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12th February 10, 11:37 AM
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New Michigan Member
Greetings all,
I've been lurking about the forums for a few days now, and reading around this site has been a great experience.
I got here needing to know *something* about kilts, after I told a friend that I'd sign up for the local Highland Games with him to toss a caber, no matter how badly (now to find *anything* about caber tossing!  ). His stipulation was that it would be in a kilt. So here I am.
My heritage is Latvian, not Scottish...but I am all for MUGs, and I have a red beard, so hey...who knows... 
I don't own any kilts yet, but reading numerous posts, there are a bunch I like (mostly MUGs and NeoKilts...I don't fancy myself a traditionalist). My wife is certainly looking forward to seeing me in one, and helped me pick out what will most likely be my first - a Holyrood Casual from USAKilt.
Michigan apparently hasn't had the gumption to register a tartan design yet, so I have no state tartan to call my own...That said, I just saw the XMTS tartan, and LOVE it. Does anyone stock that pattern to make a kilt out of?
Anyway, at the risk of babbling on...thanks for being here, one and all. You give a guy hope of not being a fool for not knowing about kilts.
Peace!
Atis K.
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12th February 10, 11:44 AM
#2
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12th February 10, 12:33 PM
#3
Welcome to X-Marsk - from Music City, USA - Nashville, TN !!
"'Tis far better to keep one's mouth closed and
seem the fool; than to open it, thereby removing
all doubt." Anon.
Member - Order of the Dandelion
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12th February 10, 12:36 PM
#4
welcome to another from kalamazoo
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12th February 10, 12:37 PM
#5
Welcome from Seattle. Good luck in the Games and let us know how you do!
-Martin
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"Cuimhnich air na daoine bhon tanaig thu"
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12th February 10, 12:38 PM
#6
Red Beard and a caber? That's a recipe for Klobber alright.
from Northern Virginia
Good choice on your first kilt. Rocky and Kelly do excellent work and Holyrood is a beautiful tartan.
Dee
Ferret ad astra virtus
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12th February 10, 12:46 PM
#7
Welcome to the forum!! I believe there are a couple of kilt makers / forum supporters who have ready access to the XMTS tartan. Check with Matt Newsome (Scottish Tartans Museum), Rocky (at USAK), or Steve (Freedom Kilts) as a starting point.
"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." -- Thomas Paine
Scottish-American Military Society Post 1921
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12th February 10, 12:49 PM
#8
Welcome from a fellow Michigander and caber thrower! Ahhh love the K-Zoo games--hope to see you around the trigs this year!
[I][B]Ad fontes[/B][/I]
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12th February 10, 12:57 PM
#9
Hello Atis,
Welcome to XMarks from the other side of the Atlantic in Norfolk, England.
Regards
Chas
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12th February 10, 01:12 PM
#10
Welcome from SE Michigan.
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