Cold weather kilt, not wool, what to buy?

[auld argonian]

...and Andrew Beecher is seven feet tall and has killed men by the hundreds...and if he were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes and lightning bolts from his....ooops...sorry...wrong movie! (Insert appropriate little smiley faced that denotes that I am attempting to kid Andrew in a good natured way)

Andrew, I guess that the winter thing is something that you've worked out and it's great to know that even the PV can provide enough protection in cold weather. I'd suggest that the fact that you were moving helped a bit...don't forget that some of us who are members of the Recently Kilted haven't gone through the winter kilted yet and really don't know what to expect and might be spending more time standing on the platform waiting for the commuter train than we will striding across the frigid plains of wherever.

And you're dead on about the trousers...lots of the jamokes (Chicago word) around here wear their cotton Dockers through the frigid Chicago winters and get the freezing that they deserve for not wearing warmer pants. I've always found that if your feet and head are adequately covered that it keeps you warm. Wool socks are essential (would someone please tell my teenage son this) and, as a member of the "follically challenged" (balding), I have to toss on a hat or I'm screwed. If I'm wearing a down jacket I ususally have nothing more than a t-shirt on underneath it since those things are plenty warm.

I doubt that any of us will be wearing our long-johns under the kilt (seriously, guys, PLEASE don't do it!) but please understand that some of us are still finding our way and are understandably reluctant to find ourselves stuck out there on the frozen tundra with our yarbles turning blue. Hopefully we'll follow your example but we may have to ease our way into this; making test runs (the quick trip to the home improvement center, the fast dash to the convenience store) to see how far we can "push the outside of the envelope".

best

AA