere Posts: 7,719
edited November 2010 in The Crudcatcher
I've started the annual thing of having people call me insane for walking around in shorts and a tshirt as their pathetic, weak bodies are shivering from the cold despite being completely wrapped up, so who else is still being manly and refusing to wear trousers?
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    Me.... but I had 29 degrees at the weekend :wink:
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  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    whyamihere wrote:
    I've started the annual thing of having people call me insane

    To be fair, that has nothing to do with what you're wearing...

    Went out at lunchtime in just a short sleeved shirt. Have to wear trousers in the office as 'shorts' are deemed inappropriate. How this can be when its acceptable for some of the ladies to wear skirts no longer than a belt in the office baffles me.

    Gone over to full length tights this week as well. Not been too healthy for the past two weeks, so don't wish to slow down my recovery.
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  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    Only if I have to pop in to town before hitting the trails, I leave the bike in the company carpet, otherwise just jeans and t shirt
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  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    El Capitano wrote:
    whyamihere wrote:
    I've started the annual thing of having people call me insane
    Went out at lunchtime in just a short sleeved shirt. Have to wear trousers in the office as 'shorts' are deemed inappropriate. How this can be when its acceptable for some of the ladies to wear skirts no longer than a belt in the office baffles me.

    this :x If I came in wearing attire that showed my underwear or lack of :shock: in some of the girls cases I'd get castrated and sent home with a warning
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  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    the postmen in my area have an annual "who can keep their shorts on the longest contest", and can be seen wearing em in jan/feb!

    respect.
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  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    projectsome wrote:
    El Capitano wrote:
    whyamihere wrote:
    I've started the annual thing of having people call me insane
    Went out at lunchtime in just a short sleeved shirt. Have to wear trousers in the office as 'shorts' are deemed inappropriate. How this can be when its acceptable for some of the ladies to wear skirts no longer than a belt in the office baffles me.

    this :x If I came in wearing attire that showed my underwear or lack of :shock: in some of the girls cases I'd get castrated and sent home with a warning

    We have our own resident "Sharon Stone" here...
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    psymon wrote:
    the postmen in my area have an annual "who can keep their shorts on the longest contest", and can be seen wearing em in jan/feb!

    respect.
    I only switch to jeans when it's seriously below zero. My calves just don't get cold. I do the same when riding, generally just wear knee warmers, though I am thinking of investing in some 3/4 length roubaix tights to keep my knackers warmer.
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    whyamihere wrote:
    though I am thinking of investing in some 3/4 length roubaix tights to keep my knackers warmer.

    Can't fault my DHB ones.
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  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    edited November 2010
    Casual shorts Mar-Oct inclusive.

    Baggies on the bike all year round
  • MacAndCheese
    MacAndCheese Posts: 1,944
    I'm definitely shorts all year round, was even in a t-shirt on the commute today- I just hate wearing jackets if I don't really need it (no mater how expensive, I still haven't found a "breathable" one that doesn't leave me soaked inside after my 40 min commute)

    (EDIT - But I do live about as far south down the country as you can get)
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    shorts went out ages ago.

    inches of Snow out side now.
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  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    MacAndCheese wrote:
    I'm definitely shorts all year round, was even in a t-shirt on the commute today- I just hate wearing jackets if I don't really need it (no mater how expensive, I still haven't found a "breathable" one that doesn't leave me soaked inside after my 40 min commute)

    (EDIT - But I do live about as far south down the country as you can get)


    true dat!

    jacket is useful for the first 2 minutes of a ride then it just becomes a big cloth thermos flask with me as the soup. and if you wear a bag, and you do if you commute, its 10 times worse.

    i think arm warmers are the way forward, cheap, packable and quick to remove (on the move)
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Yeah, still in shorts.
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  • Jimbob_no5
    Jimbob_no5 Posts: 1,568
    im still in shorts, hate wearing trousers especially inside, shorts ftw
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  • wordnumb
    wordnumb Posts: 847
    3/4 lengths. I wear 'em all year long, except on Feb 29th which is when they get washed.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    nicklouse wrote:
    shorts went out ages ago.

    inches of Snow out side now.
    No snow outside here yet. But we have a good helping of it on the mountains. Looks very picturesque.

    No doubt, everybody will be panicking about frosty roads soon, while you guys in Sweeden secretly laugh at us.
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    shorts went out ages ago.

    inches of Snow out side now.
    No snow outside here yet. But we have a good helping of it on the mountains. Looks very picturesque.

    No doubt, everybody will be panicking about frosty roads soon, while you guys in Sweeden secretly laugh at us.

    We had the roads gritted last night. No frost this morning though...
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    been 36 hours of snow so far.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    nicklouse wrote:
    been 36 hours of snow so far.
    Bliss :D
    I love snow, it bring out my inner child!
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    well i will not be on the fixed to the Pub tonite.
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  • Boy Lard
    Boy Lard Posts: 445
    I was wearing shorts until this week end, mainly because I didn't have a single pair of trousers that fit me. Wife bought me some cargo pants and some jeans on Sunday so I've worn them so far, but they do feel oddly uncomfortable after 6 months in shorts.
  • Mark_K
    Mark_K Posts: 666
    I have to wear shorts in my house as the wife has the damn heating up so high grrrr
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Mark_K wrote:
    I have to wear shorts in my house as the wife has the damn heating up so high grrrr
    Sounds like your wife wears the trousers in that relationship then. By shorts, are you talking about short skirts?
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Mark_K wrote:
    I have to wear shorts in my house as the wife has the damn heating up so high grrrr
    Sounds like your wife wears the trousers in that relationship then.
    It's a woman thing. When I got home last night, I opened the front door and wooooooooooooooshh the blast nearly singed my eyebrows.

    Woman! Turn that heating down!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    .blitz wrote:
    Woman! Turn that heating down!
    That's more like it.
    If your woman isn't getting hot and sweaty at the thought of you coming home, then you're doing something wrong :lol:
  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    I'm still in shorts, I too, don't seem to get cold legs. The other day was quite interesting though as they slowly turned pink with the cold weather and stinging rain. That hurt a bit, but wasn't too bad.

    El Cap, with your tash growing abilities, you can wear trousers all the time and still be classed more of a man than most!
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  • sherbert19
    sherbert19 Posts: 99
    El Capitano wrote:
    How this can be when its acceptable for some of the ladies to wear skirts no longer than a belt in the office baffles me.

    I see no reason to complain here.
    I have to wear shorts in my house as the wife has the damn heating up so high grrrr

    I agree, what is it with women and being fcuking cold! Put a jumper on or something for christs sake!
    We'll see things they'll never see...
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  • micksjoiner
    micksjoiner Posts: 409
    been in shorts all day ,thats boxer shorts,playing COD
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    .blitz wrote:
    Casual shorts Mar-Oct inclusive.

    Baggies on the bike all year round

    Very much this.

    If it drops a long way below zero, I've also got some 3/4 bib tights to go under the shorts.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    im still in shorts and flip flops out and about but it has gotten cold enough this last couple of days for me to go from fleece to down jacket and flip flops.

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