A Rookie Mistake Ordering Another Kilt

**OC Richard** · 4th August 20, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by gun eagal

I realized my circa 1910 Lawries were not in the car. So I raced back, feeling a huge relief when I found them just where I had left them...

Back in the 1980s two very good local pipers left their wonderful early silver & ivory Hendersons on the roof of one of their cars in the car park, they soon realised their mistake and ran back only to find both pipes missing.

Nothing was seen of them, though both guys kept their eyes open, checking out the pipes on the shoulders of other pipers at Highland Games, watching Ebay and Craig's List etc.

Then 30 years later the pipes appeared on Ebay, being sold by a Pawn Shop hundreds of miles away.

A couple days later the pipers appeared at the Pawn Shop with a Police Detective and were able to establish that these were indeed their pipes. (They had numerous old photos of them playing the sets, and they knew very specific details about each set that no-one would be able to guess.)

**MichiganKyle** · 5th August 20, 04:23 AM

Sorry to hear Celtic Nations didn't work out, both for you and for entirely selfish reasons - was hoping to see some pictures, as I've been considering buying one myself.

Glad to head you got a workaround, though, and it sounds like a very good workaround at that. Sometimes salvaging a bad situation is the best you can do.