About 40 some years ago, we topoing an open field and no one was around. My chainperson asked he could strip down to boxers and boots, as it was pushing 90?ø. He got a little sunburnt. Otherwise, it's always long pants. And no, I didn't join him.
Was out collecting topo last week in Arizona sunshine, around 100 degrees, definitely shorts.....construction staking no....
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this is not a work shorts area either.........
Had a female crew member that was tuff enough to follow in Daisy Duke's footsteps that liked to wear sport bikini ware and swore she did not have tan line. She wore hiking boots and would not hesitate to cut your liver out if you got out of hand. The scrapes, cuts and bruises never bothered her one bit.
While working in Kansas, we could wear shorts BUT we carried some denim overalls in the truck for those moments of tall grass, stickers, poison plants and so on. Worked quite well actually. (Thanks Billy!!)
Since working in Texas, I wouldn't wear shorts if you told me to. If it can bite, sting or poke you, it live in Texas. No thanks.
Long pants, boots and long sleeves year round for me. It's interesting that when I worked down south I almost never saw one of our south of the border friends in shorts or short sleeves.
No shorts for me...
rlshound, post: 428557, member: 6800 wrote: Was out collecting topo last week in Arizona sunshine, around 100 degrees, definitely shorts..
It wasn't more than a week ago there was a thread about melanoma, sunscreen, collared shirts and wide brimmed hats. Huh. Light weight clothing, OK. Bare skin, no-can-do.
Mark Mayer, post: 428573, member: 424 wrote: It wasn't more than a week ago there was a thread about melanoma, sunscreen, collared shirts and wide brimmed hats. Huh. Light weight clothing, OK. Bare skin, no-can-do.
Thanks for the heads up Mark, it also helps to have a certain heritage....
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/human-skin-color-variation/modern-human-diversity-skin-color
I would have to be on the beach running levels before I wore shorts to the field. I don't even hardly wear shorts to mow the grass.
I'm in the long pants (and long sleeves and hat) camp regardless of where I'm working. Sun protection aside, there are just too many stickery things around, and even in the city I have to kneel down often enough to want something between the pavement and me.
My employee favors shorts in warm weather, and that's okay with me, as long as he doesn't complain (and he never does) when we have to walk off into the brush.
Squirltech, post: 428565, member: 11959 wrote: ...If it can bite, sting or poke you, it live in Texas. No thanks.
And then you have the insects and animals to deal with too.....
I occasionally will wear them when it gets above 100 in "urban" environments. Some folks sweat more and are more prone to heat rash, so it's definetly understandable.
Shorts or long pants? What would Jimmy Buffett do?
Funny you should ask, Alan.
Mark Mayer, post: 428573, member: 424 wrote: It wasn't more than a week ago there was a thread about melanoma..
It was actually a month ago now. Time flys.
During the week or two of hot weather (anything over 70) around here, I love my convertible pants I can unzip the pant legs and enjoy some sunshine on my pale legs. Nice change from Carharts.
Items which may make a person working in an urban setting wish they were wearing long pants include broken glass and human feces.
Long pants man, at least around here.
in these parts only tourists and a few laborers wear short pants. Tradesmen and Professionals never do, indoors or out.
We have a lot of Oaxacan field workers, they are especially smart about proper outdoors attire
Backed into a nettle bush on the side if the road. Almost made me leap into traffic. Survived plenty of hot work days wearing jeans.
The right equipment for the right job.
I enjoy locating the ever changing shoreline. In the summer I would not dream of visiting the shore with pants.
Had a crew member wear shorts on day 1, February 1... Had to get him into pants just to not look stupid.
I used to wear shorts occasionally but that was before the ticks came.
Gregg
