why do i feel like i will get in trouble for wearing these in public/around my neighborhood they are swim bottoms
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Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
Where the hell do you live such that you would get in trouble for wearing those around the neighborhood.
I guess you could get in some trouble in Salt Lake City since the swim trunks might be too short to cover the Mormon "magic underwear" that male believers are supposed to wear - ask Mitt about those - but I can't think of many other places where you would have any problem.
Quakertrucker
I guess you could get in some trouble in Salt Lake City since the swim trunks might be too short to cover the Mormon "magic underwear" that male believers are supposed to wear - ask Mitt about those - but I can't think of many other places where you would have any problem.
Quakertrucker
flappy · 31-35, M
@Quakertrucker so can i or can i not wear them
Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
@flappy
Like I said, I don't know why you would not wear them if you want to and if you would enjoy wearing them - for whatever reason.
I am 69 and I would wear them - just not during the winter as I live in the northern tip of Michigan and it might be a bit cold for them then.
Enjoy yourself! Wear them and don't give a fuck what others think.
One of my favorite expressions for the last 50 plus years has been: "Fuck them if they can't take a joke!". To me this means if I am doing something that is not hurting anyone else in ANY way, and someone gets upset about what I am doing, then fuck them!
So wear them, and be done with it!
Quakertrucker
Like I said, I don't know why you would not wear them if you want to and if you would enjoy wearing them - for whatever reason.
I am 69 and I would wear them - just not during the winter as I live in the northern tip of Michigan and it might be a bit cold for them then.
Enjoy yourself! Wear them and don't give a fuck what others think.
One of my favorite expressions for the last 50 plus years has been: "Fuck them if they can't take a joke!". To me this means if I am doing something that is not hurting anyone else in ANY way, and someone gets upset about what I am doing, then fuck them!
So wear them, and be done with it!
Quakertrucker
flappy · 31-35, M
@Quakertrucker its the perfect temp to wear them here in Canada :) not to cold but not really hot
they do look like underwear if u don't see the logo on the side
they do look like underwear if u don't see the logo on the side
Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
@flappy
Again, underwear or not, if nothing risqué or overly suggestive can be seen, who cares?
Let other people keep their dirty little thoughts to themselves.
By the way, I am curious as to where you live in Canada - no overtly personal information of course, just a general idea. I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, about halfway between the Mackinac Bridge (the Mighty Mac) and Sault Sainte Marie (the Soo to native Yoopers), Michigan and Canada.
My wife and I always fly international - or even long-distance domestic (such as to Seattle last year) - on Air Canada out of Soo, Canada rather than Metro in Detroit. You get meals and free luggage, the flights are a lot cheaper, and it is about 300 miles closer - saving gas and time.
In fact, my wife was in England doing genealogy - which she has done about 10 times over the last 30 years as her grandfather was born in Cornwall (southwest area of England) and has traced family members back as far as the 1450's (so far); and visiting friends - as she spent 2 years as an epidemiologist working with AIDS patients for the British Health Service in London in the mid-80's when the epidemic was just beginning and the mode of transmission was unknown and even doctors and nurses were afraid of those patients.
Trump included England in his quarantine just days before she was due to fly back and we were uncertain that she would be allowed to return at that time. Luckily, she was able to return on time; unluckily, she did contact the coronavirus either in England, on the airplane, or at an airport. She has since recovered, but is still easily fatigued and has difficulty drawing deep breaths, but she is basically fine. She survived, as many have not!
I have Stage 4 Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia (CLL) and got into a 2-year clinical trial for Lenalidomide at the James Cancer Center at The Ohio State University in Columbus 8 years ago. When the study started 76% of my immune cells were cancerous; when the study officially ended after 2 years, only 16% were cancerous; and after the 3rd year, they were undetectable - not totally gone, but so few as to be undetectable.
They said that because I participated in the study, they would provide the medicine as long as I continued to drive to the Cancer Center so they could follow my progress. So, seeing as how I am no fool, I intend to go there until the day that I die. I drive 340 miles south every 4th Sunday; visit the facility at 6:30 AM on Monday, get stuck with a few needles, and receive 28 pills for the next 4 weeks; and am home by about 8:00 PM.
Even though the cancer cells are undetectable, the CLL has rendered my immune system basically non-existent. So, after my wife returned from England, I had to fix up our basement as a second home, to which I had to segregate myself from my wife for the first 6 weeks (OSU said to quarantine myself for 3 weeks FOLLOWING her last symptoms) after her return from England. And, considering that she was in England for 4 weeks, I had to wait 10 weeks following my dropping her off at the airport in the Soo before I could even touch her or kiss her. That was a bitch! OSU said also that I could not be in an enclosed vehicle with her, so she had to rent a car one-way home, which cost a small fortune.
But, we are both safe! I hope you are as well!
Enough family history.
So, in general terms, where in Canada do you live? I love cold weather, and hope someday to visit the Northwest Territory, the Yukon Territory, or Nunavut - preferably in what passes for their summer (though Spring or Fall should do as well. Have you ever been to Yellowknife in the NT, or Dawson or Whitehorse in the YT, or anyplace in Nunavut? If so, please give me any suggestions that you can think of!
Best wishes on wearing your swim bottom wherever and whenever you desire - other's opinions be damned!
Quakertrucker
Again, underwear or not, if nothing risqué or overly suggestive can be seen, who cares?
Let other people keep their dirty little thoughts to themselves.
By the way, I am curious as to where you live in Canada - no overtly personal information of course, just a general idea. I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, about halfway between the Mackinac Bridge (the Mighty Mac) and Sault Sainte Marie (the Soo to native Yoopers), Michigan and Canada.
My wife and I always fly international - or even long-distance domestic (such as to Seattle last year) - on Air Canada out of Soo, Canada rather than Metro in Detroit. You get meals and free luggage, the flights are a lot cheaper, and it is about 300 miles closer - saving gas and time.
In fact, my wife was in England doing genealogy - which she has done about 10 times over the last 30 years as her grandfather was born in Cornwall (southwest area of England) and has traced family members back as far as the 1450's (so far); and visiting friends - as she spent 2 years as an epidemiologist working with AIDS patients for the British Health Service in London in the mid-80's when the epidemic was just beginning and the mode of transmission was unknown and even doctors and nurses were afraid of those patients.
Trump included England in his quarantine just days before she was due to fly back and we were uncertain that she would be allowed to return at that time. Luckily, she was able to return on time; unluckily, she did contact the coronavirus either in England, on the airplane, or at an airport. She has since recovered, but is still easily fatigued and has difficulty drawing deep breaths, but she is basically fine. She survived, as many have not!
I have Stage 4 Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia (CLL) and got into a 2-year clinical trial for Lenalidomide at the James Cancer Center at The Ohio State University in Columbus 8 years ago. When the study started 76% of my immune cells were cancerous; when the study officially ended after 2 years, only 16% were cancerous; and after the 3rd year, they were undetectable - not totally gone, but so few as to be undetectable.
They said that because I participated in the study, they would provide the medicine as long as I continued to drive to the Cancer Center so they could follow my progress. So, seeing as how I am no fool, I intend to go there until the day that I die. I drive 340 miles south every 4th Sunday; visit the facility at 6:30 AM on Monday, get stuck with a few needles, and receive 28 pills for the next 4 weeks; and am home by about 8:00 PM.
Even though the cancer cells are undetectable, the CLL has rendered my immune system basically non-existent. So, after my wife returned from England, I had to fix up our basement as a second home, to which I had to segregate myself from my wife for the first 6 weeks (OSU said to quarantine myself for 3 weeks FOLLOWING her last symptoms) after her return from England. And, considering that she was in England for 4 weeks, I had to wait 10 weeks following my dropping her off at the airport in the Soo before I could even touch her or kiss her. That was a bitch! OSU said also that I could not be in an enclosed vehicle with her, so she had to rent a car one-way home, which cost a small fortune.
But, we are both safe! I hope you are as well!
Enough family history.
So, in general terms, where in Canada do you live? I love cold weather, and hope someday to visit the Northwest Territory, the Yukon Territory, or Nunavut - preferably in what passes for their summer (though Spring or Fall should do as well. Have you ever been to Yellowknife in the NT, or Dawson or Whitehorse in the YT, or anyplace in Nunavut? If so, please give me any suggestions that you can think of!
Best wishes on wearing your swim bottom wherever and whenever you desire - other's opinions be damned!
Quakertrucker
flappy · 31-35, M
@Quakertrucker can i private messege you? I live on the east coast and never been there ever
Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
@flappy
Sure, you can PM me if you wish, though I have no desire to get too private.
I just wanted to support your right to wear what you wish, and for you not to be concerned about what others thought.
One of my mottos is "Do the right thing, but don't let others decide for you what is right for you!
I was also just curious as to where you were - just in a general way - in Canada.
You mentioned that you live on the east coast, so I will assume you are located somewhere in the Atlantic Provinces.
From my days in college in the early 1970's, I was a diehard Greatful Dead fan - though I never had the time, money, or inclination to follow them on the road as the true Deadheads did. I tried to see them whenever they played a concert within 100 miles of wherever I was living at the time. I saw them when they came to me.
In fact, for about 10 years, my Michigan license plate (we were only permitted 7 characters) was "DED HED" - the "A" being silent in both words.
The day after Jerry Garcia died in 1995, I turned my plate in, as the Dead could not be the Dead without Garcia. When I turned 65, I got my first tattoo - all of which can be seen in my photo album. I now have 6.
The tattoo on my right arm is shown here.
[image]
The center of the tattoo is the album cover from "Steal Your Face", and the words around the design "What a long strange trip it's been" (remember I was already 65) are from "Truckin" off the "
American Beauty" album.
Just about the time that the Grateful Dead ceases to be for me - though I still listen to their albums a lot - a new band, that like the Dead appealed to all ages was being born in Newfoundland and Labrador at St. John's. This was "Great Big Sea", and, just as with the Dead, my wife and I went to several of their concerts when they were within 100 miles of our home, though we once went 400 miles to Chicago to see them.
My most memorable GBS concert was at a small hockey rink in Soo, Canada. There were people in the audience from the ages of 2 or 3 all the way up to our ages - then in our late 50's and early 60's, respectively - and well beyond. There were families there with 3 generations grooving to the music.
Then, about 4 years ago, Sean McCann wanted our, and the band broke up. I am now searching for the musical successor to the Greatful Dead and Great Big Sea, but have yet to find one that has the same great ageless appeal - to all ages - of these 2 bands. We have seen Alan Doyle, former lead singer of GBS, a few times - most recently in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Another great band that had a large eclectic following that spanned the generations was the Irish Celtic band, "The Pogues". They were contemporaneous to both the Dead and GBS, and they, too, broke up about 5 years ago. We were lucky enough to have front row balcony seats (so we could see over the hordes on the floor) in their first show of their last American tour - again, in Chicago.
One other eastern Canadian musician that we love and have seen several times is the Cape Breton fiddler, Natalie MacMaster. I highly recommend seeing her if you are ever in a position to do so.
Finally, if you are into high-energy Blues/Jazz/Rockabilly, one can do no better than Toronto native, Alan Gerber. His music is fantastic, and his energy level and excitement inducing enthusiasm are unbelievable. Again, do not pass up a chance to see him - even if it means a drive of a few hours. The last time that we saw him - a year or 2 ago - he was now touring with his son and daughter. Not only have they inherited his musical ability, they both encompass his jour d'vie (I think I fucked up the spelling - French for "Joy of Life") as well.
Enjoy your life; it's the only one that you will ever get!
Quakertrucker
Sure, you can PM me if you wish, though I have no desire to get too private.
I just wanted to support your right to wear what you wish, and for you not to be concerned about what others thought.
One of my mottos is "Do the right thing, but don't let others decide for you what is right for you!
I was also just curious as to where you were - just in a general way - in Canada.
You mentioned that you live on the east coast, so I will assume you are located somewhere in the Atlantic Provinces.
From my days in college in the early 1970's, I was a diehard Greatful Dead fan - though I never had the time, money, or inclination to follow them on the road as the true Deadheads did. I tried to see them whenever they played a concert within 100 miles of wherever I was living at the time. I saw them when they came to me.
In fact, for about 10 years, my Michigan license plate (we were only permitted 7 characters) was "DED HED" - the "A" being silent in both words.
The day after Jerry Garcia died in 1995, I turned my plate in, as the Dead could not be the Dead without Garcia. When I turned 65, I got my first tattoo - all of which can be seen in my photo album. I now have 6.
The tattoo on my right arm is shown here.
[image]
The center of the tattoo is the album cover from "Steal Your Face", and the words around the design "What a long strange trip it's been" (remember I was already 65) are from "Truckin" off the "
American Beauty" album.
Just about the time that the Grateful Dead ceases to be for me - though I still listen to their albums a lot - a new band, that like the Dead appealed to all ages was being born in Newfoundland and Labrador at St. John's. This was "Great Big Sea", and, just as with the Dead, my wife and I went to several of their concerts when they were within 100 miles of our home, though we once went 400 miles to Chicago to see them.
My most memorable GBS concert was at a small hockey rink in Soo, Canada. There were people in the audience from the ages of 2 or 3 all the way up to our ages - then in our late 50's and early 60's, respectively - and well beyond. There were families there with 3 generations grooving to the music.
Then, about 4 years ago, Sean McCann wanted our, and the band broke up. I am now searching for the musical successor to the Greatful Dead and Great Big Sea, but have yet to find one that has the same great ageless appeal - to all ages - of these 2 bands. We have seen Alan Doyle, former lead singer of GBS, a few times - most recently in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Another great band that had a large eclectic following that spanned the generations was the Irish Celtic band, "The Pogues". They were contemporaneous to both the Dead and GBS, and they, too, broke up about 5 years ago. We were lucky enough to have front row balcony seats (so we could see over the hordes on the floor) in their first show of their last American tour - again, in Chicago.
One other eastern Canadian musician that we love and have seen several times is the Cape Breton fiddler, Natalie MacMaster. I highly recommend seeing her if you are ever in a position to do so.
Finally, if you are into high-energy Blues/Jazz/Rockabilly, one can do no better than Toronto native, Alan Gerber. His music is fantastic, and his energy level and excitement inducing enthusiasm are unbelievable. Again, do not pass up a chance to see him - even if it means a drive of a few hours. The last time that we saw him - a year or 2 ago - he was now touring with his son and daughter. Not only have they inherited his musical ability, they both encompass his jour d'vie (I think I fucked up the spelling - French for "Joy of Life") as well.
Enjoy your life; it's the only one that you will ever get!
Quakertrucker
flappy · 31-35, M
@Quakertrucker [image]:)
Quakertrucker · 70-79, M
@flappy
Photo looks fine - ENJOY!
By the way, I have a couple of notes/questions from my last post:
First, by living on the East Coast, did you mean the east coast of Canada or the United States?; makes a big difference - socially, politically, linguistics, etc.
Second, whether you live in the United States or Canada, if you are interested in the first 3 bands that I mentioned - The Pogues (Irish), the Grateful Dead (Psychedelic American Rock), or Great Big Sea (Canadian/Celtic Folk) - all 3 of these bands have sites on Similar Worlds, of which I am a member and sometime - though more earlier - commentator.
Good luck, and fun, with your outfit decisions.
Photo looks fine - ENJOY!
By the way, I have a couple of notes/questions from my last post:
First, by living on the East Coast, did you mean the east coast of Canada or the United States?; makes a big difference - socially, politically, linguistics, etc.
Second, whether you live in the United States or Canada, if you are interested in the first 3 bands that I mentioned - The Pogues (Irish), the Grateful Dead (Psychedelic American Rock), or Great Big Sea (Canadian/Celtic Folk) - all 3 of these bands have sites on Similar Worlds, of which I am a member and sometime - though more earlier - commentator.
Good luck, and fun, with your outfit decisions.