Light bulb moment?

**scotswelshrunner** · 19th February 16, 12:24 PM

My light bulb moment came just a bit ago when i realized how much information is contained on this site and that I will never get through it all!!! Seriously though, thank you to Jock Scot for the links to a few threads. Saves me a lot of time.

Now....the fun begins!!

**Liam** · 19th February 16, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Steady on chaps! I am starting to blush!

good we need some coloured lights on the tree (the Jock Pine that is) as well! Perhaps a little green with envy and we are all set......😉

**Jock Scot** · 20th February 16, 03:47 AM

A "Jock Pine"? A type of tree? Is it the same as the tree we call a "Scots Pine"?

**Truitt** · 20th February 16, 12:32 PM

Like others, I experienced more of a gradual understanding (which is still incomplete). But the thread below, "Jock goes to Normandy", helped me put some of the concepts together. The photos were particularly helpful.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=76502

**Liam** · 20th February 16, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

A "Jock Pine"? A type of tree? Is it the same as the tree we call a "Scots Pine"?

A Jack Pine is a hardy coniferous tree found in boreal forest of Canada, East of the Rocky Mountains. It is similar, but a different species than the Scots Pine, which is not native to Canada.

**Jock Scot** · 20th February 16, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Liam

A Jack Pine is a hardy coniferous tree found in boreal forest of Canada, East of the Rocky Mountains. It is similar, but a different species than the Scots Pine, which is not native to Canada.

Thanks Liam.

**Mikilt** · 20th February 16, 02:18 PM

So many posts and threads have contributed to how I see and wear highland dress. Far and away though, my "light bulb moment" was "1 Kilt, 10 Looks".

I think Panache and McMurdo demonstrated the versatility of the kilt and that thread gave me confidence.

**James Hood** · 22nd February 16, 10:15 AM

Writer's "light bulb moment" came several minutes after opening up X MARKS THE SCOT forum for the first time, glowing from barely visible to a veritable beacon; parallel "personal epiphanies:"

* "This forum is now part of this life"

* "You are not alone (in your fondness for the kilt)"

* "You are not crazy (in your fondness for the kilt)"

* "The number and caliber of people who "inhabit" this e-place is; worldwide, vast, of deep and broad knowledge-experience-education-travels-credentials, of inspiring average individual depth and accomplishments

* "The people who 'inhabit' this forum are on average, outstanding quality"

* "These advertisers are not pudknockers, they are hot pilots" (ref book/movie, 'The Right Stuff,' appraisal paraphrased quote from Florence 'Pancho' Barnes, herself literally a hot pilot)

**kiltedsniper** · 22nd February 16, 11:05 AM

Granted, a newbie here.....but I think my moment came a few years ago at our Ren fair when we were getting ready to play and this poor young chap came up and started talking about how we...(a pipe band) were wearing our kilts wrong. After further talking to this unaware kilt wearer, my mates and I were noticing the many things wrong with his "highland" dress. First, his kilt was actually on backwards.....pleats on the front???? Second, the kilt....which I will call a mini kilt...hit him around mid thigh.....wish I would have gotten pictures. Even though I was not a member of this site a few years back when I started wearing the kilt, I was able to find all kinds of helpful information from all the posts that have been written. So...thank you!!!!

**Liam** · 22nd February 16, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by kiltedsniper

Granted, a newbie here.....but I think my moment came a few years ago at our Ren fair when we were getting ready to play and this poor young chap came up and started talking about how we...(a pipe band) were wearing our kilts wrong. After further talking to this unaware kilt wearer, my mates and I were noticing the many things wrong with his "highland" dress. First, his kilt was actually on backwards.....pleats on the front???? Second, the kilt....which I will call a mini kilt...hit him around mid thigh.....wish I would have gotten pictures. Even though I was not a member of this site a few years back when I started wearing the kilt, I was able to find all kinds of helpful information from all the posts that have been written. So...thank you!!!!

Always be kind in how you dispense advice.... And remember that Ren Fairs are fantasy events so most things go, although mini kilts on men particularly if worn backward demands a dram or more to erase the image from one's mind.....