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    You might be an XMARKSer if...

    Quote Originally Posted by mkmound
    You might be an XMarker if you have your own set of swatch books from each of the mills . . . (and you take them with you in the event that you visit your kiltmaker in person).

    Mark
    You Might be an Xmarkser if you have more than 1 kilt on order at the same time.

    You Might be an Xmarkser if you belong to a site that has it's OWN TARTAN (AND KILT PIN).

    You Might be an Xmarkser if if you have more "skirt hangers" in your closet than your wife/girlfriend/S.O.

    Add yours...

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    You might be

    You might be an xmarker, if while you sit at work you check your shirt to find out which kilt you will put on as soon as you get home!!

    You might be an xmarker if you have driven two hours round trip once a month to see the people that make your clothes.

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    er.....well you might be an XMarkser if you have copies of The Compendium of District Tartans (Matt Newsome and James Bullman, Scotpress 2004, -05) both at home and at work er...and sometimes travel with it...(cough cough)

    Dee

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    you might be an Xmarker if...

    ...your social group is called a "rabble"
    ...you actually know what haggis is and know people who eat it
    ...you spend an inordinate amount of time reading the experiences of other people who wear similar garments as you do.
    ...you have a life-size cardboard stand-up of Derek in your house
    ...Hamish is not a reference to a pork product.

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    You might be an XMarker if you hand wash your sox in a sink.

    You might be an XMarker if you look in the mirror more than your lady.

    You might be an XMarker if you plan your wardrobe for the day based on what color kilt hose are clean.

    You might be an XMarker if always use the urinal in the rest room and don't care who sees you use it kilted.

    You might be an XMarker if you have run out of closet space.

    You might be an XMarker if you've bought a hanging shoe storage gizmo and filled it with kilt hose instead.

    You might be an XMarker if you own more sporrans than your lady owns purses.

    You might be an XMarker if the thinest belt you own is 2" wide.

    You might be an XMarker if Ham's gallery is bookmarked on your computer.

    You might be an XMarker if you can recognize a lot of tartans by name.

    You might be an XMarker if you've developed a fear of moths.

    You might be an XMarker if you own a variety of kilts for different seasons and different activities.

    Ron
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    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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    ...if the reaction of your garment in heavy weather actually concerns you
    ...if ladders are a fierce advisary
    ...if you get more attention than the bride at a wedding
    ...if you have more answers to "the question" than a four-year-old has questions
    ...if you special order all the clothes in your wardrobe.
    ...if delivery of your new clothes in less than two months is "quick service"
    ...if you can name more scottish whisky's than native scotsman

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    You might be an XMarker if you have a complete set of tartan swatch books from all the mills.

    - OR - If you thought very seriously about buying the swatch books, but gave up the idea after you calculated how many kilts you could buy instead!
    Last edited by mkmound; 30th June 06 at 11:38 AM.

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    Some real goodies on this other thread as well.
    The kilt concealed a blaster strapped to his thigh. Lazarus Long

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    You might be an X-Marker if you have those books memorized.

    Have we not done this before?
    http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=15601

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    When you walk into a Celtic shop and they ask YOU questions about tartans, then you know you are an Xmarker.
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    A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.

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