Monday, May 13, 2024

International Brotherhood of Union Suit Fans!

Next up is shy guy, Bay Area Bill aka John Suiter from Union City, California, may he rest in peace. As a union suit aficionado myself, I always appreciated him being from Union City! Bill was around 80 years of age and one of the very first emailers to my new blog, Union Suit Fan. He passed away a couple of years ago according to Coach who traded emails with him on a regular basis. 

From the very beginning, Bay Area Bill refused to send in front view photographs of him in his union suit. I think eventually, he might have as some of my blog contributors are, in the beginning, reluctant to appear facing the camera in their long underwear.  But most of you have no qualms in doing so and even the shy guys eventually realize they are clothed from neck to ankle so acquiesce. Lord knows there are people on the internet, on Facebook, TikTok, TV and in the movies who wear alot less than those of us pictured in our union suits.

Bay Area Bill sent in a couple "about face" shots of him in his underwear and even contributed to an article about the arguments we had whether to tuck the bottom cuffs of your union suit into your socks or not. You older contributors remember? I know Joe of NYC does. Boy, did I catch it for leaving my cuffs unstuffed and always showing them outside of my socks!! Bill did too as a matter of fact.

So, here's Bill, God bless him, in his union suit, back to the camera, another newly inducted member to the fraternity: 



If you want to read his article, "Stocking Stuffers" go to the posting of April 10, 2017 featuring these photos of Stuffed and Unstuffed.  For illustrative purposes, these stocking feet photos were used in that posting are mine, not Bill's: 


Bill also had sent me this very entertaining ad featuring the comic,
"Out Our Way" having characters in Duofold Union Suits, 
posted March 28, 2017: 


And he also introduced us Union Suit Fans to the band,
Thee Long Johns, who perform in their Union Suits,
posted in my other blog, Union Suit Fans in the Limelight,
on July 3, 2018. Be sure and take a look there:





He was quite the Guy!  Congrats to Bill on becoming our newest Interational Brother:




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