Jim and Doug, Photos

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:03 pm

Jim requested the photo of him and his wife, so here it is.

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:05 pm

Hey wait a minute!

Everyone has the same tailor!

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:18 pm

chas wrote:Doug, what a beautiful house! When was it built? My wife and I had a gabled Cape Cod when we were first married. I'd just tell first-time visitors to look for the gingerbread house on the left.

The house was built in the 1930's. We are two blocks away from Butler University and very close to the canal trail and White River that runs through Indianapolis.

For what it's worth, and that isn't very much, I don't usually wear socks with sandals when I am around the house. However, when I am going out or have company coming, I wear socks to cover the tatoos on my ankles and feet. Frankly, I see nothing wrong with wearing sandals and socks together.

Liney Bear · Post by **Liney Bear** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:41 pm

Doug_Tipple wrote:Jim requested the photo of him and his wife, so here it is.

I know the sides are switched, but for some reason, I was reminded of:

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:42 pm

Doug_Tipple wrote:Frankly, I see nothing wrong with wearing sandals and socks together.

Ahhhh, Doug, Doug....... Nothing "wrong" about it at all, indeed - absolutely a fixed part of the English scout master image.

Rights and wrongs aside, it is something that southern Europeans deride with a mixture of horror and astonishment in British tourists of a certain type.

Lovely knees (and zinnias), though.

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:10 pm

It's actually more like this:

ImNotIrish · Post by **ImNotIrish** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:26 pm

Doug_Tipple wrote:
chas wrote:Doug, what a beautiful house! When was it built? My wife and I had a gabled Cape Cod when we were first married. I'd just tell first-time visitors to look for the gingerbread house on the left.
The house was built in the 1930's. We are two blocks away from Butler University and very close to the canal trail and White River that runs through Indianapolis.

For what it's worth, and that isn't very much, I don't usually wear socks with sandals when I am around the house. However, when I am going out or have company coming, I wear socks to cover the tatoos on my ankles and feet. Frankly, I see nothing wrong with wearing sandals and socks together.

Ah, Doug....

I'm just pulling yer bootstraps.
I wear my Keens with socks ALL the time!
Arbo

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:29 pm

Photos of tattoo'd ankles please?

weedie · Post by **weedie** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:45 pm

Yep..socks and sandals....a major fashion crime here in OZ...and ...socks and thongs !!.....jeez,thats a pending prison sentence !!..

The Fashion Police dont understand that it's very practical attire and,on occasion, I'm guilty of the crime myself.....
Nice pics,lovely house and grounds.......
Yes please,can we now have the pics of the ankle tatts ???

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:03 pm

KO and I look dour only because the sun was directly
in our eyes.
Also the lady in American Gothic
didn't box, unlike ma femme, who really packs
a wallop. I bob, I weave. If I were younger I'd
be one of the great defensive middle weights.

I want to see Doug's tattoos, too, but he always
wears socks. One can only imagine....

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:05 pm

Quick, Doug! Look over Jim's right shoulder! I see long, cylindrical things that haven't yet been cut up and drilled full of holes!

Thanks for posting. It's always nice to get that personal connection!

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:07 pm

Hey, forward this thread to devondancer (once the ankle tattoos are posted.) That will cheer her up.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:22 pm

crookedtune wrote:Quick, Doug! Look over Jim's right shoulder! I see long, cylindrical things that haven't yet been cut up and drilled full of holes!

Thanks for posting. It's always nice to get that personal connection!

Didn't Doug post about those after he had made them?

treeshark · Post by **treeshark** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:22 am

I defense of the sock and sandal fans, a broken roman bronze statue was unearthed a few years ago in London... just the sandaled foot survived... complete with socks. If he was an emperor I expect they were purple...

Jack Bradshaw · Post by **Jack Bradshaw** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:16 am

treeshark wrote:I defense of the sock and sandal fans, a broken roman bronze statue was unearthed a few years ago in London... just the sandaled foot survived... complete with socks. If he was an emperor I expect they were purple...

Yup..that's what got me to give up on shoes and boots...woolies and sandles in the winter.....you wouldnt believe how much warmer and drier the tootsies are !