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Offline PenitentWoman

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« Reply #1245 on: September 23, 2012, 01:10:03 PM »
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    Clare, do you like pants for the comfort?

    Who says I like them? I just don't disapprove of them. Do I "like" them? I'm indifferent. As long as they're feminine and modest (which is possible), then I see nothing wrong with wearing them.
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    I don't miss jeans or slacks at all.  

    Neither do I.

    I wear long skirts most of the time. One of which covers my ankles, and I keep standing on the hem when going upstairs or standing up from sitting!

    I wear tracksuit trousers (with a tunic over) for physiotherapy, and I wear pyjamas at night. Apart from that I wear long skirts.


    I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply you liked them. I was just curious.

    I know what you mean about stepping on the hem with really long skirts. I have a couple like that. One I bought specifically to wear with heels (another controversy) and be long enough for mass. I just don't wear that one at home.  

    I guess I don't know what you mean by feminine pants. If they are loose enough to be modest, wouldn't they look like something a man would wear?
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    « Reply #1246 on: February 23, 2013, 03:22:36 PM »
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  • Quote from: Sede Catholic (Sep 21, 2012, 9:19 pm)
    Jogging in shorts is definitely not acceptable for a traditional Catholic.  Even if we think that it causes some minor inconvenience, we have to dress modestly.

    In late February (the Lenten Ember Saturday) here in central Florida, my outdoor thermometer shows 86 degrees F this afternoon in the shade (immediately before this posting); it's mounted where it receives no direct sunlight at all.  In late June, all of July & August, and early September, the highs will routinely exceed 90 degrees F, accompanied by an oppressive 80--90% humidity, with waaay too little remedial cooling overnight.

    Where I jogged in central California, it wasn't rare for summer midday temperatures to exceed 100 degrees F.  Working as an engineer in the cubicles of high-tech companies, the midday lunch-break was my only viable time for serious exercise.

    How shameful of me not to recognize that I was committing the sin of immodesty by wearing shorts, sometimes without a shirt, instead of wearing a cassock, while running in summertime on public roads to the top of 800-ft.--or much taller--foothills!  The latter attire would've been so illogical that it never would've occurred to me to seriously consider it.

    It appears that you're unaware that if heat exhaustion worsens to heat stroke, it's not merely a minor inconvenience, but a genuine medical emergency.  I've experienced a mild form of it on a 100-mile bicycle ride, one for which I was underprepared by youthful bravado.  Perhaps you have been spared any comparable medical experiences.

    But thank you for providing me with an unintended additional answer to my occasional--albeit mostly rhetorical--religious question: "What could ever have caused me, years ago, to fall away from the Catholic Church?"


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    « Reply #1247 on: February 23, 2013, 03:30:59 PM »
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    It appears that you're unaware that if heat exhaustion worsens to heat stroke, it's not merely a minor inconvenience, but a genuine medical emergency.  I've experienced a mild form of it on a 100-mile bicycle ride, one for which I was underprepared by youthful bravado.  Perhaps you have been spared any comparable medical experiences.


    Is it necessary to jog in very hot weather, to take 100 mile bicycle rides in heat?

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    But thank you for providing me with an unintended additional answer to my occasional--albeit mostly rhetorical--religious question: "What could ever have caused me, years ago, to fall away from the Catholic Church?"


    Because someone is opposed to shorts?




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    « Reply #1248 on: February 23, 2013, 04:52:15 PM »
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    It appears that you're unaware that if heat exhaustion worsens to heat stroke, it's not merely a minor inconvenience, but a genuine medical emergency.  I've experienced a mild form of it on a 100-mile bicycle ride, one for which I was underprepared by youthful bravado.  Perhaps you have been spared any comparable medical experiences.


    Were you wearing shorts during this 100 mile ride?

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    « Reply #1249 on: February 23, 2013, 06:11:13 PM »
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  • Quote from: Telesphorus (Feb 23, 2013, 4:30 pm)
    Is it necessary to jog in very hot weather, to take 100 mile bicycle rides in heat?

    The practical alternative in Florida would be to hide indoors--in air conditioned comfort that guzzles electricity--for 7 months out of the year, more or less: from late March until mid October.

    Thus abandoning more than half a year of low-cost opportunities not only to improve cardiovascular fitness and endurance, and to fight off counterproductive & unattractive weight-gain, but also to produce that sunlight-dependent essential vitamin D.

    One might wait for days when the seasonally frequent thunderstorms cool the summer air to more refreshing temperatures, but the recent dramatic Shrove-Monday night photo of the dome of St. Peter's should be a potent reminder of the hazards of using thunderstorms as an opportunity for more comfortable outdoor exercise.

    One's schedule might allow exercise before sunrise or after sunset, but that can be very hazardous, even in high-viz athletic attire, striving to push personal athletic limits while remaining alert enough to dodge inattentive morning or evening commuters.

    To summarize my answer for the locations I cited: Yes.

    Your mileage may vary.


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    « Reply #1250 on: February 23, 2013, 06:20:26 PM »
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  • The alternative to 100 mile bike rides in sweltering heat is to be indoors?

    Obviously no one needs to risk heat stroke.  That doesn't mean it's right the way people ride bicycles today.  It violates decorum.

    Long clothes really are not nearly the problem people make them out to be.  I almost never wear shorts and seldom wear short sleeves.  It's not a problem for me.

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    « Reply #1251 on: March 05, 2013, 12:05:40 PM »
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    Jogging in shorts is definitely not acceptable for a traditional Catholic.

    Even if we think that it causes some minor inconvenience, we have to dress modestly.


    What an ignorant blanket statement. I can agree with this comment in regard to people (primarily females of ALL ages) who purposely, or out of incognizance due to social engineering from a decayed culture, wear shorts so small, which is unfortunately the sign of the times, the lower parts of their gluteus maximus is showing; but there are modest athletic shorts (covering well below mid-thigh or to the knee) that can be worn that serve a necessary functional purpose - ventilation, wicking perspiration, mobility, etc.

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    « Reply #1252 on: March 05, 2013, 02:04:11 PM »
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  • All shorts are immodest.
    That applies to shorts worn by anyone of either sex.
    If any parts of the legs are naked, there is no modesty.
    That is obvious.
    No Catholic prior to the twentieth century would have disputed that.

    Any traditional Catholic should be able to understand that.






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