Next to being totally naked, Ive found the next best thing. I have several of those over-sized tanktops that are so popular with saggers, as well as a couple of extra-large basketball jerseys, that I like to wear with absolutely nothing underneath. They are long enough to cover my jewels in front and my ass in back, so everything is covered and Ive found that I can get by wearing them almost any place I could get by wearing just a tanktop and jogging shorts. Especially like sitting on the patio at Starbucks or a fast food place wearing just my tanktop and flip-flops. Since I often drive naked or in just the tanktop, its easy to stop for gas in just the tanktop. Ive often gone a whole weekend without ever wearing anything more than a tanktop. (This works best for us short or middle-sized guys, could be a problem finding tanks big enough for you big, tall dudes.)
I've often done the same thing and it is the ultimate, I guess. I bought one of those longish oversized t-shirts at Wal-Mart and it's perfect for that. In cooler weather I sometimes wear a fleece pullover over that and I'm perfectly comfortable for most things and if that's not enough, an insulated vest over that.
That and something on my feet will get me through the coldest time anywhere in the house when I'm at home and it can be pretty cool in the winter in the basement. I also find that I need to wear something on my feet all the time anyway because I'm otherwise always stubbing my toes. Believe it or not, I usually wear a pair of lightweight work boots.
More often anymore, I just wear a sweatshirt, usually with a t-shirt underneath and go totally bottomless (and still with the boots). Of course, one can't go in public like that, not anywhere I go, anyway, but the sensation is different and quite interesting until you become accustomed to it.
If I am actually working at home, that is, actually doing something physical that involves doing something that generates more heat than just sitting around, I find that even on the coolest days at home, I can be comfortable wearing nothing (except those boots). This means you actually have to be active and even so, you will notice that your skin will feel cool to the touch but it is an invigorating thing to do. I have also hiked naked (except for those boots again) on days with temperatures as low as somewhere in the 50s without discomfort. But hiking is a real heat generating activity in any weather. Again, you skin will feel cool to the touch but it is invigorating to say the least. It helps if there is no wind.
There is an expression that I think applies becoming used to nudity as far as the temperature goes, which is "face all over."
THAT IS HOT!
I have heard and read of guys doing this, Ive always been on the lookout to catch someone sporting this look but I have not been privileged of a sighting.
Last August (2008) my family and I visited California, starting in San Francisco. While there we visited the beach just south of the Golden Gate Bridge. The part up closest to the bridge is an unofficial, tolerated nude beach. However, presumably, you can't be nude at the parking lot but I did see one guy who was obviously wearing nothing but a long t-shirt when he returned to the parking lot. It was obvious when he bent over!
Another thing about San Francisco is that you will see people walking around on the streets wearing scarves in August. Needless to say, there weren't many people on the beach.
Hi BlueTrain - I DID manage to finally 'find my way back home' from PV LOL
When I was last in California (the month of May of 2001), it was WAY to cold to use Baker Beach at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, but during the rest of the trip heading south to San Diego, I spent a lot of time at the nude beaches of both San Onofre and Blacks which were MUCH warmer.
Of all the many trips I made to San Francisco when I was young, from the early 70s to the mid '80s, and mostly during the summer months of June or July - it was usually quite COOL in SF most of the time. I always packed more shorts and Tees than jeans and sweatshirts, and invariably would always end up bringing the shorts/Tees home UNWORN!
I'd just USUALLY go visit friends in Oakland or San Jose when I wanted to experience really warm and sunny weather.
The warmest weather I EVER encountered in SF was in late October / early November of 1977, when shorts could COMFORTABLY be worn for the whole week I was there!
You guyz are 'right on the money' about wearing just a LONG shirt! Although I only do it while puttering around the house (when I can't be experiencing the ULTIMATE freeballing state of being COMPLETELY 'desnudo'), it certainly IS a gr8 'cover-up'
Oh, come on, San Francisco is fine. I wear shorts and T-shirt here all year round. Though, lately I've taken to wearing a jacket when the temperature goes below 40. Today, the temperature approached 80 even under the clouds.
To bring it more on topic, I wouldn't wear just a long shirt. San Francisco is pretty windy a lot of the time, and I don't want charges of indecent exposure.
Oh, and lest Marseil or someone comes by talking about how exposure isn't indecent, I refer merely to the legal term by which the authorities here may charge you. Sure, San Francisco is supposed to have very relaxed standards, but one unfortunate relaxed standard in the police department is tolerance for arbitrary and capricious officers.
And, out of lazy familiarity, the temperatures are in the Fahrenheit scale.
Don't get me wrong, I really do LOVE San Francisco, and have had relatives living there since the late 1800s (many friends also during the early 1970s to mid '80s), but the weather in the city just was NOT what I expected when I first went there to visit during the summer of 1972. For someone who expected "hot and sunny California", it was just a bit of a letdown. Unfortunately, during my 'early California days', I hadn't yet discovered the comfort of going commando ;(
Do you actually live in SF / the bay area yourself? If so, you're a lucky guy!
Re: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." -Mark Twain
July 17 2009, 6:38 AM
I enjoyed the refreshing weather in San Francisco last year myself, compared with the usual hot and humid summer weather along the east coast. Here lately, however, it has been in the 90s but much less humid. In San Francisco, it depended a lot on what part of the city you happened to be in and the time of the day. I got a bad sunburn my first day there. There were several places I still want to visit, there and in the rest of California. I also thought San Francisco was relatively easy to get around in by car compared to where I live (Northern Virginia) and L.A.
