I guess I'm getting old.
I guess I'm getting old.
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This is kind of a rehash of the harrumphing in thread731-110284 (which I happened to surf to recently), but I just gotta.
I was just at a conference. There were a number of college students in attendance.
The boys all wore what I'd expect a student to wear to a conference--variations on the theme of polo or oxford shirt, and khakis. More formal than they'd wear just hanging out or going to a party.
The girls, on the other hand...
Okay, it's not like they were wearing lowriser jeans with their thongs sticking out. But they wore outfits that, although fairly nice, looked a lot more like they were going to parties than to a meeting. And they wore that "I'm finally too old for Daddy to tell me not to do this" quantity of mascara that has been popular with girls and that adult women have always grown out of since about 1968.
And they wore flip-flops. Sure, new fancy flip-flops with little gold spangles, but flip-flops dammit.
And yes, I know, the face of engineering is changing and new demographics will bring in new looks, but this didn't strike me so much as cutting-edge as simply juvenile and clueless.
There were also girls there who knew how to dress--they looked plenty feminine, plenty modern, but professional. So it's not simply that Times Have Changed. (And besides, cutting-edge in engineering just means wearing what was cutting-edge a few years ago in less conservative fields but is now pretty standard. Flip-flops are NOT "the new flats", and a quick googling backs me up on this.)
There were no boys who wore nice yet inappropriate clothes (like, Idunno, silk knit T-shirt with more jewelry than one ought to wear to the office).
I don't really think it's just a matter of What Young People Are Wearing These Days. I recently attended a presentation given by a bunch of business school freshmen (age 19, mostly girls), and they were all VERY professional-looking. I guess they teach them that in B-school.
So why should it be the girls who didn't bother figuring out what they should wear to this conference? Is it lack of role models hanging around their civil engineering departments? Or is it the greater variability in women's wear that leads to more likelihood of picking the wrong thing?
Or is it just my deep-seated prejudice against anyone who reminds me of high school?
Hg
I was just at a conference. There were a number of college students in attendance.
The boys all wore what I'd expect a student to wear to a conference--variations on the theme of polo or oxford shirt, and khakis. More formal than they'd wear just hanging out or going to a party.
The girls, on the other hand...
Okay, it's not like they were wearing lowriser jeans with their thongs sticking out. But they wore outfits that, although fairly nice, looked a lot more like they were going to parties than to a meeting. And they wore that "I'm finally too old for Daddy to tell me not to do this" quantity of mascara that has been popular with girls and that adult women have always grown out of since about 1968.
And they wore flip-flops. Sure, new fancy flip-flops with little gold spangles, but flip-flops dammit.
And yes, I know, the face of engineering is changing and new demographics will bring in new looks, but this didn't strike me so much as cutting-edge as simply juvenile and clueless.
There were also girls there who knew how to dress--they looked plenty feminine, plenty modern, but professional. So it's not simply that Times Have Changed. (And besides, cutting-edge in engineering just means wearing what was cutting-edge a few years ago in less conservative fields but is now pretty standard. Flip-flops are NOT "the new flats", and a quick googling backs me up on this.)
There were no boys who wore nice yet inappropriate clothes (like, Idunno, silk knit T-shirt with more jewelry than one ought to wear to the office).
I don't really think it's just a matter of What Young People Are Wearing These Days. I recently attended a presentation given by a bunch of business school freshmen (age 19, mostly girls), and they were all VERY professional-looking. I guess they teach them that in B-school.
So why should it be the girls who didn't bother figuring out what they should wear to this conference? Is it lack of role models hanging around their civil engineering departments? Or is it the greater variability in women's wear that leads to more likelihood of picking the wrong thing?
Or is it just my deep-seated prejudice against anyone who reminds me of high school?
Hg
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About ten years ago, this "relaxed" dress code for the ladies would have been fine with me. But now I have to admit that these women are not doing themselves, or other women, any favors in the grand scheme of things. This is especially so if they hope to be perceived as professionals.
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The "engineering uniform" is just not consistent with the latest thing and is self correcting--they'll stop it or start selling real estate.
David
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Most days, mine is black pants; company shirt, short sleeved; no tie. There are practical reasons: black doesn't show marks and looks smart. Company shirt: if it gets trashed with work dirt, I'll get a new one. Short sleeves reduce the dirt problem. No tie: rotating plant and neck ties are a very bad idea. Plain stupid in fact.
The past two weeks I have spent entire 14hr days out on plant on a particularly heavy commissioning job. 'Work uniform' has degenerated into jeans and T-shirt to arrive in, T-shirt and boiler suit on site. Few of 'the brass' have seen me arrive this past fortnight, and even fewer have seen me leave. If I wore a toga or a loin cloth they would be none the wiser.
My point is: attire should be selected to suit the expectations and the conditions: I might turn up looking like a vagrant on a breakdown callout at 0200hrs, but I will turn up smart for an important meeting on weekdays. On the breakdown my skills count, not my appearance. In the meeting my skills count, but so does my appearance.
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I understand the UK has been having a heatwave the last few days, and you are wearing a boilersuit? That sounds too hot.
B.E.
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Yeah, I've been up on a steam turbine working on the hydraulic servos controlling the governor valves. We've replaced a substantial part of the turbine's control system as part of an upgrade program, and it has taken a lot of work. The turbine level was exposed to the blazing sun. It's tricky doing precision work while sweat is running in a continuous stream down your safety glasses and helmet peak. The ambient temperature was well into the thirties - a real sun trap with no breeze to cool things down. The guys I really pity are the laggers (thermal insulation specialists) who wear tight fitting Tyvek suits and dust masks, plus safety helmet and glasses or visor. Their work must be so uncomfortable!
I seem to be catching the heatwaves around the globe this last few weeks: on holiday in Toronto I arrived to catch on of the hottest days for over twenty years!
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The "engineering uniform" that I mentioned is one of those things that you can't define, but you recognize it when you see it. I've spent the last two weeks in the field and wore jeans, fire-retardant long-sleeve shirt, and steel-toe boots (and it was 103F, 39.8C?). In meetings I wear a lot of kakhi, button-down shirts, and dress shoes. The engineers I see in meetings are wearing similar clothes. If someone shows up at a meeting in field clothes everyone assumes he/she is on their way to/from the field and its not an issue.
Women tend to seem appropriately dressed in a slightly softer version of the same thing. The word that usually comes to mind is closer to "sensible" than "sexy". Skirts that allow them to bend over to inspect a pump without concern about exposure, trousers that can get in the same room as a rusty pipe without being ruined. Shoes that would protect a toe from a dropped bolt. Skin is just skin, but too much of it exposed can be a distraction from getting a job done.
David
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The other expert, a young man in his mid-twenties, wore what I would call the engineering uniform, a blue blazer with khakis, grey shirt and a dark tie. The attorneys of course had on suits and the judge wore her robe. Even the Plaintiff and Defendants were smartly dressed.
However the twenty-something female court employee keeping tabs on us while we waited to testify was wearing a short, low-rise, see-through white skirt, dark-colored thong underwear, crop top and flip-flops. A regular Britney Spears wannabe without the baby accessory.
I don't think it's a lack of role models. It's a lack of good judgement.
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- Nomex (or equivalent: yes, Nomex is a trade name)
- steel toe boots, green patch, oil, and chemical
- hard hat, side impact (colour coordinated if you wish) with applicable decal and safety stickers
- gloves (leather or leather reinforced)
- high vis vest or strips
What you wear underneath is up to you.
In the office:
- cotton pants or good jeans
- golf shirt, cotton shirts, company logoed whatever
- no tie, no jacket
- casual shoes
This pretty much goes for the technical personnel.
The receptionist, document control, etc., they dress a bit more "trendier".
Oh, flip-flops are very common. I don't see a problem with that in the office. In the field, not so much. Office, what's the big deal if they still look nice? How are they that much different than sling backs?
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Anyone remember this?
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Young and attractive, she was an English language student at the local university, spoke excellent english and had a very high boredom thresh-hold... a week in a pump house with a bunch of engineers translating technical terms back and forth can't have been that much fun.
I nearly broke my neck in work boots, with thick socks, tracking through the snow to the control room and back, it was 30 below on a couple of days, so much so that very attractive though she was, in her jewellry, furs etc. I felt I had to point out that the high heel stilleto shoes she was wearing where perhaps a bit risky.
Head Honcho or not at the refinery, this was obsviously one of those scenarios.
Of course, I wasn't popular with the other guys for suggesting a more appropriate attire but the next day she arrived in jeans and sensible shoes.
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Times change. Get over it.
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My wife resonated the same sentiment! My wife is the regional coordinator for her sorority and she is in charge for all of her chapters in a certain region. Once a year they have a week long convention and there are two formal nights that they have. Four years ago in Florida on one of the formal nights, some of the undergrads were wearing a formal gown with really fancy (with sequences and stuff) foam go to the beach flip flops. It was not taken so well. They actually sent them back up to their room to change their foot wear. This has happen for the past four years.
The flip flop issues is so serious now that the subject has reached the upper echelons of the sorority and have declared war on no flip flops to formal or business events. In the communications for the up and coming formal in a half a page rant in bold letters if any of the girls come in flip flops to a formal or business event they will be excused (booted) from the event.
So from the sorority’s point of view they are trying to teach the young girls that flip flops (of any kind) are not appropriate attire other than going to the beach.
Tobalcane
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Ashereng writes it's OK for engineers to wear good jeans in the office, heck you should have tried that 40 years ago!! You would have got the same reaction as flip flops are getting these days.
Anyway while paradigms will keep shifting forever, only one thing remains constant: the feet and the bellies that SHOULD be shown to the general public usually aren't and vice-versa.
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How'd she look in the furs? Like Brenda Vaccaro in "Midnight Cowboy"?
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I think you are making my case for me.
Jeans no good yesterday, okay today.
Flip flops no good today, okay tomorrow.
What is acceptable evolves, as does societal norms.
Twoballcane,
I still remember when it was considered "declasse" for women to work outside of the home. About the same time that sororities and fraternities were at their peak of pop culture.
Some things change, some don't I guess.
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And as I said, it didn't strike me that they were trying to make a statement (like the first women to wear pantsuits would have). They just didn't know any better, and didn't bother to find out.
And with that, I've put my finger on what was bothering me so much about those girls, and it probably says more about me than about them. It really pissed me off that these little baby dolls could feel so sure of themselves that they wouldn't even bother to find out what constitutes appropriate businesswear.
Excuse me. I must locate my high school and burn it. No issues to see here, move along...
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Anyway Hg, I totally agree with you about flip flops. The thing about them is the noise they make. All that flipping and flapping just has no place in an office.
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Like Ashereng said, what is considered appropriate attire now-a-days would have shocked many engineers decades ago when a suit was a must. Things change. Maybe in a few decades the trend will be to dress in togas, or overalls, or unitards. What's the big deal? The way your generation dressed was fine, but that doesn't necessarily make it the right way.
"Fashion is a thing so hideous that it needs to be changed every six months" - Oscar Wilde
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Business fashions have indeed evolved, but they evolve slowly, with the occasional "quantum leap". (Women's pantsuits were one such necessary leap.) I guess maybe I'm thinking that even if fashions change, there is even a protocol to govern that.
What's the difference between being at the front edge of a trend, and just being ignorant about protocol (either for current dress code or how to go about varying from it)?
I have a sense of a very big difference, but I don't know that I could really explain that difference. I have some respect for the former, and none for the latter.
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I am guessing here, but I think you remember when jeans were only worn by the poor, as work cloths, or rebels (James Dean anyone).
Wearing jeans to a business meeting today is common. I recently went to see my investment advisor, on a Wednesday, lunch, and he was in jeans, logoed golf shirt, and casual shoes. And, he was not unique.
I guess we can agree to disagree.
If flip flops offends your sensiblity so much, I guess you should say something to the offender, your boss, HR, whatever...
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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Careers/story?id=2034037
"Flip-flops are out. Slingbacks, espadrilles and loafers are preferable to open-toed strappy numbers."
Tobalcane
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Check this out:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13459962/
Pets at work. Is that professional or what?
So, you come into a meeting, and trip over the snoring dog of the flip flop wearing 20/30 something client.
What da ya think of dat?
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Before you think I'm ancient I only entered the workforce in 1999 and at my old place wore a suit everyday for the first year or two, and yes every time I left the office to go on the shop floor or where ever I put on my jacket.
Once the couple of suits I had started to wear out (think grease stains etc) I moved to the black pants and short sleeve button shirt uniform (I also kept a tie in my drawer in case I forgot about a meeting so I could slip it on) with a newer nicer suit for really important meetings.
On site was another matter, although even then jeans were frowned upon. I had what I called my trials hat, basically a rather old fashioned beanie which I always got teased for. That was until the person doing the teasing had been stood out side for a few hours in the wind/sleet etc. They soon shut up.
My new place, where I was told to remove the tie, has in effect no dress code, even tho' there was a slide on it in the HR indoctrination. Shorts and flip flops are a regular occurrence, sometimes I think the real dress code is to look as bad as you can.
I still feel odd wearing jeans, and although more casual in style just can't seem to give up my buttoned short sleave shirts.
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My wife's boss allowed that - and we took full advantage of it when we had a new puppy (easier to supervise the pup during the workday that way).
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And you all thought flip flops was a bit unprofessional.
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dogs = professional
flip flops <> professional
Hmm. Interesting.
Seems much less like age, than self interest.
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Our favorite game is go fetch.
Sorry, poor attempt at humor.
Ken
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(Does that mean cats are not "business formal" but perhaps borderline "business casual"?)
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I see nothing wrong with this, but would have a problem with someone bringing in their personal pets just because they feel sorry for not spending time at home with them. If you want a pet that doe not need a lot of attention, get a reptile or fish. Ball pythons are great cuddlers.
I also notice people that have their kids in the office when school is out because they could not find a babysitter. I think its cruel to force a child to sit in an already cramped cubicle for 8hrs and expect them not to want to stretch their legs or be curious as to what others are doing and why.
Clothing styles are dependant on the given job on a given day. I personally wear jeans and polo shirts most days, as I never know when I may be required to do something out on the shop floor. Others in the office that never venture into the manufacturing area wear slacks, button shirts and ties. Meetings with outside contacts (not vendors) change my dressing habits to black pleated pants and a button-up long sleeve shirt (still no tie).
What really burns me are the women in the office that wear skirts, sandals and a tank top, then complain that the A/C is too cold and have it turned down/off while the rest of us that are dressed appropriately broil. I've told my share to wear a shawl or jacket if they're cold, but use less appropriate adjectives and explicatives.
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I don't think the piece I referred to here is in relation to service animals.
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Why not, lots of other daft things happen in todays work environment (e.g. employing dyslexic postman because it would be discriminatory not to - perhaps we should start a list).
Of course, some pets may eat others given some peoples fondness for "exotic" animals; any guesses on when will be the first occassion a pet owner sues company because one pet was dinner for another?
You can bet that anyone wearing unsuitable clothes/footware won't let that stand in the way of a law suit "because the company didn't make them (infringe their civil liberties) wear more appropriate appareil.
JMW
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The sweatiness usually becomes a problem on hot days when I've been traveling back and forth from the shop floor or test facilities (some days include as many as 3mi of walking outside in office shoes in temps in excess of 90F, with periods of office work interspersed).
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You can take your shoes and socks off, hang them up,go about in flip flops until they dry!
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Sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do. I still don't like to see sloppy, beachy, flip flops in the office (the fancier ones are OK), but I can't throw any stones today.
I spent 5 hours on a rooftop in San Jose in shorts, linen shirt and big hat (shorts and hats are against company policy, along with printed T-shirts, loud jewelry and perfume). It was 110 degrees F on that roof last time I checked. Went home and showered, put on my make-up and jewelry for tonights performance at the Farmers Market, grabbed my costume and came back to the office where I can work in relative coolness until I have to put on a skirt composed of 50 yards of fabric, hip scarf and coin bra and head out into the heat.
Neither my attire this morning nor my exaggerated makeup and loud bracelets meet company policy. But at least I'm not wearing flip flops. Sorry Ashereng. I know you're partial to them.
I kinda like those city shorts, but they're too fancy for what I do. I like the long REI hiking shorts with all the pockets. And the pockets have to zip closed so I don't lose my camera, calipers, measuring tape, and inspection mirror while climbing scaffolding.
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The interview was 7-8 years ago and you hit the nail on the head about the company in question.
-EC
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Needless to say, we got docked about half out points for this idiots attire, we were all in business suits, ties, and dress shoes. Everyone presenting was in that attire. Our presentation was nearly flawless, but I remember one of the notes: "Flip-flops are NOT MEANT FOR MEETINGS!!! C-"
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Too bad you can't wear the shorts. They'd at least be cool and easy to care for, assuming cotton/blend.
So, flip flops are for going to the beach, not the office.
But shorts are okay? Is that where this trend is going?
I am all for that.
Why can women show their legs, and men can't. Don't give me that arguement about women shaving their legs. One of mine is shaved (neoprene sock under my brace) already - can't be that hard to shave the other.
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Around here, I wear T-shirts & jeans all the time. I am expected NOT to look like that if I go anywhere else, including other campuses within my own agency. But I'm under the impression that sandals (on me, not on the admins) would be pushing it. (I'm wearing a pair right now but they're my summer dress shoes and I'm on my way to a funeral; see paragraph #1 above.)
Regarding the "city shorts"...history repeats itself. The fashion world tried introducing business suits with shorts (I'm pretty sure it was just for women) maybe 10 years ago. Didn't catch on then either.
Eventually some relatively hip portion of the business world (like fashion or advertising) may adopt shorts suits or flipflops (or poodles) to the point that they get a toehold (so to speak) on the business clothing world, and it may expand from there, but till then, no go.
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I'm also partial to my Birkenstock sandals (aka Jesus boots), even though my wife thinks I look like an old man in them. I tried wearing sandals to work once (back in my intern days), but I was told it was a safety hazard b/c I could drop a file on my foot....somehow I don't think that any other shoe besides forge boots will prevent damage to your feet if a 10lb binder falls on it.
Actually come to think of it, how useful is a steel toe cap anyway? Your toes are protected but the top of your foot is not.
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It would give more credence if you were female. I don't know if you are.
Personally, my wife likes my legs - so there!
Ziggi,
You can get a steel plate that also laces up to cover the top part of your foot, to the ankle.
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Isn't that what a foundry boot is?
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I ALWAYS look at men's legs. Who doesn't like looking at a nice legs? I'm not even picky about hairy or smooth, although I have been so taken with the a couple of consultants out there with very nice, smooth, skin on their legs that I had to ask them if they waxed. One said not since he was in high school and on the swim team and the other asked what I meant. Apparently he never heard of waxing, nor had he seen the movie 40-year-old virgin.
Ashereng, I actually can wear shorts if I want to. My boss is very much against the company dress policy and wears shorts most of the summer. Normally I don't like to wear them in the field because occasionaly I have to wade through tall weeds in unkempt yards and climb into attics. Pants offer better protection.
ziggi and HgTX, your sandals wouldn't raise and eyebrow out here in Northern California. And here in Marin county, I believe there are communities where Birkenstocks are almost required (Fairfax and Bolinas).
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Don't know. Never worked in a foundry.
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I am glad you are sharing my point of view.
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Here's a little clip showing how to properly tie you gillie brouges. Now there's a proper shoe!
But what is that he puts into the piper's sock at the end. knife? folded sheet music? a slide rule?
h
There's more interesting stuff along with sari tying, like making your own Viking era tunic.
h
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Traditionally, a knife is carried (the type/name momentarily escapes me). Not something that is likely allowed in an office environment. The "joke" was that you could use it on the person who asked the inevitable question as to what you wear underneath the Kilt.
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That said its also day wear when worn with the correct type of sporran, jacket and shirt. Very versatile.
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Any full blood Scots might be able to explain more, I'm only about 1/8th and don't have a clue.
Isn't the knife for the Haggis.
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Yes, to commit suicide before being forced to eat it <ducking flung haggis, he exits ungracefully...>
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Something else occurs to me today (unusually calm due to some computer/network maintenance).....
1. Does going from a discussion about flip-flops and thong underwear to canned hagis constitute a quantum leap?
2. How many threads have started out on a noble course, only to be highjacked by the Hagis?
i need something to work on for a day...my mind is wandering into dangerous territory
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The next question is, is going from flip-flops to haggis a leap up or down?
The haggis vendor was giving out free samples, so I tried it. Turns out it's quite edible. The vendor likes my fiddle playing, so I got a free can o' haggis. Also a free bottle of Diet Irn Bru, to add to the list of Things I Will Consume That Really Should Not Exist.
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Haggis shouldn't contain intestines. The casing should be a sheep’s stomach. Intestines would make it sausage.
Main ingredients from memory are the sheep’s 'pluck' (I think I spelt that right), oats and seasoning. I could be missing something.
Actually tastes good, if you can get your head around eating offal.
BTW apparently you can't legally get real/authentic Haggis in the USA. Certain of the ingredients are illegal.
However, this is certainly off topic so I better stop there.
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Does that mean just Diet Irn Bru shouldn't exist, which I agree with as it's a poor substitue for the real thing. or just Irn Bru in general?
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diet irn bru...
alcohol-free glenfiddich...
a kilt with undies...
flip flops with socks...
Where is the world going?
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This all has the weird result that when I'm out on a construction site, I'm better dressed than when I'm working in the office.
On the hosiery, no, the babydolls had no hosiery with their flipflops. I think there was toenail polish involved. (Nail polish is a whole nother discussion within the topic of professional womenswear...)
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Now you are against nail polish?
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uh oh, I'm in trouble now. I probably violate the nail polish rules. I have well-manicured toenails because I get pedicures about every 2 weeks. So that's not the problem.
But I am currently wearing NEON PINK practically glows in the dark! And I usually wear sandles.
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I'm guessing someone with bright fingernail polish and/or very long nails would be seen as less professional (and certainly not willing to get her hands dirty). (And coloured polish on short fingernails just looks childish.)
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"..But I am currently wearing NEON PINK practically glows in the dark! And I usually wear sandles."
Seems like you're a highaway signages! But anyway, who cares it's just your fashion.
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I've got NEON PINK on my toes, which I can cover up if I need to to look serious for work, and NO color on my fingernails, which I keep pretty short. In fact, I usually just get a buff for my fingernails. This is what MEN get when they have a manicure. You get all the usual maintenance stuff, like cuticle trim, filing, clipping and a hand massage, but no color, and no extended nail length.
Never have been a girly-girl who is afraid to break a nail, or get my hands into my work. Can't keep color polish on more than 2 days. It starts to chip, then I just take it off. Easier to not do it in the first place.
I'm not too sure what the rules are for polish, just that it should be neat and unobtrusive.. and not grown out 1/4 inch at the bottom of the nail. As for color, probably something soft. I've always hated the black/purple look. Too goth for the office.
I'll wear goth make-up, costuming and put on fake tattoos for a performance, but I don't bring that stuff into the work.
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