Kilted in Chapel Hill, NC

[Colin]

How are the wife and kids liking North Carolina?

I guess when you wear the kilt, you just have to put up with being hit on by all ages and genders. So many disappointed people.....

[furrycelt]

While Chapel Hill, NC is a cultural island in the middle of North Carolina, why are you so sure that it was the kilt that earned all the attention?



-ian

[Magnus Sporrano]

While Chapel Hill, NC is a cultural island in the middle of North Carolina, why are you so sure that it was the kilt that earned all the attention?

I'll be the first to tell you that I am by no means a handsome man.

All credit goes to the kilt.

Magnus in pants is Clark Kent, invisible to all attractive lasses within line of sight. Magnus in a kilt is Superheartbreaker, making the girls swoon and then cry wherever he may go.

[davedove]

I'll be the first to tell you that I am by no means a handsome man.

All credit goes to the kilt.

Magnus in pants is Clark Kent, invisible to all attractive lasses within line of sight. Magnus in a kilt is Superheartbreaker, making the girls swoon and then cry wherever he may go.

Remember, with great power comes great responsibiity!

[Magnus Sporrano]

Remember, with great power comes great responsibiity!

Ehhh if we're going to apply the rules of the spiderman universe, I'm more of the Eddie Brock / Venom type when I'm wearing the kilt than Peter Parker / Spiderman. ;-)

[646guy]

All behold the power of the kilt....it attracts men, women, children, small woodland creatures, and while in Venice, even birds...

[Magnus Sporrano]

How are the wife and kids liking North Carolina?

So far so good. Wife is having a bit of a hard time finding homeschool groups to help our kids find friends but a lot of that has to do with the near complete lack of internet connectivity we've had at home for the last month (should be fixed tonight though). Otherwise they are taking to it really well. As we get more and more warm days, they are getting out more and enjoying it.

[UmAnOnion]

...the near complete lack of internet connectivity we've had at home for the last month ...

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU MOVED ??? SIBERIA?!?!?!?!?!

[Riverkilt]

Hey Mangus,

You should have been in N.C. in the 60's when I did my time there...'65-70...

Paid a poll tax, took a literacy test to vote. State flag flew above the U.S. flag in front of schools...

Hope its better now.

You might wanna look around for a powder blue and white kilt for full effect

And, as Arnold Schwazzeneger (?spelling) said in his body building days when he was hit on by gay men...just consider it a compliment.

Ron

[Magnus Sporrano]

Well no matter who it's from it's a complement... just much more appreciated from the bonnie lasses. ;)

Internet options in Durham actually aren't bad at all. It's just a series of minor tragedies that have been kicking me down. First and foremost, Verizon is a terrible company to do business with. I gave up on getting a regular house phone and only have a cell phone now (and don't miss the land line at all). But even though I wanted internet connectivity through another company, Verizon had to run the line. They scheduled an appointment, missed it, and only days later could they tell me that DSL was not available after all in my home even though I was close enough to the switch.

Verizon also forced me to cancel my satellite TV, which needed a landline to phone home. So instead I got cable TV (Time Warner has gotten soooo much better to deal with these days). About a week later, I had internet through them as well.

Then my firewall died.

Then I build another one out of an old PC that I put the OpenBSD operating system on. It died, too.

Tonight I have to go to the store and get a cheapo Linksys firewall and cross my fingers.

So contrary to my tales of woe when dealing with the local utilities, North Carolina is actually way ahead of Pennsylvania in a lot of other areas. Better public libraries, better medical care, better roads, better shopping choices, more green space...

But lordy let me tell you I miss those Philly pubs.