Maybe it's my age, or maybe it's where I was raised, or by whom I was raised.
My Grandpa:
But I've always believed that men don't wear shorts, and men don't wear jewelry.
Don
Maybe we can get Tim behind him on this one....;-)
Now that you mention it, I don't recall Grandpa White ever wearing a hat, shorts or going without a shirt. These days I very rarely wear shorts and never go out without a shirt on. Wearing a ballcap is whole 'nother matter for me.
E.
I wear a Boonie Cap out in the field. It provides shade all around and seems to generally work better than a ball cap.
My grandfathers died before I was born.
But I never saw a picture of either wearing jewelry.
One of my grandfathers worked for the Red Cross in the Philippines where standard dress was khaki pants and khaki button down shirt.
The previous generation of field surveyors generally wore khaki pants and khaki button down work shirt rather than today's standard blue jeans and t-shirt. Ball cap? ha, that's for kids and ball players, they wore a fedora.
I have switched to tactical pants which I like a lot. They are more comfortable than blue jeans and have a ripstop weave. I got a couple of shirts but they are too heavy for warm weather use.
Jim
I haven't figured out what the outer band is for.
Maybe put your extra cartridges in there, not sure.
I wear an orange filson (100% acrylic) but am tempted by the 100% cotton khaki version as suggested by McMillan. The thing is it can be awfully dark in the redwood forest and it helps for both ends to have bright colors.
I'm way too free-wheeling to agree with "men don't wear shorts and men don't wear jewelry", but, I understand where it comes from. I lament that all americans, men and women together, seem to have lost any sense of true fashion. For men, I believe that being well-dressed was something that was passed along from father to son, and, well... with the dimunition of the nuclear family...
But there are two things that I particularly find distasteful about men and clothes.
A) women dressing men. This isn't always true, but more often than not I see that women have only a very superficial and fragmentary view of what it means to be a well-dressed man. Whether or not they have a feminine sense of fashion, it usually doesn't translate to males.
B) Men dressing like little boys. This one really makes me shake my head. Too often I see very overweight 45 year old men wearing the long shorts down to their knees or even past it, they wear goofy-assed large basketball shoes, and t-shirts and ball caps. I'm all about dressing easy and casual, but, come on! They make Beaver Cleaver look like James Bond! A button-up short sleeve casual-wear shirt with a collar would do wonders for these guys.
Further, the very long shorts I mentioned have been in style for almost a decade now and I've never thought much of them. But, it's now to the point where that is pretty much all you will find.
Stephen
Jim
> I haven't figured out what the outer band is for.
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> Maybe put your extra cartridges in there, not sure.
I think they were designed for shotgun shells, but I don't hunt so I always remove the black band. I want as many square inches of orange showing as I can get. It makes it easier for my I-man to find me, and easier for drivers, too.
> I wear an orange filson (100% acrylic) but am tempted by the 100% cotton khaki version as suggested by McMillan. The thing is it can be awfully dark in the redwood forest and it helps for both ends to have bright colors.
I think the khaki is more durable and probably a bit cooler, but I greatly favor the orange for visibility. The Filsons are getting so pricey now that I've been looking at alternatives, especially ones that meet ANSI standards. I figure one of these days I'll get tossed off a job for not having a vest that meets the right specs. I'd like to avoid the reflective stuff so I don't confuse my robot. I'm not sure you can be non-reflective and meet ANSI standards, though.
Long pants on the job for me, always, with a collared long-sleeve shirt for sun protection. Off the job, though, I prefer shorts and a T-shirt in warm weather. I still wear the orange boonie cap, though!
I wear shorts almost on a daily basis in the summer.
Maybe grandpa was not from florida!!
If I lived near yosemite, I might agree; but I live in Texas. I would suggest that if you are playing golf in 105 degree heat in long britches, you may not be playing with a full set of clubs.
God Bless Texas
I agree about the jewelry thing but shorts are so darn comfortable. Actually, I rarely wear shorts surveying (briars) but I wear shorts for everything else from May to October.
I agree, who would want to wear nice comfortable knee length shorts in their leisure time, when you could squeeze into some daisy dukes
I almost always wear jeans and a hi-viz company t-shirt, and company ball cap. There are times when I wear shorts, but it is generally when I am on asphalt parking lots, or in situations where it is appropriate, and based upon weather.
The only jewelry I wear is my wedding band. I do swap up between the ball cap and a boonie type hat from bass pro to help with the sun.
I always look professional, and that is a big pet peeve with me.
> I agree, who would want to wear nice comfortable knee length shorts in their leisure time, when you could squeeze into some daisy dukes
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> Maybe it's my age, or maybe it's where I was raised, or by whom I was raised.
> But I've always believed that men don't wear shorts, and men don't wear jewelry.
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> Don
I thought I was the last one.
I've NEVER understood men wearing jewelery. I wouldn't even wear my wedding ring if I had a choice.:-P
I prefer jeans to shorts, but this IS Florida, and I guess I'm used to that.
But, now-a-days I see more "metrosexuals", men prepping and preening like women. The hair has to be just right, they use all sorts of lotions and other girlie accessories. They shave their entire bodies. And most have an obsession with working out and being at the gym a lot. And their workout magazines in thier offices look like gay porn to me.
I think Gramps would have some choice words for this crop of "men".
:coffee:
Jim
>>I haven't figured out what the outer band is for.
When the crew chief is taking too long I begin tying ribbon onto it as "surveyor camouflage"
