Guys, guys, guys, why do these threads always break down like this?

How many Americans are wearing breeches, broadcloth shirts and tricorn hats on a daily basis? Or buckskins and coonskin caps? I can't recall the last time I walked down a street and saw a gent in a powdered wig. And why do the American flags always blossom from houses on 4 July and then disappear for another year? Is it a state law that residents of Texas must wear a Stetson at all times?

Why are you always so insistent on trying to lump all mankind into one group? Gie it a rest!

I count myself blessed to have as many pals in Scotland as I do. (And nearly every last one of them has commented on how affluent we are here in the States.) Most of my Scots pals own a kilt. Note, A kilt, as in singular. Because most of them cannot afford to own two, or three or forty-three. I know several of them that earn considerably more money than I, yet their standard of living struggles to be on par with my own. The next time you pitch a fit about $3/gallon gasoline, be damn thankful your not paying $8/gallon, like they are in Scotland.

But when it comes time for a commemoration, the plaids and arasaidhs that these folk don are are incredible.

And I'm far too polite to repeat some of the comments that have been made to me about some of the more economically-priced kilts that are now available on today's market.

I bet you don't see Dutch people waddling about in wooden shoes, the people in Rome going about their days in togas and men on in German boardrooms wearing lederhosen. I could be wrong, however...