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- Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Cash or plastic?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1276
Re: Cash or plastic?
Some platforms make it less visible but trying to do some modelling of expected card transaction costs recently was enough of the nightmare that we gave up - different percentages for every variation of in person/by phone/online / credit/debit /Visa/Mastercard/AmEx/Diners (etc.) /personal/corporate ...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Is anyone else trying to learn a language?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1309
Re: Is anyone else trying to learn a language?
I'm trying to learn Arabic (Modern Standard), as a means to keep the brain active, mostly using the Duolingo app but also a few podcasts as well. When I get some time I will try and find an in-person class too. I chose it as a widely used language that might be useful both at home and abroad. It was...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 12:07 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: 1980's Pic - skirts were the norm?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 896
Re: 1980's Pic - skirts were the norm?
I wish my Range Rover still looked that good and indeed driveable. 1980 had me (age 10) at the whatever I could borrow from Mum’s wardrobe/ the charity donation bag and not get caught stage. In many ways I’m still at the ‘not get caught’ stage, since she expressed her disapproval a long time ago and...
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Anyone can be a princess - conservatives riot
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1887
Re: Anyone can be a princess - conservatives riot
a grown man is normally expected to have a settled identity and, as an adult, one who is in touch with reality. However if that were true, there'd be no such term as "mid-life crisis" and sales of motorcycles and red sports cars would plummet. That is not the world in which we live (fortu...
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 12:37 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Would you swim in a dress or skirt?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 860
Re: Would you swim in a dress or skirt?
Of course, naturally, has me curious, should there be some kind of swim-skirt or swim-robe or swim-dress or swim-tunic...for men? If so, what should it be like? A search for “old time”, “20s” or “Victorian” and “men’s swimming costume” will answer that for you! Preferably made of wool, obviously, n...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:44 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Skirtcraft Tellurian Skirt
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1785
Re: Skirtcraft Tellurian Skirt
Having supported and got the previous two, I'm looking forward to getting one of these as well. The waist adjustability will help quite a bit at the moment!
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 5:35 am
- Forum: Freestyle Fashions
- Topic: Presenting "as a woman"
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6704
Re: Presenting "as a woman"
I do have trans friends who I fully respect, its a huge journey and only a tiny number will benefit from going this route, and not just to dress as they want. Then again there are old schools of thought it is safer to disguise as a woman if you can than openly skirt as a man, one we hope is eroding...
- Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:51 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: New Skirtcraft Wrap Skirt Design
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3304
Re: New Skirtcraft Wrap Skirt Design
I like the look, although a bit a concern about the cord and the hole on left it goes through. Haven’t been keeping an eye on the exchange rate lately but I think the threshold for import duty is now higher than last time I imported something so would consider it, since I have and like the other two...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:23 pm
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: GQ - “It’s time to stop skirting the issue”
- Replies: 2
- Views: 882
GQ - “It’s time to stop skirting the issue”
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/stop-skirting-the-issue “Now is the moment to bare more leg than ever before, says Teo van den Broeke, and he doesn’t mean short shorts...” - posted 8th August 2021. I think I’ve seen things from Teo on skirts before but I’m not a regular GQ reader and ...
- Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:15 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Turn up skirted for the first time
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6612
Re: Turn up skirted for the first time
Would love to hear how that worked out. Are these colleagues people you’ve know for a while? Hasn't happened yet! I can't even remember who I was concerned about when I wrote that. We're reviewing a possible return to the office again in May/June and indications are we'll be allowing fully flexible...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:51 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Historical Crossdressing - 27th Feb 18:00GMT webinar
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1180
Re: Historical Crossdressing - 27th Feb 18:00GMT webinar
It wasn't recorded but I did scribble a few very incomplete notes afterwards: Bearing in mind this is newspaper and court reports between about 1750 and 1850. There are many reported incidences of women dressing as men to either follow their partner e.g. to sea or to war, where women would not have ...
- Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:47 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Historical Crossdressing - 27th Feb 18:00GMT webinar
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1180
Historical Crossdressing - 27th Feb 18:00GMT webinar
Primarily of interest to some of us in the UK, the Gender Community Lending Library has "an informal Zoom talk followed by a Q&A session discussing the progress on GCLL's first public history project". From the Eventbrite listing: "About this Event For around two months I've been ...
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:31 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello and Happy Lockdown!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2903
Re: Hello and Happy Lockdown!
Welcome from another based in/near London depending on how you define it. As others have said, get out there and be confident, people will largely not notice, or care if they do, especially with a mask on.
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:32 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Turn up skirted for the first time
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6612
Re: Turn up skirted for the first time
I’d echo the advice to just treat it as a nonevent and basically be cool with it. You never know when you’re out and about who you might meet unexpectedly so just be ready to style it out. You be you. I wore a just over the knee black linen skirt to an appointment for an ultrasound exam of my kidney...
- Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:16 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Swim skirts: Crossing a line?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3539
Re: Swim skirts: Crossing a line?
I have a couple of swimdresses from https://www.ambrosewilson.com/shop/womens/swimwear-and-beachwear/swimdresses/_/N-1ytw23i/products/show.action?cm_sp=AWL_PWB-_-SWIMWEAR-_-Swimdresses and have worn them to sessions in a private part of the local public swimming pool. They’ve been organised by TAGS ...