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  • Only this time, when I hopped I felt the nylon stay-up slide and slither right down my leg.

    staying up is hard to do | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • With thigh-high semi opaque stay-up stockings pulled up to a couple of inches below them, her white thighs peeking out in between!

    Archive 2006-04-01 kittenpie 2006

  • Because of my nerve disorder, it actually FEELS LIKE I'm wearing an over the knee sock or one of those stay-up stockings the kind with silicone/elastic in the band to make it 'stay up' on my leg... but painful!

    Secondary Raynaud's, circulation, socks and Sock Dreams Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • With thigh-high semi opaque stay-up stockings pulled up to a couple of inches below them, her white thighs peeking out in between!

    fug fug fugliness on public transit kittenpie 2006

  • Only this time, when I hopped I felt the nylon stay-up slide and slither right down my leg.

    staying up is hard to do 2007

  • Only this time, when I hopped I felt the nylon stay-up slide and slither right down my leg.

    Archive 2007-08-19 2007

  • I find my stay-up stockings in a shocking state; ripped to shreds!

    Fashion World of SL MichaMi Style Blog 2010

  • I find my stay-up stockings in a shocking state; ripped to shreds!

    Fashion World of SL MichaMi Style Blog 2010

  • I find my stay-up stockings in a shocking state; ripped to shreds!

    Fashion World of SL MichaMi Style Blog 2010

  • For instance, teens want to stay-up later in the evening probably because their minds are so active, but as growing people they still need their sleep.

    Dave Chandler's Earthside.com 2009

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