Alpo Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I'm out walking the dog about 8:00 at night. Thermometer says it's 39. I'm wearing long pants, a sherpa vest, a thermal sweatshirt jacket, a hat and gloves. It's cold. As we come back to the house a car pulls up across the street. The guy gets out and I'm thinking that it appears he's wearing shorts and a t-shirt. He goes around in the back of the car as we walk closer. He pops the hatchback and reaches in and pulls out a t-shirt and puts it on. All he had been wearing was shorts. Then he gets some deodorant and rubs it on and I realized that he had put on a tank top. It's 39° and all he's wearing is a pair of shorts, but because it was cold he put on a tank top. Barefoot. I completely understand Jennie. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggus Deal #64218 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Was getting gas yesterday in Las Vegas, New Mexico. High 20s, wind howling, humidity. Three clowns out smoking in tshirts huddled up and shivering… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I see em all the time up here in NE Ohio, maybe not a tshirt but a hoodie and shorts in 20 degree weather! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Had a guy worked for DEC in NH in the eighties, was former faculty at UMISS. Wore a short sleeved shirt as outerwear year round. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I go out every morning in tee shirt, sweat pants and sneakers to feed the birds then head to the basement to work out. It’s invigorating. I’m exposed for a few minutes. No biggie. This backfired on me a while back. My wife’s sister to her to a Christmas ornament party. I headed down to the basement to workout. It was 26℉. I was wearing what I always wear. I got to the basement door and realized I forgot my keys. Ruh-Roh… I had locked the doorknob on my front door. There is no way to jimmy the windows open. I called my wife - no answer. I called my sister-in-law - she answered. From the time I went outside until my wife arrived to open the door it was 18 minutes. Lucky I had my phone with me. I was chilled but not “cold”. I have been cold. Cold to the point of serious concern. It takes longer than most people think to freeze to death but once your body reaches a certain level of cold it goes downhill real fast. I see going out into the cold in light clothing as a challenge and it really does get the blood pumping, but I am not an idiot. I don’t go running around that way. All it takes is one little thing to go wrong and things can go bad pretty quickly. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 5 hours ago, Alpo said: I'm out walking the dog about 8:00 at night. Thermometer says it's 39. I'm wearing long pants, a sherpa vest, a thermal sweatshirt jacket, a hat and gloves. It's cold. As we come back to the house a car pulls up across the street. The guy gets out and I'm thinking that it appears he's wearing shorts and a t-shirt. He goes around in the back of the car as we walk closer. He pops the hatchback and reaches in and pulls out a t-shirt and puts it on. All he had been wearing was shorts. Then he gets some deodorant and rubs it on and I realized that he had put on a tank top. It's 39° and all he's wearing is a pair of shorts, but because it was cold he put on a tank top. Barefoot. I completely understand Jennie. Did he have Canadian plates on the car? 12 F. here yesterday, when I was grocery shopping and one fellow was wearing short pants. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Long time friend, now deceased, wore shorts and sandals nearly all Winter in Minnesota. Big guy, but I don't know how he did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kane Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Yeah. When I was a kid, I saw this dude trying to use a block of ice as a pillow during a nap on the job. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 At least he couldn't get poked in the eye! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Maverick Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Haven't you seen those idiots at the football games without shirts in cold weather, some even during the snow storms. TM 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 In Buffalo and New England, yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted Monday at 09:27 AM Share Posted Monday at 09:27 AM Saw lots of them in Seattle back when I was stationed at Whidby Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted Tuesday at 03:47 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:47 AM saw one yesterday here , shorts and T-shirt tennis shoes and golf sox , walking across parking lot , temp was 12f at the time and there was a fair breeze , you cant fix stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted Tuesday at 12:52 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:52 PM I believe you have found a cartoon of Blackwater. The boy dont recognize cold. I DO Imis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted Tuesday at 03:03 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:03 PM Dealing with or enduring extreme temps is good practice for unforeseen possibilities. It also tells you your own limits. I used to camp in the snow for days at a time. You learn pretty quickly what apparel and equipment works and what doesn’t and most of all what you can tolerate. Perhaps these “crazy” illogical weather ignoring people are testing themselves. OR perhaps they are show offs. Or maybe they’re poor and doing what they gotta do to live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted Tuesday at 03:34 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 03:34 PM On 1/13/2025 at 3:27 AM, Sedalia Dave said: Saw lots of them in Seattle back when I was stationed at Whidby Island. Jennie - that comic strip is what they call an autobiographical comic. It's about things that happen in her life. She lived in Atlanta, and about 5 or 6 years ago she moved to Portland. And that's where that strip is taking place. Portland. She says that the thing on the guy's shirt is supposed to be a maple leaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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