johny1i
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Favorite movie of all time, and the first movie I ever remember watching! I used to follow Dan’s blog while he chronicled the restoration of the truck, so when I heard he bought it back from Anthony Fox i started following him again and have been wanting to read his book since I heard him mention it. I just THOUGHT I was the #1 fan! 😳
Exact same scenario for us—2-story on a hill overlooking our backyard. Neighbors for 22 years—they’re retired and we respect them greatly, so I texted them (wanted to have a record) a VERY polite email asking whether it would offend them, and stating that we wouldn’t be nude if they had company/grandkids over, and they replied to knock ourselves out. Removed any stress over the situation.
At an out-of-town resort, a couple said “hey, we recognize you guys!” I said yes, we had seen them at the resort two weeks prior. Husband said “no, from the gym!” (in our hometown). We laughed about it but when we looked each other up on FB, we realized we also had at least 150 “mutual friends” 😳. Small world!
We bounce around a few resorts here in FL and are eager to stretch out further as time and circumstances allow. We have a pretty good number of couples we’re friends with at the communities/campgrounds, and yes, a number of family members know (while a number definitely do NOT lol). By and large, the nudist community is the most welcoming, nonjudgmental group of people I’ve ever met.
Outside of resorts/campgrounds that bring enthusiasts together, it’s TOUGH. We’ve been nudists for years and are still shocked how it can feel so normal at such places and yet absolutely foreign when we step back into everyday life. Keep making the effort though and maybe you’ll have a breakthrough.
I’m glad you touched on multi-ethnic because that should be an even broader goal than just multi-generational. Maintaining core values while creating relevance is a tough balancing act, and it usually requires longtime respected influencers who are willing to sacrifice some degree of personal comfort for the sake of those to come. No different than country clubs, vintage car clubs, etc—same predicaments.
You may consider this crazy, but the entire opening post is EXACTLY what mainline Protestant churches have been debating and struggling to mitigate effectively for the past two decades (if not longer). Regardless of your feelings on religion, a study of the methods utilized by the ones that successfully attracted younger generations versus the ones who finally (and literally) died off could provide very relevant data.
You know, he is probably a bit muscular for that era, but I do believe that physiques were generally closer to that than they are today due to the more laborious lifestyles and less crap in groceries. I look back at photos of my grandparents/relatives and that’s not far off—especially in post-WW2 photos after so many men had served. My depression-era relatives did a better job of maintaining fit figures across the course of their entire lives.
I used to shave my chest, back, butt, and trim everything else tight, until my wife revealed (after MANY years) that she loves rugged body hair on a man… so I guess that’s a chore I no longer have to worry about 😂. A lot of her body hair is either blonde or light so she hasn’t shaved or hardly trimmed anything above the knees in years either—I LOVE the fuzzy thighs so it works well for both of us 🤙🏼