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Discussion on Wind pants over jeans or sweats
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Sonoita
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2006 - 10:20 am:
I put my wind pants over my jeans or sweats they keep me warm and clean of hay and also dry.
Happy Trails,
Wanda
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Hwood
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2006 - 1:11 pm:
Amen, Wanda. I did that for years and they were inexpensive and worked GREAT. I had a light nylon pair with a very thin, (cheap) gray, flannel lining, and when I put them on, I could just FEEL the heat. Never had cold legs with them on. Haven't needed them for the past couple of years, but now that we are in WINDY Kansas, I am looking to invest (my last pair cost 6 dollars and lasted for several years) in another pair for this winter.
I'm so glad someone else wears windpants over jeans. I always felt clunky looking in them, but I was so warm that I didn't really care . . . A bit slippery to ride in, though, but I did it many times.
Thanks for posting. I won't feel so odd now when I wear them 
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Savage
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2006 - 2:42 pm:
I have never heard of those before, they sound interesting, they would be great to put on over your jammies if you need to check on a sick horse on a cold, wet, and or windy night.
Thanks for telling us about them
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Lilo
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2006 - 4:03 pm:
I can vouch for the effectiveness of this. Wanda is my neighbor and gave me some as a gift. They are lined with nylon inside and really slip on and off easily. If I am going to work, I can be dressed in my clean "going to work jeans", then put on the wind pants and a wind breaker, go feed the horses, come in and slip out of the nylon togs and am ready to go.
Lilo
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Member:
Savage
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2006 - 6:06 pm:
hadn't thought of that Lilo, too cool!
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Mrose
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2006 - 10:53 pm:
When it's really cold, say below 20 degrees and windy, snowy, etc., I wear heavy expidition weight "long johns" under the windpants. The combination keeps you so warm you can stay out for hours and never feel the cold. I use an old pair of gortex pants I used to use for skiing, but you can get really cheap ones that work just as well. As mentioned, they will slide on over anything (I have used them over my flannel jammies) and you not only stay dry and warm, but clean. Another plus with these over pants is they keep you dry. I had a water line blow up on me when it was 40 below in Truckee, and although my pants froze solid, I stayed dry and warm!
Another "hint" along this line; my husband bought me a pair of coveralls. I look like a blue version of the Pillsbury doughboy, but they keep my clothes clean when I need to go to the barn on short notice. He also bought me a pair of those really heavy insulated coveralls (Carharts) which make getting dressed warm easy. Unless it's really cold, I get too hot in them, though.
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Paul303
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 1:52 am:
Oh, yeah, Sara. I use my Carharts for special occasions ( vet, farrier, taking company to the barn ), and beat the daylights out of my K-Mart or Walmart pair every day. I don't have to struggle with long underwear, overalls or extra sweaters, just go from my house clothes to coveralls. They fit snug, so the handle of the manure fork doesn't get caught and there's all kinds of zippers and snaps for adjustment - and the pockets!!! You men know how to live!! When I get too hot, I just fold the top down, and tie the arms in front of me...I'm just always amazed and thankful that I have the ability to be too warm when it's 10 degrees or below. We've all agreed to wear them here, that way, nobody looks thin.....it's actually my Haband fuzzy hat with the earflaps that embarrasses me......
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Ajudson1
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 8:08 am:
Sounds like we need to get a photo contest going here! "The HA Member Who Looks the Coolest in this Years Winter Barn Wear Contest", LOL!!!
I wear K-marts version of Carharts Coveralls, and an oiled Aussie style hat with my "gotta have head band on." (I get ear aches really easily) For really cold days, I have the cool fur lined hat with earflaps.
The coveralls are too long, so I have this wide RED cuff on the bottom of each leg from rolling them up.
Add the super insulated camo boots, insulated deer skin gloves...beautious!!
Just curious ladies: arn't there some really tough wind pants? I am going to have to check into this! I hate putting the coveralls on, they are really too much most days. Maybe I'll raid the guys hunting clothes......can't believe I never thought of this before.
Sara, at least you look like a "BLUE pillsbury dough boy"...much better than the lovely faded tan! I look like I've just stepped out of a town during the gold rush era.
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Kathleen
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 9:21 am:
Angie,
For your "The HA Member Who Looks the Coolest in this Years Winter Barn Wear Contest", here we could be wearing anything from jeans and a sweatshirt to shorts and a sweatshirt. Can we enter?
Kathleen
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Cheryl
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 9:56 am:
Ah - Kathleen - NOT fair - I just came in from feeding and my hands were so cold I couldn't bend my fingers ! ! ! When we were in ND - with it commonly -20 I wore snow-mobile pants - which are probably the same as wind pants(?) black - black parka over turtle neck - sweatshirt - sweater - and absolutely the ugliest German army hat there has ever been - with the flaps down it just about covered my whole face - Must have looked like a huge black blimp rolling down the hill - First time I showed up like that to feed just about scared Robbie into the next county. Never did find gloves that would keep my hands warm.
Cheryl
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Member:
Dres
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 10:15 am:
Ski pants is what I wear over my barn clothes.. I buy a size or more larger.. They are water proof and very warm..
On the first day God created horses, on the second day he painted them with spots.
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Mrose
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 10:16 am:
Cheryl, gloves that keep you warm but allow you to use your fingers are tough to find. I've found two types I like. One is rag wool fingerless mittens that have a flap that fold over your fingers and turns the glove into a mitten. The other is Wells Lamont Grips which have a black stretchy material on back and tops of fingers, and leather on the rest.
The rag wool ones keep you warm even if your hands get wet, but don't get the Wells Lamont ones wet. I'd look in the hunting section of sports stores for gloves. I've seen some neoprene ones and weather proof insulated gloves that look like they'd work pretty good.
Have you tried using silk liners in your gloves? I've used them skiing.
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Kathleen
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 10:28 am:
I have to admit to living in Wyoming and Nebraska where we had temps at 60 below with wind chill. I wore a wool cap/mask combo and got a little warm while cleaning stalls one time and pulled up the mask part and within 30 seconds, could no longer feel my face. So I do understand and although we complain about the heat, don't think I want to go back, getting too old. I wish I had known about the nylon waterproof outerwear, because once while carrying warm water to the horses when I slipped and fell and dumped water on my legs and got soaked right through to my skin. My jeans froze to my legs. Luckily there was a pot bellied stove and I stood there till I dried off. That's not much fun, so I think I will just complain about the heat and stay where I am.
Kathleen
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Banthony
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 10:28 am:
Ditto Kathleen. Here in Florida we are finally getting our pay-off for suffering through a hot summer. It is supposed to be 80 today and in the 70's through the weekend.
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Hwood
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 12:46 pm:
Many of you probably get the Winter Silks (www.wintersilks.com) catalog. I wore their mid-weight silk long underwear for years.
As for gloves, I loved my Millers Good Hands Thinsulate gloves. When Millers went out of business, the gloves were no longer available, but I think I have seen them again recently. I religiously bought a pair each fall, and they'd last me through the spring. On really bitter days when I was lugging water or cleaning stalls, I'd wear woolen mittens over them.
One thing I discovered is that if I could get through the first 30 minutes of working outdoors in bitter weather, my hands would warm up. In the first 30 minutes, my fingers would feel as if as if they were going to fall off . . . but if I could keep on working, they would always warm up.
Definitely, a wool cap and a fleece neck warmer and a coat that comes down below my behind all help make working outdoors in bitter weather bearable, and in fact, once my body would warm up, I'd be taking off my neck warmer and coat and would work in the wind pants, sweatshirt layers, wool cap and gloves.
Hey . . . the American Indians survived through those bitter times, and they didn't have Thinsulate. I really think the key is to keep moving.
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Member:
Canderso
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 2:08 pm:
You guys who live in the cold who want outstanding cold weather stuff that breathes, need to discover the Mountain Equipment Coop. Go to: www.mec.ca.
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Mrose
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 3:30 pm:
Great stuff! I'd buy it for skiing if I needed it, but I'm not paying that kind of money for working in the barn. Sorry. The horses are just going to have to put up with me looking like a doughboy!
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Ajudson1
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 5:16 pm:
O.K., the contest will have to have 2 divisions: Winter wear, and rainy wear...as it most likely rains during the "winter" in the southern states, right?
Only thing I found to help for cold fingers is the little heater my husband put in the tank room, lol!!! But ya, keep moving, that's the key.
BTW, why does the word WINTER, have "WIN" in it? I just looked that up, and the definition is: "a period of time characterized by coldness, misery, barrenness or death".
Ya'all get that down South? If not, you don't have winter!
Oh wow, am I getting depressed now.
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Imogen
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 5:47 pm:
Could we have an eccentrics section to the contest? Weird and wonderful clothing solutions?
And could someone please tell me (post a picture) what are wind pants? They have an unfortunate connotation here but I'm sure that's not how you were keeping yourselves warm...
Thinsulate gloves were definitely available here in UK and Ireland last winter. I think they're brill. I used to get those wool fingerless gloves with mitten flap from the Army surplus store, they are very good too and extremely cheap.
My tip is to use your expensive orthotic soles that some health practitioner fobbed off on you in your wellington boots. They are excellent for keeping your feet warm and make it much easier to run after that escaped horse in a muddy field - and recycling them makes you feel better about being conned in the first place.
All the best
Imogen
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Member:
Mrose
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 6:17 pm:
Imogen, great idea about the orthotics! (yes, I too have a pair!) Picture those lined nylon overpants your mom stuffed you into before you went out to play in the winter....basically, that's wind pants. If you were deprived and had to go play in the snow in jeans, click on this site to see a pair:https://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=4000000800 0&productId=47856058&parent_category_rn=4501865&vcat=REI_SSHP_WOMENS_CLOTHING_LD
If that doesn't work right, go to REI and click on women's clothing, then outerwear. Of course, the ones I wear to the barn are about 20 yrs. old and a lot more baggy. They also have shreds along the bottoms caused by ski edges hitting them.
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Mrose
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 6:22 pm:
Angie, perk up now! Winter isn't even here yet! And, anyway, it's all a matter of attitude, right? Just slog on out there in your snow pants, ignore those freezing hands, and enjoy that crisp, clear air, the snow glittering in the morning light, and the brilliant stars at night. If now one is looking, flop in the snow and make an angel. There now, don't you feel better?!
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Member:
Dres
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 7:06 pm:
Sara hit the garage sales.. I buy my winter ski// barn wear there.. for dollars..
On the first day God created horses, on the second day he painted them with spots..
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Member:
Pbauer
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 7:09 pm:
In regard to keeping warm and dry...funny story...
It was a really cold day, and after finishing the barn chores...I was really tired...I headed off to the store. As I entered I noticed that people were staring at me. As I continued to get my shopping finished so I could get home and change...couldn’t understand why I kept getting all this attention. Finally, it dawned on me. I was bundled up from head to toe, and had left my balaclava on my face (not full face coverage)...People were thinking I was going to rob the store... Who knows I could have had my face covered for that very reason
Later that evening I was recounting the incident to my husband. He said,” You didn’t.”... AND... I said, “I did.”
I’m embarrassed to say it wasn’t the last time I scared so many people.
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Hwood
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Posted on Friday, Oct 27, 2006 - 7:17 pm:
Imogen, LOL . . . you are right about the "other" connotation for "wind" pants . . . and, no, we don't heat up that way . . . .
They are made of light-weight nylon (or used to be) like the stuff you find in the lining of a winter horse blanket. I've seen some that are made of a heavier, coarser material that is also waterproof. Mine were just thin nylon with a very thin flannel lining . . . Elastic and a draw string around the waist, and elastic on the ankles with an 8 inch zipper on the outside of each ankle . . . handy for putting shoes and boots through the ends.
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Member:
Erika
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Posted on Saturday, Oct 28, 2006 - 8:41 am:
Holly! Ha ha ha!
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Member:
Sonoita
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Posted on Saturday, Oct 28, 2006 - 12:21 pm:
I forgot to mention they can also be used during summer months when you have to move hay bales. Just pop them off when your done and run around in shorts. No hay splinters. YEAH!
Happy Trails, Wanda
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Banthony
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Posted on Monday, Oct 30, 2006 - 11:24 am:
For cold hands I found a one time hand heater packet at Walmart in the hunting section. You can put them in your pockets or even in the palm of your glove.
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Cheryl
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Posted on Monday, Oct 30, 2006 - 12:39 pm:
Sara - if anyone could see the collection of gloves I have they would roll around on the floor. I've used the silk liners - they help some and the one time hand heaters - which helped a bunch. I think when it's -30 with a 30 mph wind it's gonna be cold no matter what you use. When my hands got really cold and I wasn't through cleaning stalls - I just took off my gloves and poked my hands between one of the horses hind legs - works great 
I'm hoping the winter here isn't going to be as bad as it was in ND. There were mornings when the horses were all covered with frost with ice hanging from their eye lashes and whiskers. They would be standing there shivering - which I absolutely cannot stand. All I could do was pour the hay to them - which is why Fox and Robbie are both so blasted FAT. I think I'm the only one in the county who had shelter for my horses - Got all sorts of flack about spoiling my horses - Most of the horses around here don't have shelter either - Maybe it's just me - but I like my horses to be comfortable.
Cheryl
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Mrose
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Posted on Monday, Oct 30, 2006 - 1:45 pm:
Cheryl, I'm with you. I at least want them out of the wind. Most of the people here think I'm nuts,too. Horses stand out in all kinds of weather. I can't even sleep good if they aren't out of the wind and rain.
I put my hands under the horses' manes-esp. when I'm riding and it's really cold. I stay the warmest in mittens, but it's hard to work in them.
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Sonoita
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Posted on Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 - 11:27 am:
I like the Walmart hand warmers too. I also have a thing the quarterbacks use and you put your hands in a pouch with hand warmers. NICE
Happy Trails, Wanda
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