Hot weather kilting in San Diego

**RodF** · 8th July 18, 05:37 PM

Looks both comfortable and dapper, FossilHunter!

**FossilHunter** · 8th July 18, 05:44 PM

Anyhoo, my post was more about the heat. Church only came up because of the lack of air conditioning. Full disclosure, I also went to the grocery store afterwards for puff pastry. ;)

**FossilHunter** · 8th July 18, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by RodF

Looks both comfortable and dapper, FossilHunter!

Thanks. The irony is that I often feel overdressed. Most parishioners wear slacks and short sleeved shirts or aloha shirts. This includes the older men, many of whom are retired navy officers. It's just the way people dress in Southern California.

I'm often the only one in a tie and jackets are pretty much reserved for Christmas and Easter.

**PatrickHughes123** · 8th July 18, 06:36 PM

I'm Scottish so I wouldn't be able to survive San Diego weather, anything more than 10 degrees Celcius is considered hot by me. The good thing about this is I can survive Scottish winters and some Americans wouldn't be able to. In fact, when it gets a little bit cold and some Americans start to shiver, I would tell them with a smile on my face "This is summer to me!".

**Riverkilt** · 8th July 18, 08:40 PM

Nice look cousin. I'm descended from Macdonald and Gillis too -

**Jock Scot** · 8th July 18, 09:26 PM

Pretty smart there , well done. You could shorten your hose by an inch or even two inches to advantage if you wanted to let more air circulate and as a bonus your attire would look just a wee tad better.

**FossilHunter** · 8th July 18, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Pretty smart there , well done. You could shorten your hose by an inch or even two inches to advantage if you wanted to let more air circulate and as a bonus your attire would look just a wee tad better.

Thanks for the advice! I will play around with the height next time. You mean increase the space between my knee and cuff correct?

**Jock Scot** · 8th July 18, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by FossilHunter

Thanks for the advice! I will play around with the height next time. You mean increase the space between my knee and cuff correct?

Quite so. I hesitate to also suggest, due to that dreaded camera angle effect thingy, but perhaps you could also consider raising your kilt a tad higher too.

You are quite correct, button down collared shirts are not a usual British choice. In passing, as our weather is not as hot here, but the risk of sun burn is considerable as we have little air pollution then we go for the option of rolling up our sleeves in the heat(?!) or rolling them down if we are starting to burn.Or, the midgies are about, or, our more normal temperatures are about and we need to keep warm!

**SunriseEarth** · 9th July 18, 01:26 AM

It looks good and comfortable to me! The heat wave here in SoCal has been unbearable, so props for still looking dapper. I wore a Sport Kilt with a t-shirt and sandals today.

**FossilHunter** · 8th July 18, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by PatrickHughes123

I'm Scottish so I wouldn't be able to survive San Diego weather, anything more than 10 degrees Celcius is considered hot by me. The good thing about this is I can survive Scottish winters and some Americans wouldn't be able to. In fact, when it gets a little bit cold and some Americans start to shiver, I would tell them with a smile on my face "This is summer to me!".

What’s funny is that I quite enjoy the cold even though I am a born and raised Californian. However my wife who is from Pittsburgh, which gets quite cold in winter, is cold averse and enjoyed our recent heat wave.

I’d probably love an icy Scottish winter but Mrs. FossilHunter would undoubtedly hate it. Funny how that works.