This is a blog update, which perhaps I am well overdue to produce. However we have had a long run of great stories submitted by our readers, which indeed always seems more satisfying to post than general chit chat about the blog. Yet today I will take advantage of the lull in stories to present some friendly words about where we are at.
Recently I have noticed generous interest by new visitors from Europe and Russia. I certainly welcome all new visitors and I hope they enjoy our format. I suspect that some have come to enjoy our photos alone, but hopefully all will a discover and appreciate the many fine stories that are shared here. I like to choose and present a picture to accompany each story that might bring a greater appreciation for the story, but we will never function solely as a picture blog. Therefore, I still welcome those guests who might have linked to us due to an interesting photo, however I invite all to take some time reading a few stories. I believe you will likely find a thread that touches upon your own memories or thoughts, stirring something deep within. I ask for your continued support if you might take some time to place a comment or memory in any story. If you want to tell a complete story you may certainly do so.
Please review our FAQ page for suggestions on submitting a long story. But if you have just a few random thoughts that you feel tells a story, you can outline it for our readers in a comment to appreciate how much your life might parallel their own. Honestly, how often do you get to tell about rare pleasurable moments, unique and treasured in your retrospect, but this telling might otherwise cast a darkness upon most social conversations. So obviously, OOTS4U is probably your moment and venue to share those long suppressed thoughts and memories.
I am touched lately by some long-time readers, in particular those of you have become closer to the nest and sadly to the couple of you who have taken a more distant position due to difficult home situations. I understand and appreciate everyone who makes us a part of their day or week. As a suggested highlight for the 2 special readers who recently extended special interest for the blog, I am featuring the pictures they have shared with me this week......And a couple of my own selections including some special pics from friends.
Eric-
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| Look at all the lil' Eisenhower era baby-boomer dudes! About 1955? Hair greased and combed! Shirts with collars. Everybody with their carton of milk... Half of me wishes I'd been there and the rest of me is glad I wasn't! |
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| What's that teenage boy doing on your couch?He's probs just hungry right. |
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| Alex muy atractivo con churros en la boca |
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| just Josh |
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| MG's Lucas |
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| Alex esta mas Guapo |
Re: Baby boomer picture. Say what you will, every one of those 50's lads had a standard set of functioning equipment. Boys being boys, they surely performed regular performance evaluations on themselves and their pals. They look very conformist, yet they must have had a private life behind closed doors. All the hair grease in the world couldn't alter basic boyhood needs.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of boys of another generation, this reminds me of an obscure piece of history I read while researching an American History project many years ago. No surprise to any of us, boys masturbated even in colonial days. I don't remember the exact statement, but masters in one of the colonies were empowered to flog their young apprentices who were caught masturbating. Any boy who seduced other boys to do the same was to be locked in the stocks for 24 hours. Thank God for modern privacy!
ReplyDeleteThe guy on this end, the one with two boxes of milk. The way his hair is combed attracts my interest. He must have worked hard on that hair to make himself appealing. I bet the boomer boys were not as innocent as they seemed. But they had to know how to keep secrets.
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