Topless Kilting

[Spartan]

Construction on a new neighborhood they are putting in directly behind my house. They have been digging the ditches for water and such and just laid down the asphalt for 3 streets about a week ago. Now when I travel back into the "woods" behind my house, I have a paved road for half the journey....

It looks like you are looking ahead at some four legged animal in the road.

[Andy]

It looks like you are looking ahead at some four legged animal in the road.

That's my Great Dane Sadie. She's been pictured in these hollowed forum halls several times. And not to get any animal rights activists riled up (if there is such a thing here), but she's just days away from stalking and catching her own white tail deer. Not sure if she knows what she'll do with it once she does mow one down, but I'm sure it'll be interesting.

It's 101 today, so the shirt will be off again

[slohairt]

I don't ever go shirtless. Beside being very pale with a tendency to burn easily, I have a lot of birthmarks that would probably turn cancerous within the hour! So, for safety reasons, I always wear a shirt and sunscreen. A lot of sunscreen.

[slohairt]

I find the sideline debate of tan vs. pale to be quite interesting. Nowadays, people seem to prefer being tan, but until well into the 20th Century it was not considered desirable at all. People used to go to great lengths to make themselves paler (arsenic, chalk, etc.) Tanning became popular because more people went on beach vacations or visits to tropical locales. It also became something of a status symbol in northern climes. If you were tanned, you must be affluent and able to go on destination holidays. Very interesting.

[ali8780]

I find the sideline debate of tan vs. pale to be quite interesting. Nowadays, people seem to prefer being tan, but until well into the 20th Century it was not considered desirable at all. People used to go to great lengths to make themselves paler (arsenic, chalk, etc.) Tanning became popular because more people went on beach vacations or visits to tropical locales. It also became something of a status symbol in northern climes. If you were tanned, you must be affluent and able to go on destination holidays. Very interesting.

I'd like to think that it's slowly (too slowly for my taste) going out of style for this era as well, not only is it unhealthy, but it's unsightly when it gets out of hand. And as an extra bonus, there's no worry of tan lines In fact, my arms are getting too tan for my liking, I've thought about wearing a sunscreen on them daily, and finding a skin lightener to try to bring them back, I really should get on that... (now you are all going to think I'm crazy!)