Are kilts just for "Townies?"

[Robinhood]

I've been wearing a kilt going on a year now, and
I find there are many times when it gets right
annoying. First it was on the tractor, with the
fabric getting caught in things like the hydraulic
and power takeoff controls. Then it was dealing
with briars in the woods. Then ticks and poison ivy.
And the list gets longer.

Now I'm having to deal with tall pasture grass
irritating my nethers. I'm wondering if there
were no farmers in Scotland. Were they all just
townies who never really got into the real world.

[Colin]

I am sure that if the Selkirk settlers can do it, most of us can. Many of the Selkirk Settlers ended up in Manitoba (the town of Selkirk is about 30 minutes outside of Winnipeg) and let me tell you from experiences, those mosquitos are the size of small birds and the winters are harsh to say the least.
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval...e_id=16&lang=E

http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-his...heselkirk.html

http://www.electricscotland.com/selkirk/index.htm

[Mattg]

I would disagree as well. I'm sure they wore the kilts everywhere, they were just used to that kind of stuff.

[Hamish]

I would disagree as well. I'm sure they wore the kilts everywhere, they were just used to that kind of stuff.

.......and they certainly did not drive tractors!! LOL (The Selkirk Settlers, that is!).

[KiltedKnight]

I am sure that if the Selkirk settlers can do it, most of us can. Many of the Selkirk Settlers ended up in Manitoba (the town of Selkirk is about 30 minutes outside of Winnipeg) and let me tell you from experiences, those mosquitos are the size of small birds and the winters are harsh to say the least.

Not to change the subject but I just wanted to vouch for what Colin is saying about the size of those Canadian mosquitos.

Growing up in northern Minnesota we would watch as the Canadian mosquitos would on occasion come too far south and our Minnesota mosquitos would snatch the Canadian mosquitos right out of the air and swallow them in one fluid movement.

Chris.

[Moosehead]

And btw, MacWage is spot on about trews being the garment of the gentry. I have even seen a pair of riding trousers, or jodhpurs, in Government Sett, worn by a Canadian Army Officer in the First World War!

Us Canucks are known as trendsetters...eh!?

Colin, I doubt any of Selkirk's folks wore any type of kilt. His previous settlers here in PEI certainly didn't. They did ALL speak Gaelic though.

KiltedKnight...yer Minnesota mossies are pussies compared to ours, admit it. Here in PEI we have "seagrass" mossies. Immune to any attempts to kill 'em. Last well into December (0degC). They scare the crap outta the bats we've set houses for.

For the actual thread, you have to be realistic. If there is the possibility, regardless of the reason, that the kilt could maim or kill you, put on pants.

[davedove]

First it was on the tractor, with the
fabric getting caught in things like the hydraulic
and power takeoff controls.

Watch yourself with the tractor. My cousin got messed up pretty bad because his clothes got caught in the power take off. He's okay now, but do be careful.

As far as the question goes, when the kilt was developed, there were no tractors.

[Mattg]

I am a country boy, grew up on a farm, the whol bit. Right now I live in the city, but I'm on the verge of moving way far out in the country and running a farm again. When I do, you can bet that I will be kilted all the time. I think it will be great to do all of the normal things I did when I was a kid, but now kilted.

[David Dalglish]

Like any loose clothing, kilts can be dangerous when operating or maintaining machinery-I have worked on my uncles farm many times, I would not wear a kilt driving tractors, combining etc.

[Randy]

hate to say it but keep your shorts on around spinning metal bits. You especially don't wanna loose anything under a kilt. Maybe look at USAK and only use the velcro on one side for emergency getaways.