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teaboyjim
Sounds uncomfortable
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Not this chicken.
We wear shorts in the milder months, i.e. prob's from May through to end of October. Now it's long john style thermal top and bottoms, trade trousers woolly hats etc.
Oh and wellies...
August...
December...
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Bodd
https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/2635863998...7779&msclkid=1a87628dcbd2153dba743d41517f7ace
How about something like this. £31.99 and it will get the boys going....
How about something like this. £31.99 and it will get the boys going....
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EddieM
Ties along with suits in my industry are very seldom worn, even by top brass.
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durhamplumber
To show off their tats usually..Why the fuk else would you want to wear shorts in freezin cold houses stressing the hell out of your body.Some men see wearing shorts in winter as a sign of masculinity,show how hard they are.
Wearing shorts outside all year round? No issues from me , if that's what people want to do.
Tops up the vitamin D too
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durhamplumber
I very much doubt that at 50 odd degrees North in Winter...even if working 40hours a week outside...I fancy the cold will be more detrimental than a bit of sunshine on the legs.
Can't remember where I read it but there was a report that said cold is more harmful for your body in later life. Which, on the face of it seems obvious, but what they were actually trying to convey was if you lived/worked in a cold atmosphere during your younger years your body would suffer the effects, such as arthritis, in later years even if you moved to a warmer climate. Warmer climates can help to reduce the stiffness and possible mobility movements associated with these types of disease but they cannot cure it or stop it's progression.
Which I find quite sad, and in some cases disturbing. How can you take a world leader such as Blair or Johnson seriously when they go to a meeting in open necked shirts or T-shirts? I get the feeling they want to give an impression of being on an equal footing when talking to people who are "less important" than themselves, such as Union leaders or managers of a small company, but certainly not when you are in front of television cameras or performing an important function. With the exception of one manager, and my present one, everyone other one I have worked for have always wore a shirt and tie for work.
Call me old fashioned but I think a shirt and tie gives an air of importance to a high position in life. My dad would not be seen outside the house without his shirt and tie, even if he was only going for his morning paper.
Which I find quite sad, and in some cases disturbing. How can you take a world leader such as Blair or Johnson seriously when they go to a meeting in open necked shirts or T-shirts? I get the feeling they want to give an impression of being on an equal footing when talking to people who are "less important" than themselves, such as Union leaders or managers of a small company, but certainly not when you are in front of television cameras or performing an important function. With the exception of one manager, and my present one, everyone other one I have worked for have always wore a shirt and tie for work.
Call me old fashioned but I think a shirt and tie gives an air of importance to a high position in life. My dad would not be seen outside the house without his shirt and tie, even if he was only going for his morning paper.
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EddieM
Rightly or wrongly it does seem to change some people's attitude to you. When I used to travel home from Euston on Fridays I would often drop in the pub for a swift half if I had to wait for the train. Most times I'd be in smart workwear (no tie) I'd be asked "what can I get for you sir?" On the occasional time i was in civvies it was more likely to be "yes, mate?"
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durhamplumber
Lol...we are getting on a bit Connie...We are in an era where you cannot judge people on their clothes,lack of suit and tie,tattoo count,or turning up in pyjamas...It always pizzed me off a bit the company I worked for..I would be the fitter of the commercial machines,dressed in workwear and treated a bit less reverently than the suit and tie wearing knew nout salesman..he receiving all the glory.
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A friend's dad (since passed on) used to sit on the beach on holidays, in shirt, tie, trousers, shoes, and waistcoat.
Didn't even undo his top button.
Little wonder his nickname was "Blustery Bert"
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A painter in the shipyard I served my time at used to wear two boiler suits, a pristine white one under a paint spattered dirty one
I used to do that so I wouldn't soil my van.
I liked it clean and organised, no leftovers on the dashboard.
I also had driving shoes, so the dirty boots would go in the dedicated bucket hanged on the rear sliding door.
Somebody once wrote on my rear doors 'I wish my wife was a dirty as this van'.
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