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General discussion of skirt and kilt-based fashion for men, and stuff that goes with skirts and kilts.
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Caultron wrote: LOL!

(That was a joke, right? Or was the jersey cut small in a woman's size, or is it from a woman's team, or something?)
Yep, just joking! It's a ladies jersey. It belongs to the wife. She said that I could wear it as it's a bit big for her.

Caultron wrote: In any event, great looks as always, Mark.

I take it nothing of consequence occurred in the airports, the plane, the game, or the party in Birmingham, eh? I always enjoy watching other people out of the corner of my eye in the waiting area and in the seat next to me on the plane.
Typically, no problems at the airport. The TSA guys, I guess are trained not to notice. The German customs agents look at me more closely than the US customs do. The female customs agents almost always make a nice comment. I always hand out AA (American Airlines) coupons (recognition of outstanding service) to the AA agents when ticking/checking bags and to the flight attendants and they really make things easier. I travel back and forth a lot and almost always on the same flights. AA70 and AA71. So I know most AA flight attendants. The only problem was that the heels I choose to wear are very high and we had a long walk to the US customs in DFW. All other places at the airport were we walked were typically shorter.
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Kirbstone wrote:Mark,
I've looked up Germany and Dallas on the round-Earthers' globe-thing and they are nowhere near each other. All I can say is that yourself and the missus must put in a serious amount of air miles.


Hi Tom. Yeah, we both make this flight quite often. I am about 3 years (270,000 miles) away from getting to the 3 million mile mark with AA. The wife just passed 1 million.
Kirbstone wrote: Of the latest batch the domestic one appeals and the red-grey-red sparkles almost like the tree.
Thanks. I was really happy with the way red and the gray came together. The wife thinks it's one of my better combos.
Kirbstone wrote:This car-flogging business must pay very well. Way back in the heady Seventies we had a near neighbour in Hampshire (England!) who was in the business of importing American Jeeps into Britain. He used fly Concorde regularly and before they ceased to fly he had had dozens of trips faster than sound. That of course is no longer an option, but Just you wait a few years and the new Boom SST will fly. :D :) :idea:

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The car-flogging, I assume you mean my Porsche obsession, is just a hobby. Most of my income comes from being an engineering manager and some investments I have made over the years. And the wife makes good money as well. :D
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Mark as in Mark wrote: The car-flogging, I assume you mean my Porsche obsession, is just a hobby....
A bit like this perhaps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc
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Been a while since I been here. We have been very busy at work and it seems like I have no time for anything. Since my skirting has now been going on full time for over a year now, at least I don't have to look for time to do that...

Just a few updates of me out and about...
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I was in Bulgaria for a week. Was concerned just a bit about wearing a skirt there. I asked the reservationist at the hotel when making my reservations if it I was to expect any problems wearing heels and a skirt. She said as long as I stayed in the capital it would not be a problem However, she advised it may not be good to get outside the city... :D

So, I fly from Munich to Sofia wearing my heels and skirt. Got a few looks from people at the airport as I waited for my luggage in Sofia. But it was nothing unusual. Walked to the rental car place with no problems. Forgot that the customer had told me it was a long walk to the rental area. Should have worn some lower heels. I like to wear my 4" or higher heels when not working. Checked in the hotel and went acroos the street to eat. Very friendly waitress with excellent English. She said that there is this famous crossdresser singer/actor in Bulgaria so seeing a man in a skirt was not shocking. But I was the first she had ever seen that wasn't on TV. She commented that I have nice legs and that I can walk better than her in heels and she only wears 7cm heels (3").

In the morning, I decided since I would be in the car and driving about an hour to customers facility, that it would be ok. And the customer already knew my choice of clothes.

A picture of me drinking a beer in the hotel lobby and trying to talk English to the bartender.
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You have fabulous style, Mark! Love the skirts and pictures ♡♡♡
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Interesting lot of pics, Mark and I notice you have had sunshine and no bitter cold, like the rest of us.

What are BWMs? At my level of existence I admit to possessing a BMW. Better than a Yugo or a Trabbi.

I am also curious to know how many bully boys you employ to clear the field/street/lobby &c of all other humans before taking your photos?

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Kirbstone wrote:Interesting lot of pics, Mark and I notice you have had sunshine and no bitter cold, like the rest of us.
Sunshine yes, but we've had some very cold days. Lowest last week was-19C (-2F). Unlike back in Texas, where it can be in the 20's F and the next day be 60+. The highs have been in the lower 20's with the lows in the single digits. I have come to appreciate thermal tights as it has been below freezing now for 31 days. :D
Kirbstone wrote:What are BWMs? At my level of existence I admit to possessing a BMW. Better than a Yugo or a Trabbi.


Typo. Although here in Germany they pronounce it BMV. Porsche man myself....
Kirbstone wrote:I am also curious to know how many bully boys you employ to clear the field/street/lobby &c of all other humans before taking your photos?
LOL. I have lots of pictures of me with with others. Mostly co-workers. I just choose not to show them on the internet even if I have their permission. I went to the Porsche museum a few week ago. Where my wife took a lot of pictures with me and some of my favorites Porsche. The 917 is my favorite along with the RSR's. But every picture had had least a hand full of people behind me with faces clearly visible. I guess I could blur the faces and post... But, I don't have an army of body guards to clear the streets although looking at my pictures I have posted, it would appear that way.


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Fair comment, Mark and I respect your reticence about posting pics of others.

As to wheels, Being a large family + dogs man, estate cars have been and still are my transport. As a dalliance when young I did have for a time a 1928 ex Le-Mans Alvis which had been converted to a four-seat open tourer. Chopped it in for school fees later. Could never aspire to a Porsche.

When living in Nordenham (opposite Bremerhaven) I regularly drove to Dusseldorf airport to get home and one quiet Sunday morning I was minding my own business in my then Audi 2.8 twin turbo at 200Km/H cruising on the A2 near Muenster when a dot appeared in my mirror which grew quickly and went by so fast as to rock my car as it went. A rare Porsche and that was in the days before on-board speed limiters. Two guys in it and they were pushing 300K for sure.... on a two-lane autobahn!

Here in Ireland most public car parks are equipped with a metal bar at 2m. to keep the tinkers (Zigeuner) out and I buy low cars so I can access the local lakeside car park with my racing single sculling boat on my roof, so no SUV or crossovers for me. MOH drives a high roofed VW Camper, but that's another story.

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Mark as in Mark wrote:...She commented...that I can walk better than her in heels and she only wears 7cm heels (3")...
I get that too, and when it happens, I mark it as acceptance. Often, it's from overweight and out-of-shape women, whose extra weight complicates the stress distribution, and who can't maintain the required ankle stiffness.

But sometimes I get it from thin and fit women as well, often wearing heels themselves, and I take that as acceptance as well. It's like we're in the same heel-wearing fraternity, uh, sorority, uh, club (yeah, that's it).

Another common conversation is, "Don't those heels hurt?" to which I reply, "No, not at all." Then they ask, "How can that be?" and I'll explain that clunky heels (if that's what I'm wearing) are more stable than stilettos, and that slant heels (again, if that's what I'm wearing) distribute the weight better than block, and that oxfords (again...) help because the shoe top absorbs some of the weight. To which they're usually dumbfounded for not thinking of those things themselves. Then I hit them with the real kicker (sorry), "Try a pair on and if they hurt, don't buy them, try on another pair." Which usually produces a blank stare one step removed from a head slap,

Now obviously, lots of women have figured these things out and wear heels comfortably whenever the occasion calls for them. But I think others have simply been told, "Heels always hurt, you just have to put up with it," and so they do.
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The Pinterest link has changed that Caultron posted at the start of this thread. New link is

https://www.pinterest.de/RMarthaBryan/m ... and-heels/

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Mark as in Mark wrote:The Pinterest link has changed that Caultron posted at the start of this thread. New link is

https://www.pinterest.de/RMarthaBryan/m ... and-heels/

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Nice collection of photo's. The A-line skirts suit you well also.
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Mark as in Mark wrote:The Pinterest link has changed that Caultron posted at the start of this thread. New link is
https://www.pinterest.de/RMarthaBryan/m ... and-heels/
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Great white skirt, especially with the flowers near the top. You inspire me to allow even more feminine bits I hadn't considered before into my wardrobe. The shoes are great too, though pointy heels like that are a bit much for me to feel confident pulling off I am definitely in the market for some booties or something with high heels. I find high heels make my arthritic knees feel better, and don't hurt my feet unless I have to be on them a lot. I'm aiming for about a 45 degree angle or slightly less. Hard to find in something that will fit a man.
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Thanks Daryl. I always enjoy the compliments.

Yeah, I also at first was a bit reluctant to wear floral prints. But, I like that it offers much more color to your wardrobe. I also have received a lot more compliments from the ladies when wearing florals or multi-colored skirts versus monotone skirts.

The white heels are 4" with no platform. Actually, they are a round toe design and not pointed as you say. I tend to stay away from the real pointy style pumps as I feel they make my feet look bigger. I have small feet anyway, as I am 5"-11" and wear a men's 8. As far as deciding how high of a heel you want to wear in degrees I had never given it that much thought that way. A 4" heel for me could be around 35° whereas my step-daughter, who has tiny feet a 4" heel for her would be a bit bigger. Unless you have really big feet a 45° angle will be a really high heel. I been to other forums and there are guys claiming that they can wear 5" -6" heels with no problems. Whats the big deal? they ask. If they wear a size 14 shoe then a 5" heel for them would be like a 3" heel for me. I can wear a 3" heel all day easily. I also can wear a 4" with no problems as long as I am not standing much.

Just my take on this and heel hieghts. I still have a lot to learn about this stuff.
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Mark as in Mark wrote:The Pinterest link has changed that Caultron posted at the start of this thread. New link is

https://www.pinterest.de/RMarthaBryan/m ... and-heels/

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AAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!! WHITE BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY! BLASPHEMY!!! :lol:

But, seriously, that's a positively charming outfit, well done. By the by, I envy you for being so tall yet having so small a shoe size, I'm six foot two and wear a women's size 13 wide. Serious gunboats!
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