The return of downstairs pants

[Exterous]

It is that time of year again. Where I have a spare set of pants downstairs in case I have to go outside. In ye olden days I regularly wore pants due to going into work so I had no need for this. Now that I work remotely I usually wear shorts and going all the way back upstairs is just too much work

 

[dank69]

You guys are wearing pants?

 

[uclaLabrat]

Zoom has pants filters!
#neveragain

 

[skyking]

single level home FTW!

 

[Exterous]

single level home FTW!

TBH I'd probably then just have "west wing pants" as trekking alllllll the way over to the east wing to get pants seems like too much work

 

[fralexandr]

TBH I'd probably then just have "west wing pants" as trekking alllllll the way over to the east wing to get pants seems like too much work

Motion to change your user name to Extrapairus, with title as the Pants Moderator or maybe Super Pants.

 

[sdifox]

Spray on pants

 

[skyking]

assless chaps for zoom meetings.

 

[ultimatebob]

Maybe the OP should buy "Convertable pants" with zip on leggings?

 

[Charmonium]

TBH I'd probably then just have "west wing pants" as trekking alllllll the way over to the east wing to get pants seems like too much work

I just keep my pants by the door.

I sorta feel your pain since I have a split level where the upper level is around 4-5°F warmer. That might be on the low side though since there's no real attic above the South side of the upper level.

Here, let me send you some pdf blueprints . . . . brb

 

[Red Squirrel]

I tend to hold off as long as I can to switch back to pants since shorts are just more comfortable. Finally did the switch a while back though. The first snow is usually the cue that it's no longer the season for shorts. I may still wear some if I'm not planing on leaving the house though. I have a 500w space heater under my desk that I turn on if I get cold, probably cheaper to run that than the furnace.

 

[MrSquished]

Maybe the OP should buy "Convertable pants" with zip on leggings?

Those are definitely great for hiking. Kuhl and Prana make some nice convertibles

 

[Exterous]

Those are definitely great for hiking. Kuhl and Prana make some nice convertibles

Yeah love those for hiking but putting them back together takes a tiny bit more time than having a spare set of pants nearby

 

[Charmonium]

I tend to hold off as long as I can to switch back to pants since shorts are just more comfortable. Finally did the switch a while back though. The first snow is usually the cue that it's no longer the season for shorts. I may still wear some if I'm not planing on leaving the house though. I have a 500w space heater under my desk that I turn on if I get cold, probably cheaper to run that than the furnace.

I used to think that too but I was running one 700w and one 1200w radiant oil electric heaters. But juice in these parts of raccoon and deer infested suburban NJ is around 18 cents/kwh. Forgot what I paid for heating oil but I think I spent may $1 - 1.2k for the whole heating season.

So this year I cranked the temp up to a balmy 71°F. Let's see how fast the needle on the oil tank drops.

 

[feralkid]

assless chaps for zoom meetings.

All chaps are assless.

 

[skyking]

Thank you, I posted that in hopes of getting the proper response.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I used to think that too but I was running one 700w and one 1200w radiant oil electric heaters. But juice in these parts of raccoon and deer infested suburban NJ is around 18 cents/kwh. Forgot what I paid for heating oil but I think I spent may $1 - 1.2k for the whole heating season.

So this year I cranked the temp up to a balmy 71°F. Let's see how fast the needle on the oil tank drops.

Yeah I need to actually sit down and figure out the numbers. I could try to run it off solar but I only have 400w of panels so I could only put it on low and make sure it cycles off often enough for panels to catch up.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I pulled on snow pants over my shorts in Dec 2020/Jan 2021 to shovel snow and to play on snowmobiles. But, otherwise, have more or less stuck with shorts. I do make an effort to wear long pants if the temp drops below 0 deg F, but, winters in the midwest are usually pretty mild, only have a few weeks of temps below 0f usually.

 

[nakedfrog]

I pulled on snow pants over my shorts in Dec 2020/Jan 2021 to shovel snow and to play on snowmobiles. But, otherwise, have more or less stuck with shorts. I do make an effort to wear long pants if the temp drops below 0 deg F, but, winters in the midwest are usually pretty mild, only have a few weeks of temps below 0f usually.

Your last two sentences are very much at odds with each other.
The further below 32º it gets, the more I hate it. Until it passes zero, anyway, then it feels pretty much equally shitty at -20, -10, and 0.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't wear shorts ever. I don't like my legs sticking to chairs, or each other. It also keeps the bad ol' sun off of them.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Your last two sentences are very much at odds with each other.
The further below 32º it gets, the more I hate it. Until it passes zero, anyway, then it feels pretty much equally shitty at -20, -10, and 0.

Most of the winter, its what I consider to be "mild" (anything above 0F.)
Temps below 0 happen for like only 10-15% of the winter.


my favorite temps tend to be between 15f and 65f. I want to get back into cross country skiing this coming winter hopefully! And i want to snowmobile more! I love being outside in the quiet the snow helps to create.



That said, for unhoused folks, it can be brutal and deadly! I wish for everybody to have a warm and comfortable place to sleep.

 

[nakedfrog]

Most of the winter, its what I consider to be "mild" (anything above 0F.)
Temps below 0 happen for like only 10-15% of the winter.


my favorite temps tend to be between 15f and 65f. I want to get back into cross country skiing this coming winter hopefully! And i want to snowmobile more! I love being outside in the quiet the snow helps to create.



That said, for unhoused folks, it can be brutal and deadly! I wish for everybody to have a warm and comfortable place to sleep.

Anything below 0º is not mild
Really, probably anything below 32º.