So they say gear is hot, eh?

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Mintbread · #21 Post by **Mintbread** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:53 pm

earwig wrote:I still wear my boots, gloves and helmet... but just a tshirt in this heat.

Why do you wear gloves?

earwig · #22 Post by **earwig** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:06 pm

Mintbread wrote:Why do you wear gloves?

Can't skin graph your hands and fingers.

codex5 · #23 Post by **codex5** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:09 pm

all i can say is i have lived in south carolina for 20 years, and i have been to every state expect for cali, hawaii, and alaska, during the summer time, and i would have to say, south carolina / georgia is the only state i felt like walking into a hotpocket with out the good filling... when i was in montana 97 degrees, people were like complaining it was SO HOT, i was like ur freaking nutz, its like 65 degrees out and feels great, but no they walked me over to a temp guage and sure enough 97F... the souther states is 10 times worse for heat

earwig · #24 Post by **earwig** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:09 pm

Holiday, I guess I should say "in my experience" too. When I wear my mesh jacket I sweat my nuts off... back and chest... sweaty... no matter what the humidity is. It is just plain hot and uncomfortable. When I only wear a tshirt I don't sweat at all, even at 95+ degrees... I don't give a damn how many holes the mesh has in it, no holes is still more air hitting my body and drawing heat from it while moving. I thought you lived in Philly... if it is anything like NJ with the heat, I still say you are on crack

earwig · #25 Post by **earwig** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:14 pm

Hrm, while I am awake I'd like to point out that wearing a jacket isn't just like standing in the shade either. The jacket, if it is worth a damn has a big pad in the back, and shoulder and elbow pads that do not breathe. The jacket is also so close to your body that it traps heat in, you aren't simply holding it above your body to create shade.

Mintbread · #26 Post by **Mintbread** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:18 pm

earwig wrote:
Mintbread wrote:Why do you wear gloves?
Can't skin graph your hands and fingers.

You can indeed. A skin graft is a skin graft no matter the location.

earwig · #27 Post by **earwig** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:36 pm

Mintbread wrote:
earwig wrote:
Mintbread wrote:Why do you wear gloves?
Can't skin graph your hands and fingers.
You can indeed. A skin graft is a skin graft no matter the location.

Ok... not as easily

and... in a fall with bad road rash anywhere else on my body I can still work (all I need to do is use a keyboard).

Nibblet99 · #28 Post by **Nibblet99** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:27 pm

Beach wrote:I used to soak my welding cap in ice water and wear it under a straw hat on job sites.

ok this made me laugh my "O Ring" off

Welding and straw hats just doesn't seem like a good mix, whatever way you cut it

#29 Post by **t_bonee** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:31 am

ZooTech wrote:Hey, how exactly is a rainbow made?

How exactly does the sun set?

How exactly does the posi-trac rear end on a Plymouth work?

It just does.

OK Joe Dirt.

#30 Post by **t_bonee** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:32 am

-Holiday wrote:
Maybe tomorrow I'll ride naked so I can compare. Too bad I'd be arrested in about 3 minutes.

Feh, not if your in California when you try it.