[QUOTE=Emil Miller;1114022]She does now.Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
She happened to pass by the computer as St. Lukes clevage shots were scrolling by, which eventually led to my fessing up about the latest fantasy.
On a serious note, that is a masterpiece in drystack. The batter angle is superb and the rowlock course at the top puts Hadrian's wall to shame.
Wow, where you live is beautiful. Jealous.
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Excuse us while me and GG go all technical. (A masculine thing as well I think)
We call it "Drystone" and top it off with "Coping Stones", but "batter" is the same. I was pleased with it because it was circular - I couldn't use a line band or end templates . So did it completely by eye. It is also next to a wall my Grandad built when he was a teenager.
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Most unfortunate. There's an unwritten law about keeping wives away from computers. Now you'll have to watch your back in case she turns up with a Colt 45 Auto with Ivory hand grips.She does now.
She happened to pass by the computer as St. Lukes clevage shots were scrolling by, which eventually led to my fessing up about the latest fantasy.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I don't think I've ever in my life 'felt masculine'. I mean - what does that mean? Do guys really put up a shelf and get this enhanced sensation of being male? And how do you separate the sensation of being a man from all the other sensations of being yourself? And if there are things that make you feel more masculine (lighting a fire, trapping a mouse) there must be things that make you feel less masculine (slicing a tomato, putting the milk bottles at the door) - so do you go through life with this constant feeling that your own perception of the extent of your masculinity is soaring and diving with every task you undertake?
How wide did you have to make this so it won't fall down? It looked rather tall. It must be 4 feet or more at the base.
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Agreed, I tried to communicate the same thing on the "what makes you feel feminine?" thread.
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Two and a half feet, its all a balancing act really.
Mark and Juniper: Perhaps "Feeling Masculine" is hard to define. I got a good feeling building the wall that I don't get baking scones (which I enjoy.) Perhaps it is a case of nurture dominating nature, society proclaims certain things masculine, and I respond to that .
While I was building it Men would stop and talk about the process. Women would stop and admire it as an object and a task, and Sasha (Who lives in a cottage nearby) would bring tea and cake. Sometimes I let her fill in the middle bits.
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There definitely is something about doing 'big' things that make a bloke feel big, and brave things, and strong things, but I usually do them when no-one's around to distract me (don't want to make mistakes in company)
Not definitely, otherwise no one would disagree with you. And I do.
I really ought to pay more attention when society's proclaiming stuff, because I seem to have made it to my fifties without noticing that building walls is supposed to make people (or is it only men?) feel more masculine. So the question would have to be - if I did build a wall, would I feel more masculine just as a result of doing it, or is this enhanced masculinity thing only going to work if I'm predisposed to expect it when I pick up my first dry stone?
If it's the latter, we can actually construct a useful experiment. We start putting it about that amateur millinery is a masculine thing to do. If we can get that out there as an accepted view, will future generations of men feel more masculine when they fashion an Easter bonnet?
I think it probably is the latter. But knowing that doesn't mean I'm not susceptible.
As a man without any predisposition, you could always build a wall, (or crush an empty beer can or something "masculine") then make a hat and let us know.
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Yea but thats because, you are a total dude. Maybe Mark is a total chick?
Versions of this debate crop up with my wife.
"You should go out the back and get a couple of logs for the fire."
"Er, I'm in the middle of making risotto here. Why don't you go?"
"Bringing firewood in - that's a guy thing."
"We need, like, two small logs - one in each hand. Why's that a guy thing? "
"Because it's what guys do."
"If I said that doing the laundry was a chick thing, you'd go nuts."
"Well - yeah. I mean, how sexist would that be?"
Ah that's annoying. It's like those sexist adverts that are all the rage - where women mock men and it's all a big laugh. They really get my goat.
Edit: Here's a debate upon this pressing topic from the horrendous programme Loose Women (which itself is sexist too to my mind). Be warned this is daytime TV at its worse - I lasted 3 minutes before I had to turn off and that's a record.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEzcOit5LZQ
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Mark and Neely- My husband and I still on occasion have these sorts of conversations and they are rather annoying. We are all for equality of the sexiest, just most of the time. Haha! But one thing that you'll find in our house is we know whose role is whose. I do do most of the cooking, shopping and laundry and he keeps the fire going, does the garbage and brings in the groceries. May be rather traditional, but it works. It doesn't make anyone feel more or less masculine or feminine.
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