Sightings "in the wild"

[SkirtRevolution]

Dammit! I missed it! Barbara and I were in Tenterfield (over the border in New South Wales) on Tuesday and B. commented on a nice shirt that a man getting into a car across the street then she said "Oh, and he's wearing a skirt too.) Ilooked up just as he shut the car door. It was a white small SUV that could have been an X trail, but can't be certain on that point. Anyone here ready to own up?

I usually drive across the NSW border with my wife. I am mostly always wearing a kilt and I drive silver SUV Rav4. But Warwick or Mount Warning is about as far as I go so it must have been another skirted brother.

[Milfmog]

....& I still drive an old Merc. E-class Estate which... ...still goes like a Swiss Chronometer.

You mean it stops every few days if you don't wind it up?

Have fun,


Ian.

[Kirbstone]

Ian,
My MM gave me an EternaMatic as a pre-wedding present 44 years ago which is still waterproof to further down than I would venture and winds itself, so it never stops! Alas the old petrol Merc stops alright if you don't keep pouring in the unleaded which it uses at a rate of ca. 32 MPG. (not towing that socking great trailer, though.)

T.

[rick401r]

I drove a diesel powered 1984 GMC Surburban back when fuel was cheaper. I also had 3 children and did construction and remodeling work. Now I see housewives loading groceries in 4 wheel drive SUV's while talking on cellphones with their doggie in there lap.

[IStandOnLand]

I recently moved out of hated hometown to experience college life in Madison, WI and I was pleasantly surprised by not only one but two men in skirt sightings in the same week. I think it's because of whole "progressive" nature of the town in general but its absoultely encouraging for me nonetheless.

[Kirbstone]

ISoL,
You don't give us much info on where your hometown is & where you are at College. Some of us would like to know.

Tom K.

[pleated]

ISoL,
You don't give us much info on where your hometown is & where you are at College. Some of us would like to know.

Tom K.

He did include the location of the college. It is in Madison, Wisconsin.

[couyalair]

We have enough trying to remember our own country's postcodes and departmental numbers. You can't expect us all to know what "WI" stands for -- but thanks for the explanation.

Martin

[pleated]

We have enough trying to remember our own country's postcodes and departmental numbers. You can't expect us all to know what "WI" stands for -- but thanks for the explanation.

Martin

Sorry, I assumed most English speaking web users were familiar with those strange linguistic practices they have in America, like leaving out the "u" in the word "colour"
They abbreviate the names of their different states down to two or three letters.

[Kilted_John]

Thank the poustal service four that. And, it's nout just the United States, but alsou Canada.



(Sorry for the ou's everywhere, it just seems strange. After all, 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

[skirted_in_SF]

Thank the poustal service four that. And, it's nout just the United States, but alsou Canada.



(Sorry for the ou's everywhere, it just seems strange. After all, 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

You better watch out, you'll have Carl down on your case.

[Kirbstone]

This side of the pond we spell English the English way, period.

T.

[Sarongman]

As I've pointed out in another thread, those "u"s crept in after Dr. Johnson wrote his dictionary, so probably, U.S. English is the purer form.

[Milfmog]

...the ou's everywhere, it just seems strange. After all, 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

This put me in mind of an email that circulated widely a few years ago:

European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.

The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

[crfriend]

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

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.