 Poster: A snowHead
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Thought you'd escaped my posts, eh? Thought I'd gone quiet; thought I was sitting stroking my skis and chuckling to myself? Well, I was, but I've taken a break, so am back to bestow my glory upon you.
Yesterday, I asked someone which part of your arm you used for an elbow strike. So I'm good at seemingly obvious/stupid questions. It helps to have no shame. Or pride. Oh the shame. (Wait.  )
Intro over:
I live in jeans (and other things. I only walk around topless when it's VERY warm.). I don't understand any other clothes (aside from ski clothes), really. However, at the PSB, I did note that post ski, jeans were quite inadequate for when I was taken for a walk around town.
So, in all seriousness - what is there to wear (when not wearing ski kit) when somewhere as cold as a (cold) ski resort? Is it just thermals under jeans, or has there been some invention in clothes making that means there are actually other cloth types that can be used to make garments that are warm and non-hideous? Or should I just MTFU?
*back to stroking my skis* *they are SO pretty*
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Rohan and Craghoppers (and no doubt others) make fleece-lined trousers. I have a pair of Craghoppers that have done nicely in the mountains in the evening, without overheating me in the restaurant or bar.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| dmac442 wrote: |
| Rohan and Craghoppers (and no doubt others) make fleece-lined trousers. I have a pair of Craghoppers that have done nicely in the mountains in the evening, without overheating me in the restaurant or bar. |
... ooh - I had no idea.
Thanks. 
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Simply climb inside a Tauntaun.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I usually just pull on my salopettes over my jeans and just ditch them if I spend any length of time in one place.
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OliviaDB, LLBean sell fleece-lined jeans. Sorted - but you'll have to buy online from USA. Or, it's a case of some nice thin merino long pants under them jeans.
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Good suggestion from Bode Swiller, plenty of suitable merino in my local Aldi branches.
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MTFU 
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Or should I just MTFU?
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Yes.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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have a night out in newcastle and your questions will be answered
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I'm more interested in what skis she finally bought 
But on the trousers front, just MTFU! I live in my jeans in resort (if they were waterproof at all, I'd probably ski in them...)
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Well with the thin merino everyone will think you have MTFUed (unless of course the jeans go missing at some point)
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You know it makes sense.
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adamantis, one of my pals learnt to snowboard in jeans, in Austria, in the last week of the season.
He got wet. Very wet. And heavy.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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OliviaDB, it was very cold during the PSB, at the same time I wore light longjohns under my jeans.
Otherwise, jeans are the way forward.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| czl wrote: |
| have a night out in newcastle and your questions will be answered |
I have no idea how they do it. Coats are apparently unfashionable. And they can't be too pished to notice - as no one drunk could walk in the heels they caper in.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| OliviaDB wrote: |
| I only walk around topless when it's VERY warm |
Did I mention that I live in Florida . . . next to a beach . . .
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Claude B, WTFU surely? . . . or am I completly on the wrong tack
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Rule 5.
I was wandering about Tignes in -20 in jeans no problem.
Jeans, timberland boots, warm socks, t-shirt and a North Face McMurdo jacket and it was fine.
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Claude B, Thank you  now I just feel like an old perv . . .
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| Masque wrote: |
| Claude B, Thank you now I just feel like an old perv . . . |
You were proud of that last time it arose. The subject, that is.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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OliviaDB, tight jeans feel cold, loose keep some warm air around them. best compromise is capri length or knee length leggings in marino wool under jeans that aren't stretch or spray on. Two pairs of heavy tights will do a better job.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Masque, If the hat fits
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OliviaDB, Should we ever meet . . .
. . . I'm sure you'll be disappointed 
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You know it makes sense.
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| Masque wrote: |
| OliviaDB, tight jeans feel cold, loose keep some warm air around them. best compromise is capri length or knee length leggings in marino wool under jeans that aren't stretch or spray on. Two pairs of heavy tights will do a better job. |
Seems a cheaper compromise than the Howies. ... £95 for some trousers? 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Masque wrote: |
OliviaDB, Should we ever meet . . .
. . . I'm sure you'll be disappointed |
5'7 and 98kg? So far I'm thinking Father Christmas. (And everyone loves him, right?)
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Poster: A snowHead
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[quote="OliviaDB"]
| Masque wrote: |
| £95 for some trousers? |
and they look absolutely gopping.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Shorts, T-Shirt & Flip-Flops
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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OliviaDB, 32" waist I might add . . . slightly proudly . . . and NOT under a paunch
However lass, my heart is irretrievably smitten to an unrequited love that dooms me to wander this Earth alone . . .
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OliviaDB, So are you my wicked witch?
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As a taxi driver in Newcastle once told me "you can tell when it's winter the girls start wearing knickers to go out at weekends"
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| Masque wrote: |
| OliviaDB, So are you my wicked witch? |
Don't know about yours in particular. I prefer to be 'the' - shows a certain status.
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My only types of trousers are salopettes, motorcycle trousers, pyjama bottoms and jeans. If I'm not skiing, motorcycling, or sleeping I wear jeans. I can't see any purpose for any other form of trousers...
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queen bodecia, hiking. But otherwise broadly in agreement, apart from the pyjamas. What are pyjamas for anyway?
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