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Running Arrow Bill wrote: Someone once said that West Texas is where everything either "bites, stings, or has stickers and the wind blows all the time".

SO TRUE!!

I'm in Houston and if I'm not at work, its shorts and t-shirts or fishing shirts, flip flops, or Chuck Taylors. However; my family has several hundred acres in Junction that I try to "escape" to as often as possible. The only time I have shorts on out there is when I step outta the truck coming in from Houston. As soon as we unload, it jeans and boots for the rest of the trip. I have had a cactus thorn go through a pair of reef's and it is not fun. I have ridden an ATV through a mesquite patch with shorts on and lost nearly a pint of blood from unclothed legs Some things you only have to do once. Between scorpians, cacti, mesquite, and other assorted thorny shrubs, I will keep my legs covered in denim and my feet in heavy leather. Plus I get to OC at the ranch.

Running Arrow Bill wrote: Someone once said that West Texas is where everything either "bites, stings, or has stickers and the wind blows all the time".

I've heard it "If it does'nt bite, sting, stick, or cut, you bought it at the Wal-mart."

Makes me wonder; Why did'nt we give the Brahma a stinger? Then he would be just about perfect.

Running Arrow Bill wrote:Someone once said that West Texas is where everything either "bites, stings, or has stickers and the wind blows all the time".

Growing up in west Texas will make you tough, or just plain mean. I was raised in Cross Plains and Abilene.

Crossfire wrote:

Running Arrow Bill wrote:Someone once said that West Texas is where everything either "bites, stings, or has stickers and the wind blows all the time".

Growing up in west Texas will make you tough, or just plain mean. I was raised in Cross Plains and Abilene.

And you're armed too!

I wear shorts inside my house. Anywhere else, it is wrangler jeans and boots. Long sleeve shirts, if I plan on being outside for very long. Rarely do I go outdoors without a hat or cap. I can handle the heat and sweat easier than sunburn and thorns.

It is all about the humidity. Growing up in Houston, I would wear shorts every chance I could during the summer because jeans would make me miserable. The high today is 106 in Lubbock and I've been working outside in jeans and a western shirt no problem. I will probably quit wearing my pearl snaps as much when I move back to Houston.

105 in West Texas is better than 90 in Houston

texaspyro21 wrote:It is all about the humidity. ... 105 in West Texas is better than 90 in Houston

Not to get too religious, but Amen, brother!

As a fifth generation Texan, born and raised in Fort Worth and points West, I always wear Wranglers, boots and undershirt... year 'round. Only thing that changes is that in warm weather, I go to short sleeves.

I tried wearing shorts, once, but they said my pasty-white legs were scarin' the horses, so i quit.

Here at home it is mostly cargo shorts, tank top and t-shirt. At work its Carhartt double thigh (wranglers wont hold up), and heavy long sleeve shirt and work boots.

I live WEST of I-35 (Two miles in / Hill Country)
My Texas summer outfit is : HAWAIIAN shirts, OWB AND shorts .... I once lived / learned this, in CALIFORNIA !
Mac

As a Houston transplant who moved West of I-35 now, I wore cargo shorts into my back yard last week, and discovered those stickers which stick to leg hair. The next day I wore jeans and 18" tall snake boots, and had to pull stickers from the boot laces and from the jeans prior to doing laundry, and they were hot when I wore them. I am now thinking of getting leather chaps to wear with my cargo shorts and ankle holster

RPB wrote:As a Houston transplant who moved West of I-35 now, I wore cargo shorts into my back yard last week, and discovered those stickers which stick to leg hair. The next day I wore jeans, and had to pull stickers from them prior to doing laundry, and they were hot when I wore them. I am now thinking of getting leather chaps to wear with my cargo shorts and ankle holster

Now THAT'S a scary thought!

i have to wear a button down collar shirt and nice pants to work.soon as i get in the door after work its shorts and t shirt.I wish we could be like the ups or fedex guys and wear shorts to work.I crawl around under desks and stuff all day and its stupid how we have to dress.

I live east of 35 by about a 1/2 mile in the middle of Austin. Everybody else has nailed the high humidity + shorts relationship.

On a side note, I need to find a place that sells extra long t-shirts. I've up-sized to XL but if I have to reach for something the shirt tail rides up enough to completely obliterate my conceal-ability.