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20th July 09, 10:51 AM
#1
The waiting is the hardest part
Hmmm.... Maybe Tom Petty has experience ordering kilts.... Anyway...
In order to alleviate the jones while on Mr. Newsomes often lengthy wait list, I decided to order another kilt with a shorter jones to tide me over. According to the USPS website, my USAK Casual should be on my doorstep when I get home today. So I get to sit here for another (roughly) three hours, watching the clock, until I can go home and retrieve it. I hope it doesn't get lonely waiting on me.....
-Elliott
P.S. - Pictures will be forthcoming as soon as I can get home and change.
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20th July 09, 11:17 AM
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 Originally Posted by Kilt_Em_All
Hmmm.... Maybe Tom Petty has experience ordering kilts.... Anyway...
In order to alleviate the jones while on Mr. Newsomes often lengthy wait list, I decided to order another kilt with a shorter jones to tide me over. According to the USPS website, my USAK Casual should be on my doorstep when I get home today. So I get to sit here for another (roughly) three hours, watching the clock, until I can go home and retrieve it. I hope it doesn't get lonely waiting on me.....
-Elliott
P.S. - Pictures will be forthcoming as soon as I can get home and change.
Following the logic that Tom Petty has experience ordering kilts, then it follows that Carly Simon has experience too.....
Anticipation, anticipation
Is makin' me late
Is keepin' me waitin'
I'm sure patience will be greatly rewarded. Best of luck with the new kilt!
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20th July 09, 11:42 AM
#3
That's why we call it a jones. It sounds as if you are well and truly in the clutches of the dreaded kilt addiction.
Animo non astutia
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20th July 09, 12:41 PM
#4
enjoy!
I got mine this morning and I loooooooove it
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20th July 09, 12:47 PM
#5
Waiting is no fun. I ordered a utilikilt at the beginning of the month. It was labelled as "available" on the website. Two days later I get an email telling me it's made to order only and I'll have to wait four to six weeks. Bummer.
The last time I ordered a kilt, the tracking site showed that it was on my doorstep two hours after lunch. I was actually considering taking a couple hours off work and going home early. The last couple hours always seem the longest. Especially when you know it's in a package on your porch and you're still at work.
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20th July 09, 01:14 PM
#6
Shouldn't be too much longer now... be sure and post pics!
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20th July 09, 01:30 PM
#7
You will enjoy it when you get, the wait will mean nothing.
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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20th July 09, 03:54 PM
#8
Pictures!
As promised, here are the pictures of my new USAK Casual.
The kilt from the front, straight out of the box:

A close up of the fringe and tartan:

Me wearing the kilt, from the front:




From the rear:


The pleats are slightly wrinkled from shipping, but nothing that can't be fixed with a good ironing. All in all, very good quality and I really love the tartan. The nice part is that it shares colors with the Elliot Ancient I have on order from Matt, so I can use the same flashes/garters and hose with both kilts. I'll be getting a darker brown set of hose that more closely match the colors in the tartan here before too much longer.
-Elliott
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20th July 09, 03:59 PM
#9
Very nice.. You got to love Rocky's casuals
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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20th July 09, 05:33 PM
#10
Looks great! It's got me thinking about a USAK Casual again, and the tartan is a winner.
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