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by crfriend
Mon Jan 19, 2026 12:11 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 207
Views: 46272

Re: New Technologies

Naive question: why is a geosynchronous orbit of any importance? It seems of no particular relevance to lunar travel, and it's not a "fixed" point relative to anything in space. Would a Lagrange point be of benefit? Though that would be a long way out. Not a naive question in the slightes...
by crfriend
Sun Jan 18, 2026 11:49 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt
Replies: 34
Views: 861

Re: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt

I think you are misreading. The issue for some is not that skirts imply femininity, homosexuality, or deviancy, but that young people who are questioning their gender identity do *not* seem naturally to regard wearing skirts as a part of that. (And why should they, since many of the girls wear jean...
by crfriend
Sun Jan 18, 2026 11:06 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt
Replies: 34
Views: 861

Re: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt

[...] your post resonates with me. What you said is almost exactly where my son was when at University. He just wears jeans and a hoody when he meets me and his mum but he has long hair, painted nails,[...] Attribution deliberately left out as this is starting to look like a universal issue. What h...
by crfriend
Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:13 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: My public journey #2 - London
Replies: 15
Views: 362

Re: My public journey #2 - London

We are thin on the ground because the indoctrination is so through it surrounds us in all directions. So much so that people will say things like this: "Men have no interest in clothes" "My husband can't even be bothered to iron his clothes" Worse is that it gets into our sister...
by crfriend
Sun Jan 18, 2026 2:21 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: My public journey #2 - London
Replies: 15
Views: 362

Re: My public journey #2 - London

I remember my first similar trips to London in a skirt. It was only three years ago LOL. I was expecting the world to fall in and knowing that it would not. Every time I read comments like that I get a chuckle out of them because I remember the stiffness of terror begin to overtake me the first tim...
by crfriend
Sun Jan 18, 2026 2:04 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 207
Views: 46272

Re: New Technologies

The present has a disturbing resemblance to the years leading up to World War II. I was making comments like that years ago, Nothing new. Exploring the solar system by sail boat . This, too, is old news and a prototype has already been tested in orbit. It -- as predicted -- was successful, but not ...
by crfriend
Sun Jan 18, 2026 1:51 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 207
Views: 46272

Re: New Technologies

You're thinking inside a box. A complete station could not be launched into orbit. It would require building the station IN ORBIT . Many launches would be required to get "the parts" into orbit to construct the station. Actually, for this, I'm using the conventional thinking the Soviets w...
by crfriend
Sat Jan 17, 2026 9:55 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 207
Views: 46272

Re: New Technologies

IMHO, what's "new" is the fact we're heading back to the moon, now using improved materials and techniques. I look forward to humanity having a 'Moon Base', even though I won't live long enough to see it. "The more complex they make the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain...
by crfriend
Sat Jan 17, 2026 1:07 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 207
Views: 46272

Re: New Technologies

While Apollo 13 had an accident and made an unplanned loop around the moon Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first to make and orbit of the moon. Quite a while before Apollo 13 as well. Recall, too, that Apollo 11 executed the first landing on the moon, and that involved orbital manoeuvres as...
by crfriend
Fri Jan 16, 2026 11:38 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Language for Men's Skirts and Skirted Men
Replies: 33
Views: 42961

Re: Language for Men's Skirts and Skirted Men

But some won't let you shop until you choose a gender (or perhaps more accurately, a sex). My understanding is that most retailers would like to change this but it is built into the software at a very deep level. If this is wired into the software, then somebody should have been sacked years ago. T...
by crfriend
Thu Jan 15, 2026 12:55 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt
Replies: 34
Views: 861

Re: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt

And now history is repeating. Unrest in Iran and the Overton window is moving to the right at increasing speed. Again. Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. The problem now is that there isn't any room remaining at the right of the spectrum unless the entire world goes outright NA...
by crfriend
Wed Jan 14, 2026 6:30 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt
Replies: 34
Views: 861

Re: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt

My one regret is that I'd have been in the same situation nigh on 60 years ago. Nothing has changed. No, nothing has really -- and that's what pains me. I witnessed the progress that was made in the '60s and the '70s on this front, and saw it all snatched away in the rightward lurch that convulsed ...
by crfriend
Wed Jan 14, 2026 4:21 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt
Replies: 34
Views: 861

Re: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt

Fact is she is right, he'd have set himself up as a prime target for all kinds of abusive bullying. Of course she is, and we all know that from hard experience. We also know that it's not going to get better with time, so unless we steel ourselves for he treatment we will receive (likely a life of ...
by crfriend
Wed Jan 14, 2026 2:26 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt
Replies: 34
Views: 861

Re: Son gives up skirts, daughter in combats and dress that became a pencil skirt

So males can't wear skirts because they fear being ostracised. Females are choosing to not wear skirts because they prefer jeans/trousers/leggings. The way things are going, the only people who will be wearing skirts are trans girls/women. If that sentiment "wins" "in the wild" ...
by crfriend
Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:37 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Ring Video Doorbell privacy
Replies: 16
Views: 1998

Re: Ring Video Doorbell privacy

My comment was only that millions of pictures get taken and posted in various places everyday -- but none of those stick in your mind the way your memory keeps a picture of something you have seen yourself. Thus, your own getting out in your skirts and outfits will be a lot more memorable to people...