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17th July 12, 09:05 AM
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Hello from Benicia, CA (SF Bay Area)
Hello from the former state capital of California and, as you can guess by my logon name, I like to sail. That aside, I have been interested in the history of my Scottish name off and on since the first time my dad showed me our clan crest and it's gryonny of eight. I've been wanting a kilt for some time and finally ordered my first yesterday thanks to the encouragement I gained from the great recommendations, comments, pictures, and camaraderie shown on this forum. I just have to convince my wife that I haven't been hit in the head too many times by the boom. You will probably find my future comments on the "Fighting objections from the wife" thread.
Until then, Matt
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17th July 12, 09:26 AM
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 from South Wales UK! 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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17th July 12, 09:48 AM
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Hi Matt, welcome aboard from just south of you in the east bay. There is also a NorCal Rabble group. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/group.php?groupid=3 that you might be interested in joining.
Clan Mackintosh North America / Clan Chattan Association
Cormack, McIntosh, Gow, Finlayson, Farquar, Waters, Swanson, Ross, Oag, Gilbert, Munro, Turnbough,
McElroy, McCoy, Mackay, Henderson, Ivester, Castles, Copeland, MacQueen, McCumber, Matheson, Burns,
Wilson, Campbell, Bartlett, Munro - a few of the ancestral names, mainly from the North-east of Scotland
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17th July 12, 10:54 AM
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Welcome to the Great Rabble!  
Rev'd Father Bill White: Mostly retired Parish Priest & former Elementary Headmaster. Lover of God, dogs, most people, joy, tradition, humour & clarity. Legion Padre, theologian, teacher, philosopher, linguist, encourager of hearts & souls & a firm believer in dignity, decency, & duty. A proud Canadian Sinclair with solid Welsh and other heritage.
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17th July 12, 11:27 AM
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Welcome from the highlands of Central Massachusetts. You will find all you need to make the case for your wife loving the kilt here. Perhaps all you need for making her dislike it too. Careful - women turn heads when a kilted man goes by.
Some called me Spinnaker in high school in Connecticut - not because I had one but because I was a sailing nut on our local lake - from ice-out to snow I sailed and sailed and sailed.
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17th July 12, 11:30 AM
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17th July 12, 12:06 PM
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Welcome, from Inverness-shire and British Columbia
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17th July 12, 12:28 PM
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 Jibe Ho
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17th July 12, 12:40 PM
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I've took you up on your suggestion. Thanks!
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17th July 12, 01:13 PM
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 Originally Posted by Pleater
Weeelll - once I was walking along the row of shops near us and passed a young couple, she was wearing a narrow strip of denim for a skirt and a couple of handkerchieves worth of fabric for a blouse and it was losing the fight to stay closed - I was almost out of earshot when he enquired 'why doesn't your skirt move like that?' Anne the Pleater
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