Hi,
I just want to re-iterate that no one on this site is compelled to share pictures, or any other personal information, with the general membership. Some of us choose to do so, and others do not, all for our own reasons.
It is OK to politely ask someone to share something. If you are asked, it is also OK to politely decline the reqeust, or to simply ignore it.
Sashi, I hope things go well for you!
Teenagers reactions
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crfriend
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Images....
It's useful to note that pictures posted here are likely to get indexed by at least one "search engine", so if you're worried about having an image floating about the "'Net" you might well think twice about posting one. I know that a search for my username on "Google Images" coughs up my Skirtcafe avatar on the first page -- just what I'd need if a potential future love interest with a slightly narrow mind looked me up. (Bob -- it might be time to set up a "robots.txt" block on some thingsBob wrote:I just want to re-iterate that no one on this site is compelled to share pictures, or any other personal information, with the general membership. Some of us choose to do so, and others do not, all for our own reasons.
)Seconded.Bob wrote:Sashi, I hope things go well for you!
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Thanks, me too!Bob wrote:Sashi, I hope things go well for you!
Yeah, a robots.txt or something to block images might be useful, for the privacy of the members. At least with this name I shouldn't have any problems, as there are quite a lot of hits both on Google and Google Images for it :rotfl:crfriend wrote:It's useful to note that pictures posted here are likely to get indexed by at least one "search engine", so if you're worried about having an image floating about the "'Net" you might well think twice about posting one. I know that a search for my username on "Google Images" coughs up my Skirtcafe avatar on the first page -- just what I'd need if a potential future love interest with a slightly narrow mind looked me up. (Bob -- it might be time to set up a "robots.txt" block on some things
Seconded.Bob wrote:Sashi, I hope things go well for you!
I'm usually not worried about images getting out on the net, and I'm well aware that once it is out, even for a short period of time, you might not be able to stop its propagation. Just takes one search engine to index it for a thumb to get out, and one person to save and share for the full sized one to spread. The internet can be quite the dangerous place if you're not careful, eh?
Thanks for the good wishes too. I checked out your profile, and in addition to the fact that it sounds like you do interesting things it reminds me to update my profile. Well, I'm off!
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Following Crfriend's example, I typed 'Charlie' into Google - Charlie must be a really common name, nothing about me.
I type in 'sarong' and found a load of images of mathematicians proving theorems while wearing a sarong. Obviously sarongs aid thought
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://math.berkeley.edu/~ari/sarong/nieh.jpg&imgrefurl=http://math.berkeley.edu/~ari/sarong/&h=493&w=640&sz=60&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=El2g8ABZWInpfM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsarong%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3DckW%26sa%3DG
I can wear a sarong - just wish I could do maths as well as these guys (and girls).
Charlie
I type in 'sarong' and found a load of images of mathematicians proving theorems while wearing a sarong. Obviously sarongs aid thought
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://math.berkeley.edu/~ari/sarong/nieh.jpg&imgrefurl=http://math.berkeley.edu/~ari/sarong/&h=493&w=640&sz=60&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=El2g8ABZWInpfM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsarong%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3DckW%26sa%3DG
I can wear a sarong - just wish I could do maths as well as these guys (and girls).
Charlie
If I want to dress like a woman, I'll wear jeans.
There's a student at my college who wears a sarong sometimes ...he's a double major in computer science and math. I haven't seen him prove any theorems while wearing a sarong, though.
That's the closest any other males here get to wearing skirts, as far as I know. A few people have Utilikilts or some other kind of modern kilts, and a fair number of people at least know that Utilikilts exist -- I know this because several people, on seeing me in a skirt, have asked me if I have ever worn one. (I haven't.)
That's the closest any other males here get to wearing skirts, as far as I know. A few people have Utilikilts or some other kind of modern kilts, and a fair number of people at least know that Utilikilts exist -- I know this because several people, on seeing me in a skirt, have asked me if I have ever worn one. (I haven't.)
Are you crazy? Are you high? Or just an ordinary guy?
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I work in a college and a lad used to come to school quite often in a skirt.
It was just a plain black pencil skirt and he looked great.
I think he did it to wind the teachers up the first time, but after that failed he wore them because he liked them.
He recieved no flack whatsoever from the other kids either.
Jon
It was just a plain black pencil skirt and he looked great.
I think he did it to wind the teachers up the first time, but after that failed he wore them because he liked them.
He recieved no flack whatsoever from the other kids either.
Jon
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[quote="Milfmog"]I had a couple of interesting reactions from teenagers this weekend.
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Reaction 1:
On Saturday I had to go into Maidenhead (on domestic duty). Given that parking in town is something of a nightmare at present I parked in a small out of town shopping area and then walked in. I was wearing a camouflage print kilt with hiking boots and socks, a dark brown fleece pullover top and a dark green sleeveless jacket.
As I made my way down a pedestrian walk through I heard a skateboard coming up behind me. Just before the skateboard came alongside me the lad on it (about 14 years old) jumped off and said “You may not have noticed, but you’re wearing a skirt.” I replied that I was disappointed he’d noticed, the camouflage was supposed to make it invisible
He asked why I was dressed as I was and I asked why he was wearing jeans, when he replied “Because I want to”, I just shrugged. He got the point.
He then said something about me getting looked at by more people than he would, I agreed and when he asked if I liked the attention, I replied that I didn’t really care. He grinned and said “Well I guess no one will ever mistake you for a girl”. I reckoned his combination of long hair and blue jeans made him far more likely to fall into that trap than I was. That raised another grin followed by a handshake and “My name’s Tony”. “Ian” I replied, “Good to meet you”
Another grin and a cheery “See you” and he was back on the board.
I passed him again about ten minutes later, chatting to a couple of friends. “Hi Ian” and big grins all around.
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Reaction 2:
An hour or so later I was walking back to the car through a pedestrian tunnel under the railway. There was a group of about a dozen teenagers, aged around 14 to 18, there, just hanging and chatting; the sort of group that the tabloids would refer to as “feral teenagers”. I did briefly consider taking another route but then thought what the hell and carried on. As they saw me they all went silent, I continued through, focusing on a tall Afro-Caribbean lad with the biggest afro haircut I’ve seen since the seventies (You know the sort of thing; it looked like he’d been hanging on to a Van der Graff generator for too long.) I made eye contact with him and wished them all a cheery “Evenin’ all” (very Dixon of Dick Green – aging Brits will understand). Got a mumbled “Hi” in reply but the general silence did not lift until I was 10 or 15 yards past them, when they all started talking at once. Walking through felt odd but totally non-threatening, they all just seemed too curious to say anything.
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Reaction 3:
I took the dog for a walk yesterday afternoon, my wife and son were with me and we met a friend who was also out to give his dog a run. The fields in the Thames flood plain are very soggy at present but it was reasonably warm for the time of year so back on with the camouflage kilt and hiking boots and off we went. After a couple of hours walking and a short stop in a local “dog and muddy walker friendly” pub we returned back through the small town where I live. As we walked up the hill a teenage girl of about 14 rode past on her bike with a huge grin on her face. A few minutes later she came past us again with a friend of similar age. As she rode past she shouted “Why a skirt in winter?” There was no chance to reply as they did not slow down, but when she got to the corner, about 30 yards away she stopped, looked back and called out “It’s winter, why a skirt in winter?” before riding off again.
I was struck that she seemed totally unconcerned by the sight of a guy in a skirt, apart from the fact that the weather had turned cold.
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So in one weekend I had three very different reactions from teenagers, but none of them were negative.
Have fun,
Ian.
Great story! And, suitably impressed that you are braving the sub-zero elements we are currently enjoying, in a kilt! I salute you, sir!:cheer:
I love wearing my kilt, but it is so damn cold out there at the moment!:shake:
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Reaction 1:
On Saturday I had to go into Maidenhead (on domestic duty). Given that parking in town is something of a nightmare at present I parked in a small out of town shopping area and then walked in. I was wearing a camouflage print kilt with hiking boots and socks, a dark brown fleece pullover top and a dark green sleeveless jacket.
As I made my way down a pedestrian walk through I heard a skateboard coming up behind me. Just before the skateboard came alongside me the lad on it (about 14 years old) jumped off and said “You may not have noticed, but you’re wearing a skirt.” I replied that I was disappointed he’d noticed, the camouflage was supposed to make it invisible
He asked why I was dressed as I was and I asked why he was wearing jeans, when he replied “Because I want to”, I just shrugged. He got the point.
He then said something about me getting looked at by more people than he would, I agreed and when he asked if I liked the attention, I replied that I didn’t really care. He grinned and said “Well I guess no one will ever mistake you for a girl”. I reckoned his combination of long hair and blue jeans made him far more likely to fall into that trap than I was. That raised another grin followed by a handshake and “My name’s Tony”. “Ian” I replied, “Good to meet you”
Another grin and a cheery “See you” and he was back on the board.
I passed him again about ten minutes later, chatting to a couple of friends. “Hi Ian” and big grins all around.
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Reaction 2:
An hour or so later I was walking back to the car through a pedestrian tunnel under the railway. There was a group of about a dozen teenagers, aged around 14 to 18, there, just hanging and chatting; the sort of group that the tabloids would refer to as “feral teenagers”. I did briefly consider taking another route but then thought what the hell and carried on. As they saw me they all went silent, I continued through, focusing on a tall Afro-Caribbean lad with the biggest afro haircut I’ve seen since the seventies (You know the sort of thing; it looked like he’d been hanging on to a Van der Graff generator for too long.) I made eye contact with him and wished them all a cheery “Evenin’ all” (very Dixon of Dick Green – aging Brits will understand). Got a mumbled “Hi” in reply but the general silence did not lift until I was 10 or 15 yards past them, when they all started talking at once. Walking through felt odd but totally non-threatening, they all just seemed too curious to say anything.
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Reaction 3:
I took the dog for a walk yesterday afternoon, my wife and son were with me and we met a friend who was also out to give his dog a run. The fields in the Thames flood plain are very soggy at present but it was reasonably warm for the time of year so back on with the camouflage kilt and hiking boots and off we went. After a couple of hours walking and a short stop in a local “dog and muddy walker friendly” pub we returned back through the small town where I live. As we walked up the hill a teenage girl of about 14 rode past on her bike with a huge grin on her face. A few minutes later she came past us again with a friend of similar age. As she rode past she shouted “Why a skirt in winter?” There was no chance to reply as they did not slow down, but when she got to the corner, about 30 yards away she stopped, looked back and called out “It’s winter, why a skirt in winter?” before riding off again.
I was struck that she seemed totally unconcerned by the sight of a guy in a skirt, apart from the fact that the weather had turned cold.
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So in one weekend I had three very different reactions from teenagers, but none of them were negative.
Have fun,
Ian.
Great story! And, suitably impressed that you are braving the sub-zero elements we are currently enjoying, in a kilt! I salute you, sir!:cheer:
I love wearing my kilt, but it is so damn cold out there at the moment!:shake:
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Good pics + I think the fishnets & boots look is ok, too:)Steve D wrote:Ian,
Great account of your meetings with teenagers. I think you (and they) did just fine!
Jon,
Great pics on your websites. I really like the fishnets and boots look. You carry it off very well indeed. (Love the boots - I want some like that!)
Steve
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Ta very muchly
Thanks :cheer:wintermute wrote:Good pics + I think the fishnets & boots look is ok, too:)
Its funny how fishnets can come across as unisex (in a gothic senario)
I think its because they have attitude.
I'v discussed the boots with a friend of mine, and we think that New Rock heels may be the bridge between men and womens footwear.
If you can find them in your size, they have an excellent selection. I'm a UK size 10 and I can find some that I like, but obviously the smaller you go, the more there are.
Cheers
Jon
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