My comment about 6 inches

Just re-read my Need Hat Pattern post and should have added "snow" now we have 7 inches and could get up to a foot. This is a good day to stay home, knit and watch Star Trek re-runs

Donna

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DAB
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DAB spun a FINE 'yarn':

LOL! All I saw, Donna, was the title of THIS post "My comment about 6 inches" and my thoughts automatically went to the 'gutter'...

y'know why women can't measure for s**t? cuz all our lives we've been told (insert about a 3 inch measurement) is six inches. OR Snow is like illicit sex, you never know how many inches you're going to get, or how long it'll last. SNORT! Noreen

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YarnWright

Well, since we're in the virtual gutter (a nice place to be sometimes) I'll say that although I know what you're talking about I'm not a fisherman and what I think of as 6" (or more) really WAS that.

"Was"?

Yes, a radical retropubic prostatectomy can make a big difference to the tape measure :-)

We saw the consultant this morning and we assured that Things Would Be Resolved within months or years (other folks' experiences have been the same). On Tuesday we go to a special clinic to be told How To Do It - after almost fifty years :-)) Here in Britain we're supplied with sex aids on the National Health!

Sorry if I've offended anyone ...

Mary

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Mary Fisher

Mary Fisher spun a FINE 'yarn':

Not offended at ALL, Mary! Educated!! Noreen

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YarnWright

giggle

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DAB

This column has a long history of admiring lads in kilts. Anyone that could get offended has likely already packed off in an huff.

Aaron

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<agres

A kilt is so much more practical than trousers ...

When one of our sons was married everyone wore skirts except the groom and his dad (my husband). The groom chose to wear his best blues and Spouse didn't have a kilt. All the rest, even the English page boys and best man) wore kilts, the bride and her family being Scottish and the ceremony taking place at St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee. The priest, of course, wore a cassock. Even I wore a frock - The Frock it's called, it's wheeled out for such occasions :-)

We're going to Scotlan this weekend to fly falcons but I don't think anyone will be in skirts!

MAry

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Mary Fisher

the latest fashion here amongst girls is a mini skirt over pants [even jeans] , it started with religious girls , [ both Jewish and Muslim] and now in winter many a secular girl that in summer shows her Belly Button , wears a mini skirt over those pants ,, It is Deffinitely a trend that is inspired by the Petrol Money paid into the Fashion Industry ,,,,and sociologicaly very interesting to see. mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

That's been the fashion here (Britain) for a few years, often worn with brif, armloess tops. Even in winter.

A son is a St John ambulance man and he has to deal with a lot of young girls who spend a night dancing and drinking in a hot bar then go into the freezing air ...

I know we all say it but I'm SURE we were never as daft as that! In any case I was only fashion conscious for two years, then I started breeding :-)

Mary

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Mary Fisher

Well said Aaron.

Dennis

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Spike Driver

Hey! Speak for yourself!!! :-)

I remember once when I lived in the U.S. someone asked me how I could keep from freezing my backside in my miniskirt when it was so cold out. I just laughed and said "vanity!"

;-P

Erin

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Erin

I was really speaking for those of my vintage - who were teenagers before mini skirts were invented :-)

As long as you know!

Mary

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Mary Fisher

I suppose it adds an extra layer of warmth, but it's still the camel's nose in the tent. [pun inadvertent!]

I hated that. We didn't have a uniform but we girls weren't allowed to wear trousers in school; we could wear them during recess but had to remove them again indoors. It was such a nuisance that I didn't bother. I just froze instead.

=Tamar

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Richard Eney

Tamar ,, hahahhah i liked you pun ,,,,

My age group didn`t have uniforms , we wore plain clothes , but there wasn`t much any way ,,, we wore a lot of Kaki type clothes and T cotton shirts that had Colored lines ,,,, Than Terylane [ spelling] skirts ,,, brrrrrr We had Sports clothing that we were allowed to wear only during sports,,,, short blue pants with elastics in legs` opening ,,, cold in winter ,,,,, ugly always , mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

At primary school in the 1940s there was no uniform, when it was very cold some of us wore knitted thigh length stockings held up with suspenders (in UK, no idea what they are anywhere else). I hated those, the suspenders marked my legs.

At high school in the 1950s we had strict uniform but nobody even thought about wearing trousers, very few girls even wore them for leisure. I got my first jeans in 1957 but I only wore them on the bike. They weren't very feminine ...

Now I rarely wear skirts and then only when wearing C15th or C17th kit.

But I'm very much the exception for my age group, it's not considered respectable for old women to wear jeans. Tailored trousers or 'ski pants' are OK but I don't like either, I want practicality and comfort.

In summer I wear shorts and if the neighbouring Muslim men's passions are inflamed it's their problem, not mine :-) Come to think of it, if my fat thighs have such an effect the men must be desperate :-)

Mary

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Mary Fisher

Heh, I remember wearing stockings held up by suspenders (this was before pantyhose)

I was in junior high school in the late 50's and a lot of us wore tunics which were a dark navy blue, with a white long sleeved blouse, navy stockings and navy bloomers to hide the suspenders. It was handy since there were no worries about having a large wardrobe.

When I was in junior and senior high, we didn't wear trousers to school, skirts, dresses and the tunics.

Could you please explain what is "C15th or C17th kit" ?

Oh poo - I'm in my early 60's and I wear what I want, and it's usually jeans and a T-shirt. In the summer I wear shorts and capri pants, but usually cover up more as I've had a skin cancer scare.

Shelagh

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Shillelagh

15th and 17th Century costumes.

sue

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suzee

Yes, I couldn't understand why someone didn't invent a combination of stockings and knickers!

I agree 100%, uniform is a great equaliser. Our colours were bottle green and pink for the scarf but gymslips, shorts (split skirts), cardigans and hats were all green and shirts were white. Up to the Vth form ties were green, in the Vith they were green and pink striped and, I thought, very elegant and glamorous. But I never got into the VIth :-(

We trade at historical events and wear appropriate clothing, usually we're at Viking or fifteenth century events but occasionally it's Georgian - sorry, it should have been C18th, not 17th! We'll even do Roman or Victorian, what the grandchildren call 'Grandma's Dressing Up Room' has a wide variety of historical clothing, all carefully researched and made by us. It's fun! Not much knitted stuff in there although there are examples of other period textile crafts.

I keep my arms and face covered as much as possible but it's not always practical. It's easy in kit but not so much in the garden. I'm in my late sixties by the way and haven't had skin cancer, breat cancer and prostate cancer have been our dramas :-)

Mary

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Mary Fisher

Not costumes :-)

That's what's worn on stage or in films, ours are real, practical clothing. There's a difference ...

Mary

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Mary Fisher

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