Sightings "in the wild"

[Milfmog]

Some warning that was coming would have been nice. I just spent ten minutes cleaning up my morning tea which wound up all over my monitors and keyboard.

Sorry, I'll try to remember the coke alerts in future...

[wanders over to the naughty corner]

Have fun,


Ian.

[skirtyscot]

... color is pronounced with a "er" at the end, not an "OWer" at the end, like hour or our. So, the "u" really is unnecessary)

-J

No, I suppose not, but by your own argument, neither is the "o". Let's just spell it "culler", shall we?

[Milfmog]

... color is pronounced with a "er" at the end, not an "OWer" at the end, like hour or our. So, the "u" really is unnecessary)

-J

No, I suppose not, but by your own argument, neither is the "o". Let's just spell it "culler", shall we?

Or maybe "culla" or, using Euroenglish, "kula"...

Sensible English spelling; an oxymoron if ever I heard one

Have fun,


Ian.

[crfriend]

Let's just spell it "culler", shall we?

That sounds too much like somebody involved in "population control".

It's kind of a funny thing, but I've never had much of a problem with English (or American) spelling.

[Tor]

Let's just spell it "culler", shall we?

That sounds too much like somebody involved in "population control".

And if it is human (perhaps especially if), then that person probably deserves to be the first victim - before anyone is really hurt.

I can't say as I've had any real trouble with English spelling either. I have, however, been known to pronounce words in an unusual fashion, having learned them off a page without a dictionary to hand.

Tor

[Kilted_John]

'Course, we could also spell it "colr", similar to the photo sharing site "flickr"...

-J

[skirted_in_SF]

I have, however, been known to pronounce words in an unusual fashion, having learned them off a page without a dictionary to hand.

Oh boy, do I recognize that problem. I was a voracious reader in my youth and didn't take the time to stop and look up pronunciations. I could usually figure out the meaning of a new to me word from the context. Got some of those wrong too.

[skirtingtheissue]

An alternate definition of the acronym "SUV" is Stupid Urban Vehicle....

It really should be UV for Utility Vehicle, since probably less than 1% of their use involves Sports of any kind. I would never want one; sedan and pickup truck work for me.

[Sarongman]

SUVs are a viable alternative to what is, here in the country where the Gov't takes in taxes and gives only grudgingly for road upkeep, the increasingly flimsy sedan. (Unless oe goes for a classic like Kirbstone's.) B. drives a 2003 Subaru Liberty which is more of a station wagon than a SUV, as it is too low slung and has those impractical low profile tyres which aren't designed for dirt roads and potholes. At least it has a normal spare tyre and not one of those appalling space saving spares. We are looking at a Mazda CX5 and also the Nissan X Trail.

[skirtingtheissue]

I think this thread belongs elsewhere as it is rather getting off-topic (I'm to blame too). Maybe someone should start a Vehicles thread in the Off Topic section.

To get back on topic:
I (in jeans) approached a fellow in a café who was wearing an above-the-knee plaid skirt and black tights (a rare sight in my community) and complimented him on the skirt. He said it was a borderline decision to wear it as the temperature is in the 30s (ºF), and said "by the way, it's a kilt". I said I was a firm believer in skirt wearing and often do it myself, etc. Nice to meet a kindred spirit close to home!

Now, about the weather... I have curtailed most skirt wearing because of the colder weather and my reluctance to get into the tights/hose/legging area. We'll see if that will change as time goes on.

[Kirbstone]

Well, SkTI, I'd hardly call my old Mercwaggon a 'classic', but that genre was rather well screwed together and a lot of them still serve and do what it said on the tin.

As to skirt wearing, in these Northern climes at this time of year I would say thick tights would be obligatory under one of those, or kilthose. There's a lovely scene from that classic film 'Tunes of Glory', starring John Mills and Alec Guinness, where the morning after Guinness had socked a non-commissioned officer in the face when he discovered he's been dating his daughter, he dressed up as usual in his best regimental kilt to go out on a very frosty snowy morning to 'face the music' for his deed of the previous evening. He cut a very fine figure indeed, I must add.

T

[skirtyscot]

I (in jeans) approached a fellow in a café who was wearing an above-the-knee plaid skirt and black tights (a rare sight in my community) and complimented him on the skirt. He said it was a borderline decision to wear it as the temperature is in the 30s (ºF), and said "by the way, it's a kilt". I said I was a firm believer in skirt wearing and often do it myself, etc. Nice to meet a kindred spirit close to home!

Now, about the weather... I have curtailed most skirt wearing because of the colder weather and my reluctance to get into the tights/hose/legging area. We'll see if that will change as time goes on.

Kilt and tights would be anathema to most kilties. I've never gone for that combination. But it makes sense to, when it's chilly. Someone here (GerdG?) says he does.

It's a short step, mentally, to accept tights as just something that go with the territory. Once I tried them the problem vanished. Do you wear long johns under your trousers when it's cold? If so, why not wear a skirt and tights?

[crfriend]

I (in jeans) approached a fellow in a café who was wearing an above-the-knee plaid skirt and black tights (a rare sight in my community) and complimented him on the skirt. He said it was a borderline decision to wear it as the temperature is in the 30s (ºF), and said "by the way, it's a kilt". I said I was a firm believer in skirt wearing and often do it myself, etc. Nice to meet a kindred spirit close to home!

Nice exchange! Where were you? I've lived in Massachusetts for several decades and, aside from deliberate meetings, have seen but one guy in a skirt -- and that was back in the 1980s!

Now, about the weather... I have curtailed most skirt wearing because of the colder weather and my reluctance to get into the tights/hose/legging area. We'll see if that will change as time goes on.

This is something that one just needs to get his head around. I view tights and the like as simply part of the "toolkit" that comes along with skirt-wearing: it's a matter of practicality and then a matter of adornment. The same argument gets used by guys with long hair that needs restraining; once one gets over the initial hump of needing even an elastic, fancier things become a sensible option when you want it dressed up a bit.

[skirtingtoday]

Kilt and tights would be anathema to most kilties. I've never gone for that combination. But it makes sense to, when it's chilly.

I have never gone for that combination either - a good pair of thick socks is all you need. Even in the depths of winter 2010-2011 (and the previous year) where the temperatures dropped to -11deg C, still didn't feel the need to add the tights.

[partlyscot]

For those debating warmer leg wear, have you considered a thermal base layer? i.e. pair of plain black merino wool long johns?

I understand that moment of getting your head around wearing such. I have a pair of the heavier thermal support thigh highs from comfillon, the one time i went for a walk in a skirt I was wearing them. I don't really have an issue with it myself, but I get changed in a locker room, changing into a kilt is one thing, ( from bicycle wear ) putiing on stockings and skirt.... i have found that i can wear the thigh highs for a while, eventually the elastic starts to bug me, so I've been contemplating the actual stockings and garter... yes well, don't know i'll have the nerve for that. I don't like tights, but may go that route, or my previous suggstion of long johns, though that rather negates the advantages of a skirt/kilt.