Kilt Passport

[macwilkin]

I have to admit I don't understand what the interest is in buying a special booklet just to keep notes in. Can't you use any kind of tablet of blank pages? Can't you keep a Word document on your pc? Why do you have to spend 5 or 6 bucks just to make notes? The main topic on this site seems to be "How can I do such-and-such for as little money as possible" and here are people looking to spend money on something that doen't add any real value to anything, at least as far as I can see. Maybe there's something I'm missing.

If you don't like the kilt passport, then fine. You are entitled to your opinion. But you don't have to be so negative and condescending in your posts towards those of us who do like the idea.

So you've thrown away your university diploma then? After all, it's just a piece of paper. Same with a discharge certificate, a funeral card, or a marriage or confirmation certificate. For some, those tangible items have meaning.

I have a "diploma" of service for one of my Union ancestors in the Civil War. It is a typical piece of 19th century bric-a-brac, with patriotic images and a list of campaigns and battles that my relative fought in -- yet for me, it means more, because it's a tanigble connection to my great-great grandfather. Maybe my kilt passport for my new Iowa tartan kilt will inspire my descendants someday, who knows. The same with my grandather's discharge certificate from the US Army Air Force in 1946. It probably cost the Army 50 cents to print, but now that he's gone, it reminds me of him every time I see him. It's priceless in my book. Call me sentimental, but that's what I am.

I intend to pass my kilts along one someday to my children. What a great way to record a wee bit of family history with a document that is just more than tablet paper or a computer print-out.

And not all of us are looking to get by "on the cheap".

Different horses for courses and all that. Thanks for summing it up so nicely, possingk.

Regards,

Todd