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Hi Nervous.
The moderators will put me right on this, but I believe that certain forums (Pics and Looks & Personal Stories) are only visible to members, so if you wanted to post any more, it should perhaps be in those areas.

I prefer to think of it as Broad Gauge.

For those not in the railway world, look up Isambard Brunel and the Great Western Railway - not the modern copy!!

Heavyweight division here!!

48" waist, 50/51" hips, 6'2" height, 299lb/135.7Kg. Tend to wear kilts, but need to look for 24/26 in a skirt.

The gremlins appeared to hit the UK earlier today. All seems OK now.

Tom,
You have my sympathies. Our furry friends don't have as long on this planet as we do, and it's always sad when they say goodbye.
I hope Benjy's successor arrives soon.

I note that Barry's 'Men in Skirts' page is no longer accessible. Has it been moved to another server (I think it was on Tiscali) or is it gone for good?
I had a message appearing to be from Talktalk.

Sikko wrote:-

All my skirts have a length between 11.5 and 12.5 inch. My length is 6'6".

That sounds like pelmet territory!!

Actually, the guy in the picture looks more like the conductor or dispatcher than the driver.

In the UK it is fairly common for primary (age 5 - 10) boys to wear shorts as part of the school uniform, particularly in summer - in fact there are some fee paying schools where it is the uniform and nothing else is allowed. At secondary (11 - 16 or 18), then the mandate appears to be long trousers...

As pointed out by Grok, one route could be the 'Stealth Skirt'. There used to be a couple of suppliers who would make one of these. Unfortunately, I think both have ceased trading. In the UK, we had Mr Anubis for a time, but they eventually closed down that side of their business (I think they are s...

Well, not quite. Here's a story of a boy in Mid Wales who wore a skirt after being told he couldn't wear shorts, only to get into more trouble.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-44530772

And so we come to the djeballa or burqua as the all concealing garment of choice!!

I'll add mine as well, although I'm coming up on 3 times that figure!

And, we are rapidly reaching the situation of requiring American - English and English - American dictionaries.
You say color, I say colour, you say gotten, I say got, and then we go into jelly/jam, cookies/biscuits, pants/trousers etc.

As a resident of a large city in the West of England, I see variants on the 'hoody'. Hooded sweatshirt with hood permanently raised (aka 'surgically attached') = sinister character, possibly up to no good. Hooded sweatshirt with hood lowered, or only raised in inclement weather = casual wear. A vari...