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7th January 15, 08:07 AM
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40 years kilted!
Derek's thread "where has the time gone?" made me realise that 2015 makes it 40 years kilted for me!
Where indeed has the time gone??
I don't know that I have a photo anywhere of that first kilt, which my Grandmother made for me out of random plaid wool I got at an ordinary fabric shop.
My attempt to recreate that first 'tartan' from memory is here http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...0-years-83387/
This is the earliest photo I can find of myself kilted, taken in 1976 or 1977. It's my second kilt, likewise made by my Grandmother, from real fabric got from Scottish Shopper in Seattle (MacDonald of the Isles Hunting).
We had never seen a real kilt in person, and had to make up the pattern based on photographs.
The doublet I made myself, converted from a Navy Blue blazer got for a couple dollars at a charity shop, every stitch hand-sewn.
I was in the process of making my own feather bonnet when I won an art award, $250, which I promptly spent on a real one.
The dirk and sporran were picked up fairly cheaply at a gun show. The sporran took much work, Wa Paste and Brasso.
and this December... not that much has changed, in some ways!
Last edited by OC Richard; 7th January 15 at 08:23 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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7th January 15, 09:08 AM
#2
Congratulations Richard! 
Your quest for knowledge and excellence is reflected in your appearance, a fine looking man indeed.
IMHO, you are like a fine malt whiskey, improving with age!
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7th January 15, 09:15 AM
#3
Congratulations. I thought Derek's accomplishment was unique. But 40 years of wearing a kilt daily is amazing.
If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy.
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7th January 15, 10:06 AM
#4
Great pics Richard ..
Iechyd Da 
Derek
A Proud Welsh Cilt Wearer
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7th January 15, 10:45 AM
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Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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7th January 15, 06:06 PM
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7th January 15, 06:23 PM
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Wow, two really great pictures. I admire your creativity as a youngster, and you are definitely aging well.
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8th January 15, 04:23 AM
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Richard,
Happy anniversary. Pictures are worth a thousand words. And these pictures tell me that you are a very talented and dedicated gentleman. By the way, looking at your comments concerning your original tartan kilt, I see that you graduated in 1975 or thereabouts. I graduated in 1976 (although my students believe that 1876 or maybe 1576 is the more likely year of my graduation). It makes me remember what fun that time period was. United States was party central back then. Celebrating the bicentennial and all that. Glad to meet someone else who grew up in the same time frame. Again, happy anniversary and here is to 40 more years of being kilted.
Tom
"Life may have its problems, but it is the best thing they have come up with so far." Neil Simon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Act 3. "Ob la di, Ob la da. Life goes on. Braaa. La la how the life goes on." Beatles
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8th January 15, 05:19 AM
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A notable milestone! 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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8th January 15, 07:13 AM
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 Originally Posted by Couper
Congratulations. I thought Derek's accomplishment was unique. But 40 years of wearing a kilt daily is amazing.
Sorry no! Not daily! Sorry if I gave that impression. Merely 40 years of regular kiltwearing as a piper (though it does sometimes mean a few days on the bounce kilted)
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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