tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64436476615939818732024-02-19T07:54:07.781+00:00Rodos's Naturist NatterI have been a nudist most of my life so these are my views, activities and thoughts on naturism and social nudity.Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-85777486917646787812016-02-08T13:45:00.000+00:002016-02-08T14:06:33.472+00:00Twitter - Controlling Followers<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keeping Control of My Twitter Followers</b></span><br />
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Anyone who has a Twitter account will know that other Twitter users often show up in your Notifications feed with a notification informing you that they are Following your account. This is a very useful service provided by Twitter and one which you should make use of to keep control of accounts who Follow you. Twitter has another very useful facility called Block which you can use to block unwanted accounts from having access to your account and timeline. This is all very helpful to keep control of which Followers have access to your account.<br />
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One of the biggest issues for many Tweeters is keeping control of Followers made more difficult because you have to scroll through all your Notifications to find out who has Followed you and if you do this at random, occasional intervals it becomes a mammoth task. Thankfully internet technology offers many different opportunities to make life easier. I have tried a number of different methods of automating the control of my own Twitter timeline with varying degrees of success. I am now using a couple of technologies which seem to provide the easiest and most efficient methods to control my Twitter Followers. The methods I use are not fully automatic and may not be suitable or practical for other Twitter users but may be worth considering. Firstly I weed out unwanted Followers daily by using an automatic process to notify me of new Followers then I review each account manually and decide whether to apply the Twitter Block or not. Secondly I use the Twitter Block List to pass on to fellow Tweeters who usually block similar accounts so that they can automatically Block the same accounts as those blocked by me. I will now explain each of the two processes in detail for anyone who wishes to try the same methods.<br />
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<b>A) Daily Control of Followers</b><br />
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Controlling Followers daily is the most efficient method I have found as it only takes a few minutes rather than occasionally trying to a marathon blocking session. There are essentially two components to this process, an automated notification component and a manual filtering component. The first component employs a free automated notification system called IFTTT.com sending a notification to your email address, then the second manual component requires you to check your emails and using the emails from IFTTT.com go to the Twitter account which has followed you and review it then decide if you want to block it or not. During the Block process I usually post a Tweet on my Timeline to notify other Followers that I have Blocked the specific account. Finally delete or archive the IFTTT.com email.<br />
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<u>The Automated Component</u><br />
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<li>Go to ifttt.com and register for a free account</li>
<li>Create a Recipe to send an email every time you have a new Follower</li>
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<li>Select the <i>Channels </i>page</li>
<li>Find the <i>Twitter Channel</i> and register your Twitter account with the Twitter Channel</li>
<li>Find the native <i>IFTTT Email Channel</i> and register your email address with the Email Channel</li>
<li>Go to the <i>My Recipes</i> page and click <i>Create a Recipe</i> button</li>
<li>On the <i>Create a Recipe</i> page click the blue word <u><b><span style="color: blue;">this</span></b></u> </li>
<li>Search for and select <i>Twitter</i> (the Channel registered to your Twitter account)</li>
<li>On the <i>Choose a Trigger</i> page (step 2 of 7) select the <i>New Follower</i> box</li>
<li>On the <i>Complete Trigger Fields</i> (step 3 of 7) click <i>Create Trigger</i> button</li>
<li>On the page click the blue word <u><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">that</span></b></u> </li>
<li>On the <i>Choose Action Channel</i> page (step 4 of 7) search and select the <i>IFTTT Email Channel</i> (registered to your email account)</li>
<li>On the <i>Choose an Action</i> page (step 5 of 7) select <i>Send me an email</i> </li>
<li>On the <i>Complete Action Fields</i> (step 6 of 7) you can leave the default settings as they are, click on the <i>Create Recipe</i> button.</li>
<li>You can review your <i>Recipe</i> and make changes if you so wish. If you make changes don't forget to click the <i>Update </i>button at the bottom of the last page of the <i>Recipe</i> </li>
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<li>You will now start receiving email notifications each time your Twitter account receives a new Follower</li>
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<u>The Manual Component</u><br />
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<li>When you check your emails, open the notification emails from ifttt.com</li>
<li>Click on the Twitter account link in the email</li>
<li>Review the Follower account and decide whether to Block the account</li>
<li>Go back to your emails and delete or archive the email you have just processed</li>
<li>Repeat the steps above for each notification received from ifttt.com</li>
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I personally find that I receive between 5 and 10 emails per day and by dealing with them every day the chore of keeping my timeline and Follower List free of unwanted accounts becomes quite manageable as it only takes a few minutes every day rather than a marathon weekly or monthly session. </div>
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<b>B) Sharing Twitter Block Lists</b><br />
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Twitter now has a facility to export the list of Twitter accounts which you have blocked so that you can share the list with other Twitter users of your choice so that they can import your list into their account to automatically block the same accounts.<br />
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I am not going to rewrite the process of exporting and importing Twitter Block Lists so to find out how to go about it take a look at <a href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/117063?lang=en">Blocking accounts on Twitter</a><br />
I usually share my own Blocked List with some of my Twitter Followers by providing them with a link to a shared location in the Cloud on the internet. Some of my Followers also share their Block List with me therefore we both benefit by quickly blocking mutually unwanted accounts.<br />
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<b>C) Conclusion</b><br />
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In conclusion, I am open to suggestions for better or alternative methods of controlling Twitter Followers from other Twitter users. Please leave feedback and or suggestions in the comments below.<br />
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<br />Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-85023926077656476612015-11-28T11:53:00.002+00:002015-11-28T11:53:47.102+00:00<h2>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>An excellent post about one person's journey into their naturist lifestyle...</i></span></h2>
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I Think I’ve Been a Nudist at Heart All Along, Come to Think of It… (And I Never Realized It ‘til Now)</div>
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Buck here. This morning I woke up real early because I just started thinking about being a nudist. As you guys probably already know, I “officially” came out as a nudist last November just before my 24<sup style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup> birthday and was raised in a non-nudist family. But come to think of it, I think my love for being naked may actually have roots in the early stages of my life—and I think I’ve been a nudist at heart my entire life, but I never wanted to actually admit it.</div>
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While I was thinking about this, I started watching “The Puppy Episode” of Ellen DeGeneres’s 90s sitcom, <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ellen</i>, online, when she comes out as a lesbian. Even though I’m not gay, I thought about Ellen talking to her therapist (Oprah Winfrey) after coming out to a fellow lesbian she met, who worked with an old boyfriend of Ellen’s. While talking with her therapist, Ellen talked about times back in high school and junior high when she started having feelings for other women. So then, she and Oprah started discussing how Ellen had these feelings bottled up inside and never acted on them, and Ellen thought if she ignored those impulsions, over time the feeling would go away because she just wanted to live a normal life.</div>
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Well thinking about Ellen’s character on the show in this situation, I thought about how I’ve had an impulsion inside for years about not wanting to wear clothes. When I was little, about 5 or so, I used to like to walk or run around the yard naked. Sometimes in our swimming pool at home around the time I was about 10 or 12, I just wanted to take my bathing suit off and swim naked. It wasn’t any sexual tension or anything, I just wanted to feel what it was like to take off my clothes (but I was always afraid to act on it)—and I had no idea what a nudist was at that time. Then I first saw the movie “The Goonies” when I was in 8<sup style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup> grade, I was 13, and inside Mikey Walsh (Sean Astin)’s home in the movie, there was a small statue of Michelangelo’s David on the living room table, which Chunk (Jeff Cohen), of course, knocked over and broke the genitals off (Mikey’s mom’s “favorite piece”)—I thought about the story of David in the bible about when he refused to wear the fancy battle uniform the king gave him to defeat Goliath, and how the statue depicts him with his sling and stone and him being completely naked, with nothing sexual about it—and I thought again of my obsession for casual non-sexual nudity. Afterwards, I noticed my mom had a big book all about Michelangelo hidden way back in my little brother’s closet, and I started looking at other artwork Michelangelo created which contained casual non-sexual nudity, including the vault of the Sistine Chapel, and the creation of Adam and Eve. One time I think I was 15, and I was up north with my mom for Labor Day weekend—we were at the beach, but I really wanted to get naked, so I went up to the beach house to use the bathroom and just walked around naked—but I was afraid to come outside without a bathing suit on, because I didn’t want to get into trouble.</div>
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For the longest time, I tried to forget these situations, and wanted to just move on and live a normal life—I thought something was wrong with me, but I wanted to forget it, thinking something was wrong with me or people would think I was a pervert. True, my sexual hormones did come up in my late teens and for a while I watched a lot of porn after I turned 18, but after a while, it just got old fast. I liked being naked, but the sexual aspect of it just got old fast and I didn’t want to think about porn anymore. And again, I just wanted to be naked just for the freedom of it, but again for the longest time I was afraid to act on it, thinking something was still wrong with me.</div>
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Finally, a couple years ago, I noticed the show “Naked and Afraid” browsing through the channel guide on TV—I started watching it, and found it was just a survival show where people are completely naked for 21 days without any standard essentials needed to survive in tough terrains. I came to like it, and actually got naked myself while watching these episodes. But things really took off around that same time because I also happened to be in college and I really needed a job to make some money. I saw this ad for an art model, and the description was about that this was a nude art model position. At first I took the job mainly for the money (or so I wanted to believe at the time), but after a while of doing it, that feeling of liking to be naked just came back and I really didn’t care anymore about people seeing me naked. I ended up doing the modeling gig for the rest of my time attending college—and after a year and a half of doing that, just before I turned 24, I figured this is who I truly am. I like being naked, and I don’t have to hide it anymore. I really am a nudist, and there’s no reason to be scared about taking my clothes off.</div>
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So come to think of it, I think I have been a nudist all along. It just took me the longest time to realize it.</div>
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Have you ever felt this way? You feel your nudist roots may have spread back way before you decided to become a nudist? I’d like to hear your story too!</div>
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Best to all, and stay nude!</div>
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Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-3847030438930358812015-02-25T23:47:00.001+00:002015-02-25T23:47:13.257+00:00Clothes free Living: Nudefest<a href="http://nudeweatherman.blogspot.com/2015/02/nudefest.html?spref=bl">Clothes free Living: Nudefest</a>: I promised several people I would write about Nudefest, the UKRodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-46378324121279689522014-10-24T19:21:00.000+01:002014-10-24T19:21:24.318+01:00Trying to Explain Naturism<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">it can be difficult if one </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">hasn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> experienced it."</span></span></i></div>
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<br />Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-21265874512000236982013-12-30T03:38:00.000+00:002013-12-30T03:38:36.861+00:00Naturists - The Next Generation<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a recent discussion on Twitter with a 21 year old mother of 2 from the USA it became clear that she & her husband have very sensible views on bringing up their children to accept nudity and their bodies as they are. As a grandfather myself, I totally respect and admire these parents for their sensible decision to raise their children without the common hangups or prejudices about themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the things she said during the conversation was, "<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b>Being a child is hard enough without being made ashamed of who you are</b></i></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">." </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That statement hit me like a steel bolt because my attempt at parenthood flashed before my eyes and I realized that I had been guilty of having misguided my own kids. This wonderful mother then went on to say, "</span></span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b>People are so worried about sexuality that they don't understand stripping away the mystery takes away the allure</b>.</i></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">" Another statement which is so obvious that most people are not aware of its benefits. The young woman went on to say that most of the parents she knows in the 18 to 30 age bracket have similar open-minded views. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we grow older and become more exposed to the barrage of media propaganda about the necessity to cover ourselves because we are conditioned to believe that our bodies are so shameful and imperfect that they should not be visible to anyone else. We mature into adults with such prude, distorted and prejudiced ideas about body image that we are unable to accept our own bodies for the natural wonders that they are. Adults have grown up believing that their bodies are so sinful, offensive, repugnant and unclean that they should always be covered and hidden behind an outer shield of clothing and never be exposed to anyone else except during sexual encounters with partners. </span></div>
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</div>Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-66560975809314520222012-05-18T08:37:00.000+01:002012-05-18T08:37:56.972+01:00Natural Is Criminal<div style="text-align: center;">
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Currently people who are nude in public can at any moment be arrested (and usually it happens more swiftly than somebody stealing your car or robbing your house) and be branded a criminal, all because they made a clothing choice. <br />
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We are all built with essentially the same components, with slight variations for the male and female of the species, yet we find it uncomfortable or offensive to see someone who is not wearing any clothing. I'm not saying that everyone should be naked all the time but I don't understand why it is unacceptable to be as natural as the day we were born when we wish to be. Naturists are people who reject the idea that body parts are more offensive than attitudes.<br />
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Why is it that as we grow older and supposedly wiser, we find nudity increasingly difficult to accept, to the point where it becomes illegal to be unclothed in the vicinity of other people? Why should there be laws preventing us from continuing to be the way we were born? Is it because as we grow older and become more interested in procreation and sex begins to have a greater influence on our lives that we find it increasingly difficult to comprehend that nudity and sex are two separate things. It is quite feasible to have sex without being naked, likewise it is just as feasible to be naked without having sex. Unfortunately society seems to experience great difficulty in accepting those facts.<br />
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It is only the human race that is so ashamed of their natural bodies that they feel the compelling need to cover and disguise themselves with artificial materials and coverings. People who chose to accept their natural bodies and are comfortable in the company of others are discriminated against by society for simply being natural. It is no shame to be naked, it is just such a shame that so many people cannot or will not experience the benefits and pleasure of it. Law makers, politicians and conservatives forget that the nude human body in itself is NOT the criminal act, but it is what you do with it that may be criminal.<br />
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It is against the law to discriminate against other ethnic, religious or minority groups practicing their beliefs. In the case of naturists it is this minority group which is deemed to be illegal when they practice their beliefs. Why should naturists be singled out as the exception to the general law against discrimination? There are already laws in place which protect people from other people who want to be trouble makers. Simply being nude anywhere, is not being a nuisance, it is being human. The very idea that my body in its most natural and normal state as being criminal, is repugnant to me. <br />
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<br />Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-87131965070053462932012-04-04T16:50:00.000+01:002012-04-04T16:50:49.911+01:00Violence & murder vs naturism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The court heard he had been particularly interested in a Coronation Street storyline involving the character John Stape, wherein he had murdered a woman with a hammer and then left her body in the wreckage of a tram crash. It was also revealed the boy had been watching violent horror films since he was eight and had viewed the film Saw hours before killing his mother.</div>
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Children frequently mimic the actions of people that they admire which is all part of learning how to deal with various situations in life. The problem arises when children are not provided with sufficient moral guidance and clear definitions of what is right and wrong. This is not the first time that a child has imitated something that they have seen on tv and in films with devaststing consequences.<br />
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What I don't understand is that violence & murder seems to be acceptable for an age restricted audience but non-sexual nudity & naturism is not acceptable for any audience.<br />
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTgn0mFgy8h86-VEYJ2PsXEJsesIQ7wOgywVypWVkG99KibEDKaUw" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTgn0mFgy8h86-VEYJ2PsXEJsesIQ7wOgywVypWVkG99KibEDKaUw" width="320" /></a>I cannot understand why people pay good money to view images or violence, gore and human suffering yet these same people express shock and horror that naturists shed their clothes and enjoy being naked which is perfectly natural.<img src="https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSW-qs2D_uq3KiReFcvxmCpS8W6qx6eD6oOpVfIjRReqKymNJ1kcw" /> It seems that the horrors in life are socially acceptable but the natural naked body is not. Has the world gone mad, why does society accept gruesome suffering yet not accept the natural beauty of the naked human form.Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-6523124764062313272011-11-05T23:28:00.000+00:002011-11-05T23:28:59.838+00:00Summer Holiday - A Typical Day<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first sip of morning coffee is so refreshing and rejuvenating and it starts off another wonderful day of our family seaside holiday. Shortly after going outside the awning with my mug of coffee, Yvonne comes out of the caravan, picks up her mug of coffee and joins the rest of us sitting outside in the fresh morning air. There is a gentle breeze rustling through the trees while the rhythmic sound of the waves on the beach introduces a new and exciting day. Soon after the sun exposes itself from behind the mountains the boys are wanting to go go down to the beach so we all head off the the ablution block to wash and brush up before breakfast. The ablution block is usually quite a busy place in the morning so there is sometimes a long wait, but most people are always very friendly and cheerful.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breakfast usually consists of cereals and toast with tea or coffee, but some mornings we decide to have a fried breakfast instead. Whatever we have for breakfast we all set about our individual tasks and soon the breakfast is ready and we are all tucking in.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With breakfast over there are the dishes to wash and beds to be made before heading off down to the beach. Once again each of us has our own jobs to do and it doesn't take long before everything is done and we are collecting up our towels, umbrellas and beach gear and walking down to find ourselves a spot on the beach. While walking down to the beach past other people outside their caravans there is always a friendly greeting or a wave and sometimes a quick chat before continuing on our way. We have found most campers at the campsite are friendly and often ready for a chat or to lend a helping hand.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Selecting a spot on the beach we set up the umbrellas while the boys lay the towels out on the sand, then it is a race to see who can get into the sea first. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The water is usually calm and relatively warm because it is in a bay and therefore protected from the open sea.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard and his eldest son Bradley often take the goggles and snorkels and go off snorkeling around the bay together. They have seen some wonderful sea creatures and multitudes of small fish and on one of their excursions they came across a fair sized octopus rummaging around on the seabed. Occasionally Yvonne and I go snorkeling together in the shallow waters of the bay where we have also seen numerous small fish of different types and colours. The younger boys love taking leftover bread and toast down to the water where they have such fun feeding the fish.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Several people take bread down and spend a considerable amount of time totally fascinated with the antics of the fish competing for the pieces of food tossed into the water for them. There are so many fish all struggling to get a piece of bread that the water becomes a boiling mass of thrashing fish all vying for the food. Last year Yvonne & I bought an underwater camera so that we could film the fish during the feeding frenzy as well as film things we see whilst snorkeling. We usually spend the mornings sunbathing on the beach or swimming and playing in the sea, but by about 12 noon it becomes too hot on the beach and the sand is too hot to walk on so we usually go back to the caravan for a cold meat and salad lunch which we eat at the table outside in the shade under a tarpaulin.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We all help to prepare the lunch, lay the table and pour out the cold drinks and it is not long before we are all busy enjoying a lovely cold and healthy meal. Occasionally we decide to have a change and go to the Beach Bar for a couple of drinks and a meal rather than preparing lunch ourselves. The meals on offer at the Beach Bar are typically Spanish and quite different from our UK meals but are interesting and generally quite tasty. The Beach Bar is always very popular as it is easily accessible from the beach and it has a pleasant atmosphere with easy access to the main swimming pool area.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The photo above shows a view of the swimming pool area showing the thick lawns with trees & palms which provide ample shade from the harsh afternoon sun. The smaller pool in the photo is the young childrens' shallow pool, and there is always a life saver on duty in case of accidents. Both pools are kept clean and the lush lawns are always well trimmed. Our grandsons love going to the swimming pool in the afternoons because they make friends with other children and have so much fun in the water while us adults enjoy lazing on the grass and getting nicely tanned. We usually spend most afternoons at the pool before stopping in at the Beach Bar on the way back to the caravan, for drinks and ice creams. Before preparing dinner some of us take a walk up to the campsite supermarket to buy our basic daily supplies. Back at the caravan Richard gets the barbecue fire going and he & Irene usually prepare the evening meal then Yvonne and I do the washing up after the meal, while the kids lend a helping hand with the meal and the dish washing.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The warm evenings are usually spent sitting around the remaining barbecue fire chatting while the kids watch movies on their Dad's laptop or play games on their little games consoles. Some evenings we go down to the beach the kids can play games or we occasionally go to the Beach Bar if they have any live entertainment arranged. Usually at around 9:30pm we all go for showers and then get ready for bed as we are all pretty tired at the end of the day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: white;">This story reads and sounds like many other accounts of holiday activities, and for the most part it is just another holiday story. There is one main exception with this story of mine which you may, or may not have noticed, there is no mention of clothing or getting dressed. Even when shopping in the local camp supermarket we don't wear clothes. This is my account of a typical day during one of our naturist holidays, and it only goes to show that naturists are the same as everyone else and they do the same things as everyone else with the exception that they don't wear clothes.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: white;">Naturists live their lives much the same as anyone else and go about their daily activities much the same as anyone else but do it all while being comfortably naked. Naturists are not perverts, wierdos, sex-maniacs or any of the other names we are labeled with, we are normal people leading normal lives like everyone else but with a preference to be clothes free as often as practically possible.</i></span><br />
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.8355958333704621" style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Personally, I am not fond of clothing, I cannot say I dislike it because it does have its advantages at times but I prefer to be clothes-free whenever possible. I have my own views about the advantages and disadvantages of wearing clothing, which I will attempt to convey in the following paragraphs.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clothing restricts the skin's natural ability to breathe properly and often restricts the body's normal blood flow. Modern fashion styles are very close fitting and therefore tend to restrict normal blood flow more than loose fitting clothing. Some of the clothing is so tight that the person wearing it must surely be very uncomfortable and must often experience 'pins and needles' because of restricted blood flow.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Skin is the largest organ of the body and forms a protective layer between the inner tissues and the external environment. Being clothes-free allows the body to function as it was designed to do by the Creator. A naked body can breathe and absorb natural sunlight more efficiently and therefore it is able to regenerate and repair itself more effectively. When the body is free of clothing it can better regulate its own temperature at normal healthy levels. Being naked has many health benefits but it is not without its hazards as well. Naturists are generally more aware of their skin than non-naturists and therefore they usually take more care to ensure their skin is healthy. One of the biggest hazards on the skin is excessive exposure to the sun's UV rays so extra care should be taken when sunbathing or when exposed to the sun.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Without clothing the body can move, breathe, stretch and regulate body temperature naturally. The free flow of air over the body allows the layer of sweat on the skin to evaporate and cool the skin surface. When the skin is exposed to the elements it is subject to natural exfoliation rather than having a build up of stale sweat and dead skin cells as happens under clothing. Naturists feel a sense of freedom and relief as they shed their clothing and their bodies begin to function naturally again.</span></span><br />
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</div>Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-51865683912099434552011-09-14T03:59:00.002+01:002011-09-14T03:59:41.383+01:00Being naked...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Being naked is the joy of being human.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Being naked is the freedom to be human.<br />Being naked is our birthright.<br />Anyone who is ashamed of the beautiful nude and natural human body, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">is ashamed of being human.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">It's that simple.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>I saw this on the <a href="http://i-naked.info/">i-naked.info</a> website and it really impressed me by its simple and powerful message.</i></span>Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-23244015484673630312011-08-19T07:15:00.012+01:002011-08-19T08:20:37.820+01:00What is wrong with being naked?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">In my opinion there is nothing offensive about being naked and I feel sorrow for those who are offended by nudity because by their action they are openly admitting that their minds are corrupt by thoughts commonly linking unsavory sex and nudity.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is not necessary to be naked to indulge in sex, similarly it is not necessary to indulge in sex when naked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't understand why people find nudity to be offensive, after all we are born naked and as children we are not concerned about being naked. Generally young children prefer to be naked rather than be clothed. It is only our upbringing and the pressures of the society that we live in that make us self conscious and become offended by nudity. The main reason for adults being offended by public nudity is the fact that most people cannot separate sex from nakedness. Generally people cannot understand that being naked is not always linked to sexual activities. Whilst sex is usually associated with nudity, nudity is often not associated to sex.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nudity in itself is not offensive, it is the lewd sexual connotations that are frequently associated with nudity that make it seem to be offensive. What is so offensive about the human skin that we feel the need to keep part of our bodies covered? Genitals and mammaries are as much an integral part of our human structure as any other part of our bodies so why are they deemed to be offensive if not because of the unsavory sexual connections we perceive in our tainted minds?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naturists thoroughly enjoying the sea</td></tr>
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">There is nothing offensive in the mind of the Creator, it is all in the corrupted mind of the beholder.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Summary of the benefits of social nudity</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div>Greater experiential appreciation for the beauty and dignity of the body.<br />
A greater feeling of unity with others, as external fences of clothing are removed.<br />
A greater appreciation for our masculinity and femininity as we become convinced of how good it is to be a man or a woman.<br />
Many people suffer from feelings of not being accepted. Social nudity has proven to be marvelous therapy for this psychological malady.<br />
Unnecessary curiosity about the naked body will be replaced by normal curiosity about differences.<br />
The false, puritanical shame ingrained in us by our upbringing is overcome.<br />
Children exposed to social nudity are more likely to grow up with healthy attitudes towards their bodies.<br />
Nudity promotes a healthy respect and trust of each other and our environment.<br />
Nudity is healthy because it exposes the whole body to the air and sun, and gives people an added incentive to be fit.<br />
Nudity is more recreative, more joyful, and thus our recreation is more effective.<br />
Who truly prefers a bathing suit to a birthday suit? By being accustomed to nudity we can react maturely to social situations of nudity that used to embarrass us, such as locker rooms, gang showers, hospitals, and modest nudity in cinema and art.<br />
We will not hypocritically admire the nude only in art, but in reality as well.<br />
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<i>The summary above was extracted from an article titled:</i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><strong>NUDITY IS NATURAL AND WHOLESOME </strong></span><i>written by</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><strong>:</strong></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><strong>Liberated Christians</strong><br />
PO Box 55045, Phoenix AZ 85078-5045</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The complete article is available at </span></span><a href="http://www.libchrist.com/bible/nudity.html">http://www.libchrist.com/bible/nudity.html</a> It is an excellent article and well worth taking the time to read through.<br />
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</div>Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-974472183562288872011-08-06T00:12:00.000+01:002011-08-06T00:12:20.944+01:00Naturist Walk..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the beginning of the week it was so hot and sunny that I just had to get some fresh air so I took a walk in a nearby wooded area wearing my 'natural attire'. To get there I had to wear shorts and shirt while walking through the village but one in the vicinity I was able to get comfortable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite area is just over there...</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">This particular part of the area is seldom visited by other people so it offers the perfect location to shed the clothes and enjoy naturism at its very best.</div></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thoroughly enjoy just strolling along the overgrown paths while listening to the birds in the trees and watching the insects bees flying from flower to flower busy with their daily chores. I could spend hours sitting among the bushes and vines watching the insects scurrying between the dead leaves and up & down the trees in their hunt for food and nesting materials.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Listening to the birds in the trees...</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">To be naked in such natural surroundings is a truly invigorating experience which always makes me feel refreshed and re-energized. To spend time surrounded by the beauty and tranquility of nature is a really special treat that I look forward to during the hot summer months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I always feel a twinge of regret when I have to leave the area and drag on my shorts for the walk back home down the road through the village. In the back of my mind is always the notion that I will always be able to go back to my favorite wooded area again before the summer is over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-74842568380897003972011-07-08T23:26:00.000+01:002011-07-08T23:26:04.370+01:00Naturist friendly summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3hnt6_Zd4D4/Thd6KohM8SI/AAAAAAAAAmw/AVye7lddDNU/s1600/DSCF0425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3hnt6_Zd4D4/Thd6KohM8SI/AAAAAAAAAmw/AVye7lddDNU/s320/DSCF0425.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So far this year the weather in the UK has been very friendly towards all of us who prefer the clothes free lifestyle. The other day it was so warm and gloriously sunny that I took the opportunity to go out and mow the lawn in the nude.<br />
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Last week was so wonderfully warm and sunny that I felt compelled to be totally natural and take a stroll in the woods and get as close to nature as I could. To strip off and stroll naked through the peaceful environment with the sound of the birds in the trees and the rustle of the breeze in the trees is a rich energy boost.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UQcv22EZgT4/Thd8Mpx2g1I/AAAAAAAAAm0/Phl62jSBCog/s1600/Screenshot-DSCF0392.AVI-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UQcv22EZgT4/Thd8Mpx2g1I/AAAAAAAAAm0/Phl62jSBCog/s320/Screenshot-DSCF0392.AVI-1.png" width="320" /></a></div>To feel the sun and breeze all over is very sensual and the vulnerability of being naked heightens the senses and rejuvenates the body. Filling my lungs with the fresh country air and breathing in the aromas of the woods is so invigorating and refreshing. Whenever I am fortunate enough to be able to take a naturist stroll in the woods I always come home feeling like I have stepped back in time and am several years younger. I always return feeling totally recharged and invigorated.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HRlXo7fzrjs/TheAPiYCqDI/AAAAAAAAAm4/7T1vfTeQ47A/s1600/Screenshot-DSCF0394.AVI-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HRlXo7fzrjs/TheAPiYCqDI/AAAAAAAAAm4/7T1vfTeQ47A/s320/Screenshot-DSCF0394.AVI-1.png" width="320" /></a></div>I always feel a little regret when I have to go back to collect my clothes and get dressed for the walk down the road to return home. It would be absolutely fantastic if I could leave my clothes at home and just go walking down the road and stroll in the woods to 'recharge my batteries' before walking back home in the nude. Having to drag on clothing before going home makes me feel like I'm insulting Mother Nature and slamming a door in Her face after She has made me feel so enriched and natural in her tranquil beauty.Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-13877183384137800112011-03-03T09:22:00.002+00:002011-03-03T09:31:24.625+00:00Nude is not rudeI just like to be clothes free and wear the suit that I was born in. I love my 1 button suit because it is so easy to launder and it always fits perfectly.Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443647661593981873.post-44780679717533669462011-02-13T08:54:00.003+00:002011-03-01T09:47:42.594+00:00In the beginning<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSFVilRt9YFTjFmgxjHN2yOGxNbkWYyqPnE0tj6VMaLg2-Ui6h-mNzpSCtDugTbcUUJhizDQFqSxWNgbzqoUQI78WPHWNLC50Eq49fUXC2K21Yv4s6HIih_OLlVl-Jv01c78XdYzKdLGr/s1600/Roy+and+Prince+-+1961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSFVilRt9YFTjFmgxjHN2yOGxNbkWYyqPnE0tj6VMaLg2-Ui6h-mNzpSCtDugTbcUUJhizDQFqSxWNgbzqoUQI78WPHWNLC50Eq49fUXC2K21Yv4s6HIih_OLlVl-Jv01c78XdYzKdLGr/s200/Roy+and+Prince+-+1961.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Today begins with the first of my blogs all about naturism which is my preferred way of life. I first discovered naturism when I was still a young boy when I was walking through the bush on the farm that I grew up on and I decided to take my clothes off to feel the sun, breeze and the blades of grass brush across my bare skin. Since that day I have preferred to be naked as often as possible and for as long as possible.</div>Rodoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13633714547365584532noreply@blogger.com1