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    HELP MEEE this is afull@@

    I have been here in Mexico, with my wife's family (in long pants) and this is not good at all.. I have two more weeks to and I guess I will survive oneway or tother.
    Pray for me!\
    Will report when I return in April.
    Robert the almost "kilted" Lamb

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    I'll pray for you brother.

    Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike n NC
    I'll pray for you brother.

    Mike
    me too, but why no kilts or sarongs?

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    Can't drink the water.
    Can't wear kilts.

    ~however~

    Not at home working.
    Not in the cold weather.

    Decisions. Decisions.
    Arise. Kill. Eat.

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    First Aid for the Mexican Kilt Jones,

    Sew a sarape' into a kilt

    Or enlarge the head hole in a poncho and sew the sides together for a makeshift kilt.

    Remember the story of the guy sent to the jungles of Africa to sell shoes and quits, writing home that no one here wears shoes, there's no market. His replacement writes home and tells them to start shipping large quantities of shoes, no one wears them here yet.

    The Mexican kilt market awaits...perfect garment for the muggy heat to keep the boys drier.

    Embroider the Mexican Eagle with snake on the apron for a patriotic look.

    Survival the perfect water carrier for those wishing to enter the U.S. by way of the Arizona deserts to avoid bureaucratic paperwork.

    Kilts made with that southern Mexico/Guatemaulan print look would be festive.

    Mayans and Aztecs wore unbifurcated gaments. Kilts would be return to Mexico's Native heritage.

    Kilts embroidered with metallic thread like fancy sombreros would have a distinctive Mexican look.

    Kilts with hurrachies and sombreros - why not?

    And, they already have words to describe the look
    "Falda escoces"...Scotsman's Skirt. If they got a word for it then they should dang well own one.

    Let the Mexican kilt invasion begin.

    Ron
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    I know I'd buy something in that Mexican/Guatemalan print!

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    I saw a picture of a Mariachi band on St. Patrick's day. They were wearing kilts. I don't quite remember where I saw the picture.

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    Mexico...

    I believe there still is a pipe band in Mexico City -- the Battalion San Patricio (Saint Patrick's Battalion) Pipes & Drums -- named for the Mexican military unit in the Mexican War (1846-1848) that was made up of deserters from the US Army. Many were Irish Catholic immigrants who were escaping discrimination at the hands of the "native" Protestant officers.

    Cheers,

    Todd

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    Robert,

    All I can say is

    You will survive
    Glen McGuire

    A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.

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    Right you are, Todd!

    http://crossword.uniontrib.com/news/...7mexirish.html

    Robert - maybe you could send for your kilts and say you're trying out for the band.

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