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    Baldness from what I have read can be caused be reduced testosterone levels. Raising your T levels might regrow some hair. Maybe. Baldness is never goingto be a problem for me I don't think.

    I am the Long Haired Hippie Friend of Jesus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrDouglass
    Baldness from what I have read can be caused be reduced testosterone levels. Raising your T levels might regrow some hair. Maybe. Baldness is never goingto be a problem for me I don't think.

    I am the Long Haired Hippie Friend of Jesus.
    There goes that theory....drats!! anyway, hair is over rated and Mychael has enough for both of us (just jealous)

    I am the bald Hippie Friend of Jesus

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrDouglass
    Baldness from what I have read can be caused be reduced testosterone levels. Raising your T levels might regrow some hair. Maybe. Baldness is never goingto be a problem for me I don't think.

    I am the Long Haired Hippie Friend of Jesus.
    Well I have a squeaky clean top and that's the way I like it. With true Scotish blood in my veins I think about all the money I will be saving on hair product over the years and I pitty you sucker with all your hair. Even when my hair grew in the places it now doesn't I still had a buzz cut. Hair is too much of a pain in the ****.

    As for the testosterone levels, I think everyone that knows me in real life will agree that I probably have a very hi testotserone level.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew
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    Well I have a squeaky clean top and that's the way I like it. With true Scotish blood in my veins I think about all the money I will be saving on hair product over the years and I pitty you sucker with all your hair. Even when my hair grew in the places it now doesn't I still had a buzz cut. Hair is too much of a pain in the ****.
    Besides, going to the Barber Shop is a waste of time and money for me. I used to get my hair cut every 2-3 weeks to maintain a clean professional look. With the Money I save by doing the job myselfe, I can get 1 or 2 more kilts

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    My wife always told me good-looking men don't need hair!

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    Quote Originally Posted by beverlonian
    My wife always told me good-looking men don't need hair!
    She sounds like a very wise women with good taste!

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    Of course, the side effects mean you might become a super hairy muscular grunting savage.
    That's pretty much what I aspire to. I haven't quite got the grunting part down though. I sitting there watching the Olympics and I look over at my wife, bare my teeth and let out a, "Grunk, unk unk."

    She just looks at me funny and says, "If you want another beer, go get it yourself."

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrDouglass
    Forgot to add.

    Males that do wear skirt like garmets have higher testosterone levels. This in it self is a problem.

    Higher agression levels.

    Greater muscle mass. I know, you are thinking, this is a bad thing?

    More hair. Many men in other countries that wear skirted garmets can be compared to say, Chewbacca. Or a Yeti. Satchsquatch. I already have 3 inch long leg hairs. I am a fuzzy fellow. I sure hope I don't get any hairier. I had to give up shaving because I was the only man I know to get 10:00 AM shadow.

    More "Alpha Male like behaviour." They say this like it's a bad thing. What, is there a woman writing this? Do they want a passive lapdog man? Are we to be tame and quiet and nuetered? I am starting to believe so. There was some commentary how men in skirted garmets tend to be savages. And men in pants? Civilized gentlemen? Hrm. Are they trying to hint that binding your testes to the point where it causes a near chemical castration is what men need to do to become civilized? I am reading between the lines here, so pay no heed to this as solid fact... But I am starting to believe that perhaps on some level of thinking there is a grain of truth to this. Repress male testes, repress dominant alpha male urges.

    I read a bit here about confidence and the lack of when going out in public with a kilt... And I now have the solution. Wear your kilt all day, every day, and let the testosterone FLOW. Allow it to build to stable levels in your body and I am almost positive that the confidence issue will rapidly fade. Of course, the side effects mean you might become a super hairy muscular grunting savage.

    And folks wonder why Scotts throw telephone poles for kicks and giggles? Sounds like way to much testosterone in those folks, somebody get some pants on those savages.
    Wonderful post, Doc!
    Today's society is geared to suppressing maleness, to squashing individuality and competition, to a bland sort of sameness/equality in all people. (Men and women!)
    I'm happy to say that the Kilts Night regulars are a confident bunch of men. (And one tough chick!)
    We may or may not be Alpha Male types but I can tell you we all have very well developed personalities and it's hard to bully any of us, either physically or mentally.

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    Thank you Bear.

    I do believe that society as a whole is all for repressing manhood.

    When I was all of about 10 or 12, I had to start shaving. And I don't mean one or two little bits of peach fuzz either. I mean SHAVING.

    At school, in about the 5 or 6th grade, I would be sent home if I did not shave that morning.

    Junior High. I would start out the day ok. I would shave. And I would make it to about the period after lunch. And some teacher would insist that I had not shaved that morning. And home I would go. I was always in trouble or getting detention for violating the school dress policy. I was labled as a trouble maker that had authority issues, because I did not shave. But I WAS shaving. Every bloody morning.

    By High School I had my infamous Ten o' Clock Shadow. Some students liked to say that while you sat in class, bored to tears, you could either stare out the window or sit and watch my beard grow.

    I faced nothing but disgrace.

    Every boy wants to start shaving... But be the one boy in school that has to shave... And the taunts are endless. In HS, I was known as Ogre. Or Satsquatch. The Bearded Weirdo.

    And the worst of them all were my teachers. My female teachers in particular.

    My beard was offensive. Barbaric. Uncivilized. Ungodly.

    I lost jobs because I could not keep beard growth in check.

    I had one doctor, I kid you not, that said that I had to much testosterone. And that I could get testosterone poisoning. He wanted me to take shots that would chemically alter me. I informed him if he took one step closer to me that I would physically reach down his throat, grab his appendix, and yank him inside out. He said my agression levels were proof. Of course he said this standing quite a distance from me.

    Mind you, this is me wearing pants and having reduced T levels. I have no idea what I will be like kilted full time. One shudders at the thought. It makes my wife giggle to think about it.

    I stopped shaving one day. I wear a thick bushy beard. There is no doubt, in a crowd, that I am male. There are lots of questionable folks now, staring into some crowds all you see is a sea of blue jeans and teeshirts, and not much in the way of gender distinction. Not me. I stick out like a sore thumb. Women snatch away their children when I come close. People turn away or stare down at their feet. Very few folk will look me in the eye. Why am I so scary? I have no idea. I have raised baby birds right out the egg, cockatiels, so I am capable of being delicate and gentle... But this somehow escapes people. I am wonderful with children... I am a kind considerate fellow that would give the shirt off of his shaggy back. People take one look at me and think "Uneducated idiot hick." Some people are completely shocked to the point of total disbelief when they find out I have a sheepskin or two tucked away. When I go to the library, the librarians that don't know me yet ask me what am I doing there, what am I looking for, we don't have pornography here sir, the auto repair manuals are over there.

    My only crime is that I am a man that will not conform. I like being hairy and my clothing all covered in wrinkles. I like looking like a man. I don't fuss over triming my eyebrows, or waxing my arms and legs like some men. And I wont shave anything. Period. I am not some Nancy boy. While it is true that I once threw a Honda motorcycle through a wall in a fit of rage, and while it is true that I have infact, twisted a few of my fellow human beings into pretzels, I am for the most part, a harmless man. I enjoy simple things in life. I burp and I fart and have a good time about it. I am not ashamed of it, never have been, never will be. I scratch where it itches, I burp or fart when I feel gassy, and I put my feet up on tables. But I also open doors for ladies, and have perfect manners when the situation demands. I am first and foremost, a Southern Gentleman and believe in chivalry. I just don't believe in being Nancy.

    When did it become wrong to be a man? All this politically correct nonsense.

    Writing this post made me digest just how bad it is.

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    I've had women try to shame me for wearing a kilt, telling me I look like a girl and such nonsense. It's all backwards. What some women fear is men looking and acting like men, without fear of reprisals. They fear men and try to control men, to make them into the sheep that most men have become.

    Men do not naturally behave like women. They are biologically programmed to be men. How could they act like women? Force men to act like women and you psychologically screw them up and cause stress. Not letting natural stress relieving actions happen because boys and girls are treated with the same female based rules is also very unhealthy and causes resentment by boys towards girls.

    I think it has gotten so bad that many people, men and women, actually believe that:
    • Men and women are the same
    • Men are not bigger, stronger, faster
    • Women's brains do not have a larger corpus callosum
    • There are not two genders instead of one unisex model

    Sports is another bee in my bonnet. "It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game" has been bastardised into "Winning is not important."
    What was supposed to be "play with honour" has changed into "play to the level of the slowest boy."

    Competition is very important for boys. It is how they discover where they stand in the tribe. It doesn't have to be physical competition. It can be scholarly, too.

    I could go on and on but I'll leave you with this thought:
    A lot of women are fascinated with men in kilts. Not because of what the guy looks like, but because he is proudly proclaiming he is a man.

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