From the other side of the gender pond.......

[sapphire]

We went out to dinner tonight and Carl put together an exceptionally nice combo with burgundy/black paisley skirt, pink men's dress shirt, coordinating tie and black vest with pocket watch.

We got home and he asked what I thought of the outfit.

In all truth, I answered "Why would I want a man in a Brooks Brother's suit, when I can have one that looks like you?"

Trousers are not the issue here! Styling is! Absolutely masculine, stylish and heart throbbing.
Diana

[Big and Bashful]

What a wonderful couple you two must make! I wish there were more like you.

[Kirbstone]

Next question, Diana,,,,What were YOU wearing?

[kodiak]

YEAH!!! Another female on here that is cool. I had heard rumors but not found evidense til now. I am a woman that has found and am planning to be wed to a skirted man next summer. He is also on this site under skirted and got me started on here in October. I find that skirted is more relaxed and himself when in a skirt or kilt and with the skirts we now have a few that match and have fun going out together wearing them. I enjoy having a non-conformist for a partner it has brought me more open with myself and my own opinions.

[sapphire]

Duh. I don't remember.

We're going out tonight to a Christmas party. Carl is wearing a blue velvet skirt, burgundy dress shirt and black vest. I'll be wearing a black skirt, raspberry top with metallic thread and a teal silk jacket.

Generally, I hang around in frumpy pants, t-shirt and walking shoes and orthics, while I clean up after the cats and chickens, do my gardening (in the summer) and my canning and cooking. SO, I feel comfortable shlumping around because I'm likely to get dirty.

But when I have to go to committee meetings, hearings, etc. I try to dress better.

Actually, Carl and I do have matching skirts, but feel a bit uncomfortable wearing them at the same time. That's probably too many mother-daughter outfits when I was a kid.

Oh yeah, we're eccentric and very comfortable with it.
Diana

[crfriend]

Duh. I don't remember.

I do; it was "frumpy pants" a t-shirt, and trainers.

We're going out tonight to a Christmas party. Carl is wearing a blue velvet skirt, burgundy dress shirt and black vest.

I ran errands and did some light carpentry in that rig a while ago. I'm seriously comtemplating changing into my floor-sweeping purple skirt, petticoat possibly with hoop, dark purple dress shirt, and red brocade double-breasted waistcoat.

Actually, Carl and I do have matching skirts, but feel a bit uncomfortable wearing them at the same time. That's probably too many mother-daughter outfits when I was a kid.

I rather suspect that "mother-daughter outfits" pale in comparison to husband-wife outfits -- especially when the bloke is wearing a skirt!

Oh yeah, we're eccentric and very comfortable with it.

Indeed!

[sapphire]

I rather suspect that "mother-daughter outfits" pale in comparison to husband-wife outfits -- especially when the bloke is wearing a skirt!

You never saw what my mother dressed herself and me in.

[Mugs-n-such]

Sapphire, you and Kodiak are two of my favorites! Keep on making us skirted men laugh and be joyful!

[sapphire]

Well, we went to the party last night and had a good time. It was actually a party for the staff and their families of our favorite watering hole. We were invited because we are such frequent customers.

I dressed as I had reported here with a black satiny skir with some asymmetrial detailing. Folks loved the skirt and how unusual it was. They were also surprised to see me in heels because I'm usually in trainers.

But folks, this isn't the end of the story. You see I really wanted to wear my black velvet skirt, only I couldn't find it. I went through the closet several times, but no black velvet. Sigh

So this morning I found my black velvet skirt.......... haning in and among Carl's skirts. So it would appear that the black velvet skirt I bought for myself is now Carl's black velvet skirt.

Ladies! Beware the dangers of loving a skirted man!
Diana

[Since1982]

I can't possibly imagine the Friend family being considered in any way eccentric, pure Massachusetts Ozzie and Harriet types. Well..Maybe Carl is slightly eccentric with all those waistcoats. But certainly in no other way is the family eccentric. Other than the cats, I don't think Diana has any eccentricities at all. She is PERFECT!!

[sapphire]

Oh Skip,
You are so sweet!
Diana
12 cats
27 house chickens

[Mugs-n-such]

How in the world do the chickens escape the cats? *hic* I've been having eggnog and tequila, sorry. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[crfriend]

So it would appear that the black velvet skirt I bought for myself is now Carl's black velvet skirt.

It took a while to ferret out all the details, but at least my honour is intact! I located Sapphire's black velvet skirt in her closet, precisely (likely) where she last hung it up. My conscience is now clear (on that count).

Of course there are others, and I do borrow some of her now-retired business-wear when I want to make a powerful statement, but those skirts remain hers. I'd procure my own, but rather suspect that the endeavour would put a serious crimp in the "discretionary budget" if I did so -- and that's assuming that similar styles and fabrics could be found nowadays.

Well..Maybe Carl is slightly eccentric with all those waistcoats. But certainly in no other way is the family eccentric.

No, we're right out there on the fringes, and the less charitable would brand us as the sorts of types that bay at the moon. The "house chickens" post point that up, as well as the fact that I've spent a few days' worth of effort turning (in part) this:

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000000:100 030764 175213 002772 010772 000426 054760 030737 004540 
000000:110 024755 000712 101041 101020 063533 000777 040754 044754 
000000:120 050744 054753 034657 054746 034726 175012 034725 054734 
000000:130 034525 054744 072033 004546 030733 004522 040730 030731 
000000:140 004516 030716 133400 146400 127120 147000 040707 020705 
000000:150 030631 123000 073033 061333 020702 074433 175212 000717 

into this:

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100:    030764  LDA 2,64        ; Loc 64 -> AC2
101:    175213  MOVR# 3,3,SNC   ; Is DKP Status ERR bit up?
102:    002772  JMP @74         ; No, Jump via loc 74 (Return from JSR 300/113)
103:    010772  ISZ .-6         ; ERROR -- Bump the retry counter
104:    000426  JMP .+26        ; to 132 to perform the retry
105:    054760  LDA 3,.-16      ; Retry count exceeded, Loc 67 -> AC3
106:    030737  LDA 2,.-41      ; Loc 45 -> AC2
107:    004540  JSR .+140       ; to Subroutine at 247
110:    024755
111:    000712
112:    101041
                                ; Subroutine entry point via 300 -- AC3 has return addr
                                ; First Call: 000000,000001,000400,000342
                                ; Generic: Track, Sector, Mem_Address, Return Address
113:    101020  MOVZ 0,0        ; Zap CRY
114:    063533  SKPBZ DKP       ; Is floppy busy?
115:    000777  JMP .-1         ; Yes, wait for it
116:    040754  STA 0,72        ; Save state AC0 in 72
117:    044754  STA 1,73        ; Save state AC1 in 73
120:    050744  STA 2,64        ; Save state AC2 in 64 (?)
121:    054753  STA 3,74        ; Save state AC3 (Retn addr) in 74
122:    034657  LDA 3,1         ; Get interrupt-handler address to AC3
123:    054746  STA 3,71        ; ... and stash it in 71
124:    034726  LDA 3,52        ; Get value in 52 to AC3
125:    175012  MOV# 3,3,SZC    ; Skip next if carry is zero
126:    034725  LDA 3,.-43      ; Get contents of 63 to AC3
127:    054734  STA 3,63        ; Stash AC3 in 63
130:    034525  LDA 3,255       ; Get 17760 from 255
131:    054744  STA 3,75        ; stash it in 75
132:    072033  DOB 2,DKP       ; Put AC2 in DKP MAR
133:    004546  JSR 301         ; To Subroutine at 301
134:    030733  LDA 2,67        ; Get contents of 67 to AC2
135:    004522  JSR 257         ; To Subroutine at 257
136:    040730  STA 0,66        ; AC0 to loc 66 Initial 66=1.)
137:    030731  LDA 2,70        ; Loc 70 to AC2
140:    004516  JSR 256         ; To Subroutine at 256
141:    030716  LDA 2,57        ; Get contents of 57 to AC2
142:    133400  AND 1,2         ; AND AC1/AC2 -> AC2
143:    146400  SUB 2,1         ; AC1 - AC2 -> AC1
144:    127120  ADDZL 1,1       ; AC1 + AC1, C<-0, shift AC1 left 1 bit
145:    147000  ADD 2,1         ; AC1 + AC2 -> AC1
146:    040707  STA 0,55        ; AC0 -> loc 55
147:    020705  LDA 0,54        ; Loc 54 -> AC0
150:    030631  LDA 2,1         ; Loc 1 -> AC2
151:    123000  ADD 1,0         ; AC0 + AC1 -> AC0
152:    073033  DOC 2,DKP       ; AC2 -> DKP Disk Addr/Sect Count
153:    061333  DOAP 0,DKP      ; AC0 -> DKP Command and Track / Clear Done FF and start op.
154:    020702  LDA 0,56        ; Loc 56 -> AC0 (074000 - DKP "seek done" bits")
155:    074433  DIA 3,DKP       ; DKP Status -> AC3
156:    175212  MOVR# 3,3,SZC   ; Error bit up?
157:    000717  JMP .-61        ; Yes -- Location 76

If anybody (else) here can decode that and tell me what it means and what it's for, i have one bit of advice: Get a life. (Sapphire is exempt.)

We're both absolutely stark raving mad, I tell you! Mad! Aggravating factors include the Winter Solstice, a full moon, and an eclipse (not to be confused with an Eclipse, which was a computer manufactured by Data General back in the 1970s). If it wasn't for the fact that it's cold out (though not as cold as our friends in the UK have it right now) I'd be out bopping around the backyard completely starkers.

[crfriend]

How in the world do the chickens escape the cats?

In a word, "containment". Just as nuclear reactors need containment to both protect them from incursions from the "outside world" and to protect the outside world from what might go wrong with them, dinosaurs require the same treatment (Have you ever looked at a chicken really closely?).

So, the chickens have containment structures built around them inside of which they can be happy and safe from the general atmosphere of our domicile which has a distinctive feline ambiance to it and where the cats are protected from the dinosaurs inside the containment structures.

The computers are rather benign when it comes to interactions towards the carbon-based world, although they tend to be on the "receiving end" therefrom.

[sapphire]

Well maybe the confinement area protect the cats from the chickens. I do recall when Harriette (chicken) decided that she wan't going into the cat carrier whi;le I cleaned her cage. Visions of snarky black checken running through the house raced through my head. Hariette when scuttling, halfway flying around the room, the door to which was propped open and I tried to catch her. Eventually she flew up (think Apocolypse Now) and landed right in Gumdrop's face (feline with heart defect) and gave him the sinister chicken glare. Gumdrop jumped two feet in the air and fled the room. I grabbed Harriette and got her in the carrier and cleaned her cage and put her back.

Carl got home, listened to the story and ran out of the room, looking for Gumdrop, fearing theat the 18 ounce chicken had caused heart failure in the 12 pounf cat. Gumdrop was cowering safely under the kitchen table.

Now, Harriette is a young pullet and not yet laying. It is only Tiny who is laying eggs, pretty blue, tasty eggs. But Tiny has Harley to guard her when she is in the nest box.