Topless Kilting

[Galician]

Tell people they're battle scars and none would be the wiser.

You're closer to the truth than you realize, George. They are battle scars in life's struggle.

[cessna152towser]

Works well on you Ron but I don't have any tattoos, topless kilting's not for me.

[Tattoo Bradley]

I sunburn, rapidly and badly. Skin cancer is no stranger in my genes, so no, no topless kilting for me.

[ali8780]

Chicks dig scars.

And also, I think pale skin is beautiful. I gave up on tanning years ago, and now I do everything I can to preserve my pale skin because I want to look nice when I'm eighty.

[Lady M]

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[Old Hippie]

Chicks dig scars.

Heh. I've got a few. None from surgery, though. Mostly from a life lived kinda fast.

I gave up on tanning years ago

I tend to spend a LOT of time outside in the summer. I've learned that wearing a long-sleeve, relatively light denim shirt keeps me much cooler than either a T or going without a shirt. When I work, I work hard -- and of course that means I sweat a lot. I much prefer to live in the dry biozones, because the sweat then evaporates from the cloth covering most of my skin and keeps me even cooler.

Other reasons are: I DO have tattoos, and sun fades ink as well as aging skin; and cancer runs in my family so protecting myself may put me in a lower-risk population.

I'm not offended by skin no matter what shape it's wrapped around, but I prefer to keep mine covered when the sun is above the yardarm.

[Dan R Porter]

Nice to meet a man not afraid of hard work. COme on down to STL I think we are a dying breed!

[Mr. bone]

It's a felony for me to be shirtless. I played King Herod once in a college presentation of JSS and I almost had to get blasted outta my mind once dress rehersals started. Never was entirely comfortable.

[Kilt_Noob]

I usually bath in spf 1 million (as my wife says), Because I burn fast and bad. Even all my attempts to "tan" when I was younger never were successful, so I gave up on it a long time ago. Last Friday I took my daughter to the pool for the day, and it was overcast and I didn't put anything on- YIKES! I'm hurtin real bad! My wife laughed, and said have you lost your mind, you know you're vampire white and burn up in the day light- besides I hope everyone had sunglasses to keep themselves from being blinded by you! LOL!
My whiteness is my curse, shouldn't be everyone else's too, I don't care how in shape I am, I'm have to keep the shirts on! Hahahaha! But will support those who dare to bare!

[Alan H]

I sport continental- sized Farmer John tan lines. I also have memories of two sunburns on my back that when they started healing and itching, the sensations were so awful that I couldn't sleep for two nights and I spent one of those nights with a washcloth clenched between my teeth.

It's rare when my shirt comes off.