Meet-up

**bubba** · 31st August 05, 07:15 PM

My wife and I just got home from meeting MKMound. We picked him up from his hotel and went out for a brew and a bite at the brewpub at the mall. A lady and her son stopped to chat with us for a few minutes and her son just might check in here. Seems he's rather interested in kilts after having been in Scotland. Other than that we had a nice chat before taking him back to the hotel to get his packing done.

**Blu (Ontario)** · 31st August 05, 07:45 PM

Almost invariably, I've found that kilted folks tend to be pretty decent people to be around. I guess your fun meet up shouldn't come as a surprise.

**mkmound** · 2nd September 05, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by bubba

My wife and I just got home from meeting MKMound. We picked him up from his hotel and went out for a brew and a bite at the brewpub at the mall. A lady and her son stopped to chat with us for a few minutes and her son just might check in here. Seems he's rather interested in kilts after having been in Scotland. Other than that we had a nice chat before taking him back to the hotel to get his packing done.

Bubba,

MANY thanks to you and your lovely wife for your kind hospitality!!! I had a great time visiting with you both, and the chat we had with the lady and her son was the icing on the cake! (We invited him to join us here at XMarks . . . )

The Appleton / Little Chute area of Wisconsin seems to be quite friendly for kilties . . . I had a number of quite positive comments as I was out and about in the evenings. I was in the Kinkos / FedEx store to make some copies, and the FedEx driver picking up the evening shipments had studied in Scotland for two different semester courses. We had a nice chat -- unfortunately, I forgot to invite him to join us here . . .

)

Regards,
Mark

p.s. Blu, you're quite right . . . over the last couple of years, I've had the pleasure of meeting a number of the folks from this board . . . a great bunch!!

**GMan** · 2nd September 05, 06:04 PM

Glad to hear that the two of you guys connected. It is truly grand to meet up with someone else from Xmark!

Eventually I will be meeting up with most everyone here, so take this as a warning (he laughs into his beard)

**bubba** · 2nd September 05, 09:01 PM

Yeah Mark, it is a pretty good area. Most folks don't say anything one way or the other about it. Very rare to hear anything but nice comments. We did have a nice time with you and if you get back this way let me know your schedule a day sooner and I'll feed you some properly made bratwurst. ;-)

**Hamish** · 3rd September 05, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by GMan

.................................................. .................................................. ....................................Eventually I will be meeting up with most everyone here, so take this as a warning (he laughs into his beard)

You and me both, Glen. Not that I have a beard ;)!

**Freelander Sporrano** · 3rd September 05, 11:09 PM

It was great you two had a fine time . It's always fun to meet people you have only talked to through the forum.

Any pictures???

**Andrew Breecher** · 3rd September 05, 11:36 PM

I also met mkmound a week or two ago (I can't keep track; time flies!). Unfortunately I was at work at the time, so the conversation was interrupted several times. Other than that, we had a pleasant time.

Originally Posted by GMan

Eventually I will be meeting up with most everyone here, so take this as a warning (he laughs into his beard)

I'll take you up on that in two years when I hike the Continental Divide Trail, which passes near to Denver!

Andrew.