On Tuesday, 30 November 2021 at 16:56:01 UTC, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:46:00 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcr...@home.ca>
> wrote:
> >On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:39:14 -0800, Paul S Person
> ><pspe...@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >>As to National Geographic, IIRC there /was/ a market for the older
> >>ones at one time.
> >>
> >>However, since the magazine apparently goes back to 1888, "older" may
> >>mean a lot further back than the 50s.
> >>
> >As anyone who had purchased the 31 DVD set for their significant other
> >would know. (I have not purchased the annual updates given how often
> >she uses it - mostly to mine it for wallpaper....)
> Probably the safest use.
>
> I gave up on it when I read an article that struck me as if it were
> about the Lutheran Rite of Confirmation, but actually described the
> Roman Catholic Sacrament of Confirmation -- and illustrated it with
> pictures of a Bar Mitzvah.
>
> IOW, it had no credibility at all. And it was obvious.
> >When my kids were in their teens they'd grab one of the older disks to
> >see if National Geographic actually did print those topless images of
> >African women that they had heard were common about 100 years
> >ago...(and let's be clear I have two daughters and a son so they
> >weren't exactly seeing it as Playboy Lite)
> And not uncommon a lot later than 100 years ago, I suspect.

I think I recently heard one or more old explorers
in a radio programme - possibly not current but
from the BBC's archives - reflecting sadly that
"nowadays", you go almost anywhere unusual
in the world and you don't see quaint traditional
clothes any more, you see ordinary people wearing
T-shirts and trousers. Yes. Because they're BETTER.

I think they didn't mention what women specifically
started wearing, but I hope that our sisters overseas
now benefit from the inventive insight of Otto Titzling
as well. It's about time.

On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 06:41:32 -0800 (PST), Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, 30 November 2021 at 16:56:01 UTC, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:46:00 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcr...@home.ca>
>> wrote:
>> >On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:39:14 -0800, Paul S Person
>> ><pspe...@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>> >
>> >>As to National Geographic, IIRC there /was/ a market for the older
>> >>ones at one time.
>> >>
>> >>However, since the magazine apparently goes back to 1888, "older" may
>> >>mean a lot further back than the 50s.
>> >>
>> >As anyone who had purchased the 31 DVD set for their significant other
>> >would know. (I have not purchased the annual updates given how often
>> >she uses it - mostly to mine it for wallpaper....)
>> Probably the safest use.
>>
>> I gave up on it when I read an article that struck me as if it were
>> about the Lutheran Rite of Confirmation, but actually described the
>> Roman Catholic Sacrament of Confirmation -- and illustrated it with
>> pictures of a Bar Mitzvah.
>>
>> IOW, it had no credibility at all. And it was obvious.
>> >When my kids were in their teens they'd grab one of the older disks to
>> >see if National Geographic actually did print those topless images of
>> >African women that they had heard were common about 100 years
>> >ago...(and let's be clear I have two daughters and a son so they
>> >weren't exactly seeing it as Playboy Lite)
>> And not uncommon a lot later than 100 years ago, I suspect.
>
>I think I recently heard one or more old explorers
>in a radio programme - possibly not current but
>from the BBC's archives - reflecting sadly that
>"nowadays", you go almost anywhere unusual
>in the world and you don't see quaint traditional
>clothes any more, you see ordinary people wearing
>T-shirts and trousers. Yes. Because they're BETTER.

Or they are what they see on TV shows and/or in movies from what I
suppose can still be called the "First World".

Or because, since they are made there, the clothes cost a lot less.

>I think they didn't mention what women specifically
>started wearing, but I hope that our sisters overseas
>now benefit from the inventive insight of Otto Titzling
>as well. It's about time.

Probably just another thing to blame on the Missionaries.
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 06:41:32 -0800 (PST), Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, 30 November 2021 at 16:56:01 UTC, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:46:00 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcr...@home.ca>
>> wrote:
>> >On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:39:14 -0800, Paul S Person
>> ><pspe...@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>> >
>> >>As to National Geographic, IIRC there /was/ a market for the older
>> >>ones at one time.
>> >>
>> >>However, since the magazine apparently goes back to 1888, "older" may
>> >>mean a lot further back than the 50s.
>> >>
>> >As anyone who had purchased the 31 DVD set for their significant other
>> >would know. (I have not purchased the annual updates given how often
>> >she uses it - mostly to mine it for wallpaper....)
>> Probably the safest use.
>>
>> I gave up on it when I read an article that struck me as if it were
>> about the Lutheran Rite of Confirmation, but actually described the
>> Roman Catholic Sacrament of Confirmation -- and illustrated it with
>> pictures of a Bar Mitzvah.
>>
>> IOW, it had no credibility at all. And it was obvious.
>> >When my kids were in their teens they'd grab one of the older disks to
>> >see if National Geographic actually did print those topless images of
>> >African women that they had heard were common about 100 years
>> >ago...(and let's be clear I have two daughters and a son so they
>> >weren't exactly seeing it as Playboy Lite)
>> And not uncommon a lot later than 100 years ago, I suspect.
>
>I think I recently heard one or more old explorers
>in a radio programme - possibly not current but
>from the BBC's archives - reflecting sadly that
>"nowadays", you go almost anywhere unusual
>in the world and you don't see quaint traditional
>clothes any more, you see ordinary people wearing
>T-shirts and trousers. Yes. Because they're BETTER.
>
>I think they didn't mention what women specifically
>started wearing, but I hope that our sisters overseas
>now benefit from the inventive insight of Otto Titzling
>as well. It's about time.

<https://metaljockey.smugmug.com/photos/198567853-L.jpg> begs to
disagree.

From
<https://advrider.com/f/threads/angola-its-not-like-they-said.269251/>