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by kingfish
Fri Apr 17, 2026 3:31 pm
Forum: Freestyle Fashions
Topic: "How Can You Wear Those Heels?"
Replies: 12
Views: 1396

Re: "How Can You Wear Those Heels?"

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I've gotten that same question and produced pretty much the same answer.
I'd also say that it's doable by them too, and then describe how I got to being able to wear them all day without pain.
by kingfish
Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:12 pm
Forum: Freestyle Fashions
Topic: Gender Non-Conformance and Religion
Replies: 59
Views: 4329

Re: Gender Non-Conformance and Religion

Kingfish, this is none the less a claim to know the will of a god, whose very existence is debatable. You wore the kilt as opposed to the preferred prairie skirt as a mark of respect to the "environment". Respect for your God or the other human worshippers, if I may ask? I am not challeng...
by kingfish
Mon Apr 13, 2026 8:04 pm
Forum: Freestyle Fashions
Topic: Gender Non-Conformance and Religion
Replies: 59
Views: 4329

Re: Gender Non-Conformance and Religion

I am the great grandson of a southern baptist preacher, and have the following observations regarding my skirt wearing in the remarkably conservative region of Armstrong County TX, and also a mind-blower that happened one morning watching one of the 5am religious shows. First my parent's reaction wh...
by kingfish
Thu Mar 19, 2026 7:17 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Sightings "in the wild"
Replies: 1954
Views: 471448

Re: Sightings "in the wild"

But beside that we have a very big culture of not taking to strangers, no comments, compliments or even small talk, even with your neighbours. Of course people loose their inhibitions when they drink and they say the nasty things they think and just excuse it the day after with a laugh and "I ...
by kingfish
Wed Jan 28, 2026 11:59 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Kris' Atrium
Replies: 13
Views: 5091

Re: Kris' Atrium

Back about 25 years ago I remember reading in on one of the networking newsgroups that as bandwidth becomes cheaper it will reach a point where voice will be free as it will no longer be worth the billing effort. My how far we have come. Back in the 90s I took a course on T1 connections. The instru...
by kingfish
Tue Jan 27, 2026 6:35 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Kris' Atrium
Replies: 13
Views: 5091

Re: Kris' Atrium

I also remember The Atrium. With its closure, the passing of Tom, and the presence of X Marks The Scot have brought about a slight change of focus here. The whole "Bravehearts Vs Freestylers" business is completely gone. And I have to credit the tireless efforts of Carl in keeping this pla...
by kingfish
Mon Jan 05, 2026 10:21 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Experience in the Loo
Replies: 24
Views: 7505

Re: Experience in the Loo

Around my part(s) it's not uncommon to see children being escorted/chaperoned to the loo reserved for the sex of that adult. My mother did the same with me until I was old enough to go into the men's room and "take care of business" on my own. And that was in the 1970s
by kingfish
Mon Dec 22, 2025 1:25 am
Forum: Changes at the Cafe
Topic: Only a matter of time...
Replies: 15
Views: 4283

Re: Only a matter of time...

It ain't over yet, brother!
by kingfish
Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:04 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Sightings "in the wild"
Replies: 1954
Views: 471448

Re: Sightings "in the wild"

It's not often you run into a kindred soul. Today I did and have photographic proof. He and his significant other were out at my local Market Basket, and she shot this picture of the two of us. I'm the one in the constellation themed sweatshirt and svaha skirt.
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by kingfish
Sun Mar 09, 2025 2:50 pm
Forum: Freestyle Fashions
Topic: How short is too short?
Replies: 41
Views: 13668

Re: How short is too short?

My personal comfort level starts getting eroded at around the 16" length, or about halfway to the knee. For my wife (on me) the limit is about a couple inches above the knee. Maybe I shouldn't have intentionally picked something off the floor by bending at the waist in one of my 16" skirts...
by kingfish
Thu Feb 20, 2025 1:21 am
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: Being fired for not conforming to masculine stereotypes
Replies: 40
Views: 22178

Re: Being fired for not conforming to masculine stereotypes

No, it's not about pronouns. It's about not tolerating anything that challenges the rich, "white", heterosexual male hedgemony. Trans people are just convenient punching bags, because it's easy to "other" them. If trans people were to disappear overnight, these sticks-in-the-mud...
by kingfish
Sun Feb 16, 2025 4:06 pm
Forum: Advocacy & Mens Skirts In the News
Topic: Being fired for not conforming to masculine stereotypes
Replies: 40
Views: 22178

Re: Being fired for not conforming to masculine stereotypes

About 25 some-odd years ago, I remember reading about a truck driver who got spotted by his company cross-dressing during his off-time (around where he lives), getting fired for it, suing for wrongful termination, and losing. We've come quite a way from those days. Unfortunately, I think that the wh...
by kingfish
Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:51 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 231
Views: 69619

Re: New Technologies

Fiction in 1953 is fact in 2025 :D More like 1945. In Robert Heinlein's book "Space Cadet", the main protagonist talks to his father on a phone that was in his pouch. I wonder if the timing of that book might actually hit the mark. It's set 50 years from now, and considering the progress ...
by kingfish
Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Software making hardware redundant rant!
Replies: 7
Views: 4517

Re: Software making hardware redundant rant!

I doubt Sonos will ever publish their APIs. It would directly facilitate knock-off development. There may be hackers out there who manage to reverse engineer it, but of course those apps will be insufferably kludgy. What you're probably going to see is the Auracast standard get leveraged to replace ...
by kingfish
Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:43 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 231
Views: 69619

Re: New Technologies

1974 is roughly the same time I had my first computer experiences. Dad worked for Honeywell's information systems division, and to encourage me to learn my addition tables, had written a program to present addition problems for me to do and tell me if I got it right. The reward came in that after th...