Shoes on or off in your house?

[fonografmaniac]

take off your shoes!

my dad's family in VA Beach would make me and my family take off our shoes as soon as we walk in the door. i'm guessing it a family tradition or they don't like dirty floors.

 

[rpm]

Quick question

The United Daughters of Confederation,
Was that the group that Blanche from the Golden Girls Was trying to join?

 

[oldhouseman]

Well said

Keven, I don't have the required checklist of items for most gay men. I am often mistaken for a typical redneck type.

I see Toggle has an interesting life with ceiling fans and such. Damn, who would have thought up such but him. I swear he must be the good Marquis reborn (remember the movie "Quills").

Keven, you and I are in the same boat on this issue. Actually I have never even thought about putting on any article of womens clothing. Nothing against those who enjoy it. I like a good drag show myself but just don't care to partake of the wardrobe.

By the way, only cotton, wool and natural fabrics are in my wardrobe. Nothing else.

 

[launderess]

Was the group Blanche was trying to join, however one can assume the name and idea was based in part or whole on "The United Daughters of Confederation". The later probably would have nothing to do with lending their sacred name to such a crass thing as a television comedy, to be made a mockery of and stir up "feelings".

Indeed in the spin off series "Golden Hotel" which followed the Golden Girls, a black employee tries to prevent the hotel from hosting a "The Daughters From The Traditional South", event. Quite honestly if you've never been to such an event, you really ought to go, especially anyone who has lived life totally on the otherside of the Mason-Dixon. Sort of like a mix of "Steel Magnolias", "Designing Women" and "Stepford Wives", with a bit of "Something To Talk About", thrown in for fun.

 

[DADoES]

Boo.

 

[qsd-dan]

Take your pick

In our house, it's your decision. With 3 dogs and 2 cats, it isn't even worth the hassle of trying to consistently keep the place pristinely clean and dirt free. It's a war that will never be conquered.

Shoes or slippers are worn most of the time.

 

[dirtybuck]

Launderess...

Dear, I'm sorry to correct you, but it was NOT "Golden Hotel". It was "The Golden Palace".

My guess is you found Rosario loading the drink tray one too many times today?

Have a good Sunday night.

 

[launderess]

You Know What You Are?

You're a hoot, that is what you are.

Actually RoRo "volunteered" to play lawn jockey as I've come across a box of 10mm clips she hid away from me. Was quite the pleasant afternoon sitting on the front porch sipping Whiskey sours and picking off lawn jockeys

 

[panthera]

Cymberlie,

You are a godsend. When they lock Toggles and me away, you won't be far behind.
Does Rosario do Greek?

Er, best rephrase that: I meant, does Rosario cook Mediterranean?

Speaking of which, how is the Pfaff situation going? Having any luck? I stopped by last week (I don't care what they cost, Pfaff bobbins never foul, even when I'm doing the most delicate silks)and they asked about you.

 

[launderess]

Panthera

Paff situation has stalled.

Found a person to do the work, but my contact at PfaffUSA hasn't called back about the parts. May need to work my Pfaff UK contact to get the process going again.

Thanks for asking!

 

[toggleswitch]

~Does Rosario do Greek?
Backwards and forwards, I heard.

 

[panthera]

Cymberlie, Pfaff

If you don't get any further, we still have the option of taking it apart, sending me the part (or a really good set of photos) and I can try to talk the workshop into releasing it. They're awful touchy about "their" equipment, but we'll whump it. Just let me know.
Oh - a thought. Unlikely, (no, not that I'd have a thought - I'm very regular, one a week), highly unlikely, but they damaged part might be a standard one, available from one of those outfits which supply gears and bits and pieces for remote controlled cars and robotics.

 

[mrboilwash]

Generally it`s shoes off in my apartement because I have wall to wall carpeting.
By the way, it`s also a sit down only bathroom at my place, no machos allowed ;-)

 

[toggleswitch]

~By the way, it's also a sit down only bathroom at my place, no machos allowed ;-)

A friend who lived in Germany tells me that society there is untra-feminist and that the request for men to sit down is found far-and-wide and is well-tolerated!

 

[panthera]

The "sit or stand" question

is pretty much settled here.
As a guest, I assume it is always going to be sit...and do leave the lid down. As a host, I handle it the same way as I do the shoe question: I would never dream of mentioning it.

There does seem to still be a few misandrists running around who hold all men in disdain; they have achieved a level of resentment and hate which even the strongest political correctness freak in the US has yet to reach (but envys). They aren't feminists, whose complaints are well justified (and did anyone notice which candidate voted against equal pay for women this last week?)
On the other hand, here in Europe, no one will call the cops if a guy takes a quick step off the path into the bushes 'cause he "has to".
No-one.
So I guess it balances out - and yeah, most folks have a sense of humor about the whole "sit down to pee" thing. Only time it bothers me is when I am a guest at a party and am told rather officiously to "be sure to sit - Männer können eh nicht zielen"...which brings us back to using both hands and I am sooo not going there, some of the goose-stepping-PC-queens are still having the vapors about that one. Come to think of it, their "I will tell you how to think and define for you what it means to be a liberal" mentality comes really close to the ultra-"feminists" you're talking about Steve.

 

[rp2813]

Keven, I'm with you and Greg re: my complete lack of interest in wearing anything remotely feminine.

And I might add that you are good at being gay where it counts the most, and where no wardrobe is required, except maybe a bit of butch leather once in a while!

Ralph

 

[panthera]

Why thank you Ralph,

that was very kind.
See folks, just because something is kind it doesn't mean it's necessarily also true.
But I'll take what I can get, when I can get it.
Funny you mentioning leather.
I asked my engineering students to close their eyes and imagine what scent, sound or color they saw when I read them the days of the week this morning.
Nearly 40% said "purple" for Thursday and almost as many "green" for Tuesday.
But one girl said "lilacs", Thursday smells like lilacs.
Neat, huh?
To me, leather smells like really hot, good sex with my partner.
Damn, there's a reason this vegetarian wears leather - you've found me out.

 

[jasonl]

Sitting down to pee

I say "PISS LIKE A MAN!" (in a thick Scottish accent to make it sound even manlier). I'll bet Chuck Norris doesn't sit down to pee lol.

When Helen and I got serious, I gave her my little test. And this should be a standard thing guys should ask prospective women. I asked her if I peed standing up and left the lid up, would she get mad. She said, "Of course not, life's to short to get mad at stupid things like that." That weekend, I proposed to her.

BTW, Shoes off here. I like Helen barefooted in the kitchen (ducks and runs)

 

[Maytagmom]

worst thing you can put on a carpet is a bare foot

Yeah,
but I never got rug burns on the bottom of my feet....LMAO

*ducks n runs*

 

[oldhouseman]

Laundress..rpm...

...it is the U.D.C. as we call them. And I work with them everyday in my post at the State Archives. The United Daughters of the Confederacy. This past weekend was Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia and other Southern States. The holiday (yes, an official State holiday) was started in Georgia by the Union provisional Commander just after "The Warrah" as a gesture of mending fences between the North and South.

We have grand events in Confederate cemeteries and on battle grounds to commemorate the men who died fighting for both sides. There are speeches and memorials presented. Many dress in period costume.

The purpose is to present the reasons the country was divided at the time, talk about the issues and discuss the war. And finally the reasons we should be one nation and "United".

There are always folks on both sides ready to divide. The purpose of the day is to honor the men on both sides that died for their beliefs. And to unite us again and always as one country.

I honor my ancestors from all generations. As a Southerner I know my family lines back well a thousand years so I have many cultures to study and remember. Many here in the South can say the same.

Our love of our past is what makes us Southern in many ways. And we love living in the present while we remember our past.