The Framers Forum

Many of us 'Old Folks' (those over 50, or hovering
near 50) are quite confused about how we should present ourselves.
We are unsure about the kind of image we are projecting and
whether or not we are correct as we try to conform to current
fashions. Despite what you may have seen on the streets, the
following combinations DO NOT go together and should be avoided:

1. A nose ring and bifocals
2. Spiked hair and bald spots
3. A pierced tongue and dentures
4. Mini skirts and support hose
5. Ankle bracelets and corn pads
6.... Speedo's and cellulite
7. A belly button ring and a gall bladder surgery scar
8. Unbuttoned disco shirts and a heart monitor
9. Midriff shirts and a midriff bulge
10. Bikinis and liver spots
11. Short shorts and varicose veins
12. Inline skates and a walker
And last , but not least
13. Thongs and Tena Lady pads
Wot on earth is she showing the bloke?

I was driving though the middle of Lincoln the other week, in a queue of traffic as usual. My attention was drawn to a woman (of a certain age) walking along the pavement across the road. She was wearing a short ra-ra type skirt with white leggings with a flowery pattern. Denim jacket. My first thought was, "What do you look like?". It was only when someone a couple of cars up in the line shouted "Hi-De-Hi!", to her that I realised who she was.

She did shout "Ho-De-Ho!" back. Bless her.

Not only people of a certain age, I've just made a full length mirror for my landing so my teenagers can see what they look like before they go out.17 year old son now realizes jeans halfway down bottom hanging like a nappy full of ---- is not a good look ! every house should have a full length mirror ! bring back the days when a guy walked past in a well fitted pair of jeans and us girls could think nice arse!

I suspect I'm in the process of becoming one of the crimes against aesthetics myself. I sport a ponytail and a hairline which is showing distinct signs of recession

Teresa wrote:bring back the days when a guy walked past in a well fitted pair of jeans and us girls could think nice arse!

In Hackney the boys show off their arses by having the waistband of the jeans just below the bum-cheeks. How they think that looks good, and how they run away from the police dressed like that is anyone's guess. In my day I'd never have worn anything i couldn't run, jump a wall, or shin up(or down) a drainpipe in

The youth of today!

Sorry Simon. The Devil made me do it.


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How did you find that footage? I had no idea i was being filmed

Several years ago I was visiting a friend in Florida whom I hadn’t seen in a few years. He and I were walking on the beach and passed this old guy (maybe late 70’s, early 80’s) coming in the opposite direction. His hair was completely white – head, legs, chest and back.

All he was wearing was a straw hat and a very skimpy, red knitted thong with his belly flopping over the top. The really disturbing thing was that on the front of this thong there was a knitted pocket. In the pocket there was a pack of cigarettes and a lighter peeking out. But, since whoever knitted this thong used very large needles, that was not all that was peeking out. Oooogh!

All I could think about was that he probably used a pick up line for the geriatric women on the beach, “Hey, doll, want a smoke? Here, help yourself.”

I haven’t been able to get that image out of my head for ten years.

Double ooogh!

I dressed like a complete nutter when i was a teenager but when i look at some of what goes on today, i somtimes laugh out loud. This arse hanging out of jeans phenominon is hilarious, I saw someone once with belt AND BRACES (hanging down of course!!) and his jeans dangerously low. I have this weird urge to go and pull them up
i'm sure ripped jeans, studded belts and dr martens couldnt have looked THAT STUPID back in my day, I'd have to ask my parents i guess!

WERE U WEIRD WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG??? (Poss new thread there...)

PS, somone told me that the falling down jeans originates from american prisons and making a statement that you are up for it with anyone, kind of prostitution perhaps? Similar aparently with wrong way round baseball caps, from talking to prison visitors with ur face up against the glass, also from america. (obviously its cool to do time in this culture!!)

I can't bring myself to post THIS PICTURE View from a distance through the wrong end of a pair of binos.

Well you have to admire her confidence I suppose.

danchip1 wrote:PS, somone told me that the falling down jeans originates from american prisons and making a statement that you are up for it with anyone, kind of prostitution perhaps?

The way i heard it told is that it is a prison thing, but not about availability - more the fact that nobody is allowed to have a belt and none of the trousers they are given fit them properly. Same with the unlaced trainers - all laces are confiscated.

danchip1 wrote:obviously its cool to do time in this culture!!

Yes this is certainly the case here in Hackney. Kids do what they like because there is nothing they are afraid of. They know that when they are young nobody can touch them, then when they are old enough to do time they get instant kudos and come out smiling. Its pretty moronic, but as these boys think that society has nothing for them, what can you do? All their role models are hip-hop pop puppets who claim to be gun-toting sociopaths, but are mainly, in reality, just corporate product dressed as bad boys. Rebellion will always sell, and thus capitalism turns all reaction against it into yet more product.

Oops!

Sermon over.

That's what happens when i work Sundays.