How do some people manage to wear shorts by winter? Jane Shaw, France
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I guess it’s just us. Pants, let the ski pants, are not really something for so much human existence that we have formed some kind of resistance. I worked that my body was ok with shorts up to -10c. It can also come from my scandinavian legacy.
Like many things, I can only blame my mother. He had a vision of the Hyacinth bucket to me as some kind of prince waiting and sending me to a blazer, tie and shorts to my normal basic school, even in the snow. Because, hey kids, people are still accustomed to school in the snow!
What is weird is the winter of sports football and rugby is played in shorts. Summer sport, cricket? Pants. Catchytitled
A neighbor of ours who wore shorts all year round. My husband said he should be very tough. I didn’t agree, because I visited his flat and it was like a sauna; The only time we saw him go outside was walking to and from his massive car, which probably had a great warming system. It doesn’t seem like he’s working outside at all times or even doing outdoor sports. Johni
Seems to be mandatory for post workers. A popular combination seems to be a heavy anorak, with a hood, and shorts. Can the wet pants be an encumbrance when often entering and out of a van? Wouldn’t the waterproof water pants be used? A mystery. Seedysolipsist
The skin drowned quickly; The wet cloth is not – and makes you feel colder. I have postie friends. Waterproofs are not the best. Mistervimez
In the winter of 1962/63, at the main school in Yorkshire, with forced outing outside, milk in school bottles was frozen inside the classroom; The cream will push the tops. There is a stove in front of the classroom (next to the teacher). Sitting is an alphabet, from the front; My last name starts with a W, so I’m sitting in the background, where milk is maintained. We used to drink it through a straw when it was -defrosted. Near the cold milk by a straw will hit the roof of your mouth and give you a headache that can send waves of pain around your skull. Teachers insist that you drank your milk quickly (suffering) before you were forced to “play” (getting it out was forbidden in case you broke the bottle).
Whether it’s raining or knowing, we have a kind of brick barn to adopt, but one side is open to the elements. The playground and the barn have a cobbled surface. I know it’s reading like four YorkshShiremen sketches, but it’s true. The teachers stayed inside a warm staff room.
I don’t wear shorts in the winter, but now where I live (400 meters from the beach to Brittany) it’s 6C out and wet and airy. I was just outside to get firewood wearing pants and a short-sleeved t-shirt. It’s a bit nippy, but it’s ok if you’re moving (68 I’m). Perhaps the Yorkshire school experience helped, or maybe it was a child’s cruelty; Personally, I think this is the last. Geordies can wear shorts and have no T-shirts on it, or bikinis. You can see British tourists in Christmas – they are the ones wearing shorts … Jetemmerde
As a person of a certain age, I was over 13 years old before my mother allowed me to wear long pants. Only a few of my classmates wore long pants in front of me. Snow is the least of my concerns! I hated the heavy rainy season, as my Trenchcoat school dropped behind my knee and rubbed it against my legs and caused chafe marks, which was relentlessly painful. The gray flannels were amazing in comparison, once I was allowed to wear them. Mind you, I have to wear shorts after school until I’m 15, because denims are not allowed by my mom. Bigalhere
Most people in northerly latitude suffer from vitamin D deficiency in the darker months. Feeling the need to wear shorts, or in fact short sleeves, are possibly a natural response to maximize skin exposure to natural light. UPNORTKID
Sometimes I wear shorts in the winter, usually with boots. Honestly, the main thing is to keep the head, core and feet. Oldguynewuser
It’s pretty simple: if the top half is hot enough, the bottom half is usually pretty fun with shorts, especially if you are active. The views obtained from the years running in the mountains of New Zealand. Jonahswail
In my hometown, this seems to be the way for many years that young men show their masculinity by getting out of a T-shirt and shorts in the freezing season: the hands stuffed in pockets, pretending to be cold. This is a strange scene. I wonder if it will continue in other towns. Foolishboy
The winters in English are very gentle. However, seeing someone in the shorts taking a dirty snow next to the snow to the bus stop this morning I became cringe. I am from a cooler country that is original and I know Cold can kill. You should respect the weather. Mikkamobile
