Jim introducing himself

[Jim]

I just registered. I wear skirts from time to time. I had a skin irritation between the legs a few years ago and not having clothing touching it was very helpful, but I also found I preferred the comfort of skirts. I mostly wear skirts that many at first glance have assumed were shorts. I usually just wear denim or khaki shorts cut about 4" above the knee, and my skirts are mostly styled the same way, also in denim or khaki with belt loops, fly and pockets. I don't pay much; I just get them at the thrift store. My wife likes me to wear skirts. I wear them around the house or in my work farming (especially when it gets hot); rarely in more public places. A few friends were a little bothered by the feminine clothing and suggested (and lent) sarongs. Comfy also, but I like my pockets. Also I'm a little uncomfortable with how different it looks.

[skirtyscot]

Welcome, Jim!

My wife likes me to wear skirts. I wear them around the house or in my work farming (especially when it gets hot); rarely in more public places. A few friends were a little bothered by the feminine clothing and suggested (and lent) sarongs. Comfy also, but I like my pockets. Also I'm a little uncomfortable with how different it looks.

Excellent that your Mrs likes you to wear skirts. You are in a happy minority here! But what does she think if you wear them away from home?

And your friends are more with you than against you. They didn't suggest going back to shorts, after all!

Once people have seen you in a skirt a couple of times, they will stop noticing that you look different - it will just be what you wear. So don't bother about that!

[janrok]

Welcome to skirtcafé Jim.

I have been wearing skirts and fashion kilts for decades now.
The only thing that can force me into pants is the weather!



Jan.

[Sarongman]

Welcome to the forum from one of the few Aussies here, I agree totally about pockets and always check to see if they are deep enough for the things a bloke needs to store there, being unconcerned about the bulge that so worries others. What sort of a farm do you have? As a person who spent a long time getting my hands dirty and callused in God,s own occupation, I'm intersted.

[Hazy]

Welcome to the forum from one of the few Aussies here

Hi Jim,

Another aussie here who likes skirts

Cheers,

Neil

[Jim]

Thank you to all who responded for all the welcomes!

What sort of a farm do you have? As a person who spent a long time getting my hands dirty and callused in God,s own occupation, I'm intersted.

We mostly have berries: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and grapes(yes, they're berries). We also do a variety of vegetables and melons. We sell through CSAs and Farmers' Markets.

Excellent that your Mrs likes you to wear skirts. You are in a happy minority here! But what does she think if you wear them away from home?

It's fine for our weekly church potluck. Seems to depend on her mood for more public times. We both agree that it could detract from business selling at Farmers' Market, and we already look weird enough standing on the street corner at a weekly peace vigil that more "weirdness" could be harmful.

I tried the message preview, and it is not showing the quotes properly. I'll post anyway. If the quotes do not appear properly formatted, I'd like to hear how to do it write, or have the web technical folks here fix it. Thanks.

[rick401r]

Welcome jim.
Farmers Markets and weekly Peace vigils? It sounds like my village.

[Sarongman]

Thanks for the information. I like the idea of CSAs but they are a European and U.S. phenomenon and have'nt caught on here yet as far as I know. Possibly, they may be alive in the alternative area of Northern New South Wales centred around Nimbin and Murwillumbah, but otherwise the major supermarkets have the general populace well and truly under their thumbs.

[crfriend]

Welcome aboard, Jim!

I like the idea of CSAs but they are a European and U.S. phenomenon and have'nt caught on here yet as far as I know. Possibly, they may be alive in the alternative area of Northern New South Wales centred around Nimbin and Murwillumbah, but otherwise the major supermarkets have the general populace well and truly under their thumbs.

CSAs pretty much require a "critical mass" of folks who are willing -- and able -- to support them in order for the notion to catch on. I see no particular reason why they couldn't catch on in Oz, especially if there is that undercurrent of folks who are interested in sourcing foodstuffs locally and are willing to put up with the seasonality that entails -- and I suspect it's the seasonality that drives folks to the supermarkets. Transportation -- with all its faults, vices, and emissions -- plays a key role in our modern quality of life, and that's one place where CSA, of necessity and by design, fails.

[skirtingtoday]

Hi Jim,

Been on holiday for 10 days and have been busy since - anyway a belated welcome to you!

It is good to hear of your wife being with you - there are a good number of wives on here that don't like it, unfortunately including mine.

However, recently she said that I could wear a sarong on our beach holidays (which I did with her approval ) and she says she is OK with it in the home. Watch this space...

[Big and Bashful]

Maybe I have missed the relevant post, if so I apologise, but what is a CSA?

[Milfmog]

Maybe I have missed the relevant post, if so I apologise, but what is a CSA?

Child Support Agency? Childhood Sexual Abuse? Canadian Space Agency? All these were suggested by Acronym Finder. However, I suspect Co-operative selling agreement or community supported agriculture may be closer to the mark.

Have fun,


Ian.

[crfriend]

[... W]hat is a CSA?

It's "Community Supported Agricuture", a notion whereby members of the community buy shares in the farming venture and get a share of produce in return.

There are several successful ones in our region, but the notion does not scale particuarly well when it comes to items that are not in season. For instance, you'll get a lot of vegetables at harvest time, but then you'll have to preserve those to carry over to the next harvest.

[Big and Bashful]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Oh, just realised I didn't, so- "Hello Jim!" Another new friend at the cafe!

[Sarongman]

but the notion does not scale particuarly well when it comes to items that are not in season. For instance, you'll get a lot of vegetables at harvest time, but then you'll have to preserve those to carry over to the next harvest.

This is precisely what our ancestors did and, is still practiced by the Amish and, to a degree, by the Mormons. As far as buying food trucked, and sometimes flown, long distances, there is a trend that eschews such practices who are called 'Locavores' I.E. if it's not in seaon, it's not eaten.