25-02-2018, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Jnr.
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Modesty prevents me from describing my horticultural attire. Suffice to say that I have hardly ever wobble about in the buff outside.
Even so, I am inclined to keep my socks on when water coloring, its somewhere to tuck my sable brushes
But in your socks is an ingenious idea!
I might try it out with my hold up stockings
25-02-2018, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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And offered them a glass of claret perhaps.......
Prefer a nice fruity white myself, try Gewurztraminer from the Alsace. Its under £10
25-02-2018, 08:45 PM
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What tends to worry me is that all six of my brothers were raised to treat girls and women with the utmost respect and politeness. This meant always opening doors for a lady, giving up their seat on a bus or train if a lady is standing and (I know this probably sounds weird to today's generation) but to always walk on the outside of the pavement so the lady is safely on the inside. I brought up my gorillas with the same rules.The problem now though is that some girls/ladies seem to find these good manners very offensive, and think nothing of remonstrating with a man for even thinking of treating them as "the fairer sex" instead of, in their world, an equal. Of course women are equal, but maybe someone should explain to them that good manners from men cost nothing yet seems to be heading for the dustbin, which is sad.
25-02-2018, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Jnr.
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Quite so. Amen to more of that
25-02-2018, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by shropshiregirl
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What tends to worry me is that all six of my brothers were raised to treat girls and women with the utmost respect and politeness. This meant always opening doors for a lady, giving up their seat on a bus or train if a lady is standing and (I know this probably sounds weird to today's generation) but to always walk on the outside of the pavement so the lady is safely on the inside. I brought up my gorillas with the same rules. The problem now though is that some girls/ladies seem to find these good manners very offensive, and think nothing of remonstrating with a man for even thinking of treating them as "the fairer sex" instead of, in their world, an equal. Of course women are equal, but maybe someone should explain to them that good manners from men cost nothing yet seems to be heading for the dustbin, which is sad.
25-02-2018, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Jnr.
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WAITROSE currently have A GOOD ORDINARY CLARET at £5.49 per bottle.Prefer a nice fruity white myself, try Gewurztraminer from the Alsace. Its under £10
25-02-2018, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by shropshiregirl
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LOL, The last time I recall any man doffing his hat was when I was young and the Insurance Man called for his weekly money from my Mum. She opened the door, he doffed his trilby in greeting and the dog jumped up at him baring her teeth because she thought he was raising his hand to hit my mum!! Luckily she didn't actually bite him.
25-02-2018, 10:53 PM
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Boys and girls should IMO be taught basic manners in school .They should get them from home of course but so often don't .
No one man or woman should let a door go behind them .
If someone holds the door for you don't just walk through as if he she is the doorman take it from that person with thanks .
A gentleman should stand back and allow a woman to go through before him .
Everyone likes a man with manners the mark of a gentleman .
Fortunately I am married to one.
25-02-2018, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Surfermom
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At the art store today, I was wrestling with two very large canvases, trying to get them off a high shelf and then to the checkout corner.A very nice man approached me, in a very friendly and confident manner, and absolutely insisted that he carry the canvases up front.
While I could have managed myself, it was nice to have a gentleman lend a hand. It made him feel good (he said so), and it felt nice to be treated like a lady.
I don't hesitate to offer to help people, men or women, who look like they need a hand, but these kindnesses seem less commonplace. Is this my imagination? Do people think an offer to help might be offensive in some way?
I think it’s all in ones nature, some have a good nature while others have a bad nature, it’s the same all over the world, thankfully there are more of the good type than the bad.
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