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by Kirbstone
Wed Oct 01, 2025 7:59 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: Eurostar Uniform Skirts Now Unisex
Replies: 44
Views: 1387

Re: Eurostar Uniform Skirts Now Unisex

Sensible of Eurostar and the tall guy in the skirt/kilt plus Doc Martins looks great, but the Telegraph can stuff their avaricious interference, cramming the screen with profit-seeking 'promotions' . As I recall, some years ago Branson allowed himself be photographed in a 'female' hostesses uniform,...
by Kirbstone
Tue Sep 30, 2025 8:31 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Craftsmanship
Replies: 2
Views: 157

Re: Craftsmanship

Absolutely fascinating Uncle Al.

Once one has invested so heavily in high-end power tools & lathe &c it just has to become a lifelong passion from then on. That object is seriously up there at the top of the skills scale and each would probably command a handsome price.

Tom
by Kirbstone
Thu Sep 25, 2025 3:45 am
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Techniques you've used to get more men into wearing skirts
Replies: 130
Views: 10795

Re: Techniques you've used to get more men into wearing skirts

For men, Kilts are where it's at. Period. Any other skirt worn in public will be regarded as wierd, the wearer probably seeking comments, at least. Alas, my spouse of 57+ years is not keen that I wear even a kilt out in public, unless for a festive occasion, e.g. a wedding. I do however quite freque...
by Kirbstone
Thu Sep 25, 2025 3:13 am
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: MIS Birmingham school girl...
Replies: 25
Views: 1357

Re: MIS Birmingham school girl...

If I spotted him I wouldn't be keen to engage with him in conversation. Apart from climbing into the passable school uniform, the time spent on his hairdo and facial appearance is impressive I suppose, but the effect is anything but attractive. Also smoking, while allowed in public outdoor places, p...
by Kirbstone
Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:06 am
Forum: Freestyle Fashions
Topic: Wearing high heels
Replies: 59
Views: 12915

Re: Wearing high heels

....and at your height, Jeff, up on heels you could see as far as Australia !

Tom
by Kirbstone
Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:26 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Chapman Stick - A Different Instrument
Replies: 11
Views: 846

Re: Chapman Stick - A Different Instrument

Certainly very interesting and they can be made to sound very versatile, embracing classical with it seems all other forms of musical diciplines. The things don't look pretty, though and of course rely totally on amplification to be heard at any distance. There's the traditionalist in me ranting on....
by Kirbstone
Sat Aug 23, 2025 1:09 am
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Spotted on Pinterest
Replies: 26
Views: 1795

Re: Spotted on Pinterest

Too right, Mouse. Deputy Sartorial Police chief here. Agreed about the excessive petticoat length at bottom. Were it the same length as the skirt, enough would show anyway. Yes, the boots & socks are dreadful. Pull the wearer in off the street, I say !

Tom
by Kirbstone
Tue Aug 12, 2025 8:01 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The desert at night
Replies: 15
Views: 1107

Re: The desert at night

I'm impressed with your stellar nightshots, Moonshadow, especially as you took them it just a simple phone camera. A clear sky is a prerequesite of course, together with balmy nocturnal temps. Here in Ireland we only have on average 39 clear nights a year, or one in nine, making sequential celestial...
by Kirbstone
Sat Aug 09, 2025 1:00 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Is it really "Cool to be cold"?
Replies: 8
Views: 680

Re: Is it really "Cool to be cold"?

Ours is a maritime temperate climate with average Summer temps not much higher than Winter, so lots of places have both heating, used more often and air-con, used sparingly in Summer and never to excess in my experience. Most of us find 21-24 deg Centipede /70-80 F pleasant. For my sins in my Practi...
by Kirbstone
Sat Aug 02, 2025 8:45 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The great Gathering - UK Railway show
Replies: 13
Views: 967

Re: The great Gathering - UK Railway show

Now Stevie, Please elaborate for the uninitiated, the process involved in actually sacrificing a Virgin Haggis ? I assume you'll have to go a good way North of Aberdeen to secure the raw material for this, because I have it on good authority that because of Global Warming, not a single Haggis has be...
by Kirbstone
Sat Aug 02, 2025 2:04 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Heat Wave
Replies: 5
Views: 552

Re: Heat Wave

Too right, Mouse. Try Ireland, where everything official has gone metric, but I still think miles, MPH and feet & inches. When someone says 2m 40, I have to convert it to make any sense at all....around 8 feet ! All our signs and road distances have also gone that way and my car uses average 5 l...
by Kirbstone
Sat Aug 02, 2025 1:46 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi every one
Replies: 12
Views: 961

Re: Hi every one

Hi Pauly,
Welcome & I see you're a model rail nutter. No bad thing. My next milestone will be 84 & I'd love to have your next 20 enjoyable years ahead of me, but I don't, alas.

Tom
by Kirbstone
Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:21 am
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: My Favorite type of skirt
Replies: 4
Views: 1732

Re: My Favorite type of skirt

A pull-on elasticised flared pleated short skirt 20-23 inches to above the knee preferrably with flat front & kick-pleats and slash pockets big enough for male hands, not black, but some colour, plaid, tartan or corduroy. Could be dressy. Denim would be way down the list.

Tom
by Kirbstone
Sun Jul 20, 2025 6:34 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Your Favorite Skirt Length?
Replies: 40
Views: 3267

Re: Your Favorite Skirt Length?

A very narrow bandwidth for me. 18" absolute minimum and then strictly when alone. I do like the hem to be above the knee. so 20-22 or 23 inch are about right on me and I like the feel of that length of skirt. Always flared and preferrably with pleats, also slash pockets.

Tom
by Kirbstone
Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:40 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: A smile for Fathers Day 2025
Replies: 4
Views: 640

Re: A smile for Fathers Day 2025

For the uninitiated: Guinness isn't Gold, It's Black!

Typical Irish scene : Dull wet weather and driving on the Left.

Tom