R.J. Schneider, post: 428808, member: 409 wrote:
http://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/news/a55081/romper-for-men-romphim/
Heard on the sports radio today, this was the trend. You could probably cover shorts and vests in one deal with these.
I've seen these guys before. I think they're a Caltrans field crew from the Bay Area.
paden cash, post: 428927, member: 20 wrote: My collapse is usually due to hypoxia
Anytime the temp gets above 80?øF or so I have to be very deliberate when going from a kneeling to a standing position or my brain gets starved of oxygen to the extent that loss of consciousness is imminent. It's not unusual for me to get impatient, stand up too fast, and immediately drop into a crouch to avoid passing out. (Of course, I try to make it look like I meant to do that.)
Warren Smith, post: 428951, member: 9900 wrote: Don't forget MLB (Michael Binge) in his Daisy Duke's - an image you can't unsee - oooof!
Curious minds need to know.... please share the rest of the story. 🙂 Jp
Jp7191, post: 429163, member: 1617 wrote: Curious minds need to know.... please share the rest of the story. 🙂 Jp
No - you really don't need to know. Someone else might want to share it, not me.
Jp7191, post: 428932, member: 1617 wrote: SURVEY NAKED! Story has it that one warm spring day in the low desert of Palm Springs California area, crew had stripped down to just shorts and boots when the temps got up into the 90's. When they got to the 100's the instrument man looks through the gun to take the next grid shot in the large sandy field to see his rod man had stripped down to just boots. Note the rod man was also the company owner. Fun place to work in the 80's. Jp
I can see the headlines already, ??PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR RUNS NAKED THROUGH PALM SPRINGS ONLY WEARING BOOTS AND CARRYING A JAVLEIN ?? WOMEN ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS WITH DOORS LOCKED? A Palm Springs Land Surveyor, apparently suffering heatstroke was captured by a troop of renegade circus midgets who were on vacation at the time????.etc 😎
This thread has gone too far.
Long pants. Only.
My dad, (born in san diego) used to wear khaki thin pants. Non briar proof.
I run through the jungle, like an ape, with his butt on fire.
Long pants.
Long pants.
Only. Unless, swimming... Then go buff, unless others are watching...
Long pants.
Jp7191, post: 429163, member: 1617 wrote: Curious minds need to know.... please share the rest of the story. 🙂 Jp
Simply a picture of a poster on the old RPLS/POBonline board, a rather large and hirsute fellow, dressed only in boots and cutoff shorts, carrying a machete while charging at the camera.
Wasn't he posed on a boulder or something wishing to resemble a pirate statue? Somewhere close to the Atlantic coast line, I think.
I thought it was somewheres down south; Arizona maybe...
I remember there were cacti in the picture; kind of a low angle shot...
Something like this:
This sums it up rather well.
Jim Frame, post: 429162, member: 10 wrote: Anytime the temp gets above 80?øF or so I have to be very deliberate when going from a kneeling to a standing position or my brain gets starved of oxygen to the extent that loss of consciousness is imminent
Wow, we are about to enter the days of the year that even the nights don't get below 80, or not much below. It still strikes me as amazing how different our locations can be...
Monte, post: 428707, member: 11913 wrote: Maybe it's a Texas thing, but I don't see many local surveyors wearing short pants either. I myself maybe own one pair, and those are for swimming. The idea of not having the tops of my boots covered is almost as bad as the thought of me wearing short pants in public beyond age 8.
it's never occurred to me to even consider wearing either shorts instead of regular length trousers or flip-flops instead of boots in the field. I guess if I surveyed somewhere where there were no:
- plants such as cactus, greenbriar, and thorny acacia,
- insects such as chiggers and venomous spiders,
- snakes,
- barbed wire fences to climb, and
- a few other things that don't immediately come to mind,
I might consider working without a layer of denim over my legs and might even wonder whether flip-flops wouldn't be good enough. I'm not sure what would be next, though, wearing a gimme cap instead of a hat with a real brim all the way around?
paden cash, post: 428926, member: 20 wrote: I personally think it's up to the individual.
While I will admit that some employees in shorts are easier on the eyes than others; boots are generally a desirable choice in any situation.
You probably didn't notice this detail, but that truck has a Washington license plate on it.
About the only survey work I do while wearing shorts involves sitting at the computer. Sometimes shorts-wearing isn't even required for that exercise. (try to get that picture out of your mind)
Jp7191, post: 429163, member: 1617 wrote: Curious minds need to know.... please share the rest of the story. 🙂 Jp
"When people talk behind your back; it makes it easier for them to kiss your....
back-side"
I would say no; no short pants in the field...
