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30th March 07, 12:49 PM
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Behold, the power of the Kilt
Today I walked to the post office to mail my acceptance to Leeds, and I wore my Hunting MacLeod. Nothing odd about that, I walk around town kilted all the time. Of course, some times there's more reaction than others.
Today I got honked and waved at by a guy in a VW microbus, asked if I played the pipes at the post office, and pointed and laughed at by a guy in a military dress uniform.
The best was as I was walking back. I heard someone calling out behind me, it was a guy trying to identify the tartan. He mentioned he had seen a guy in a MacBeth tartan at the grocery a couple weeks back. Well, that was me, too  So he invites me to the bar, which was a block back and where he had seen me from, and buys me a Guiness. We drank, talked about kilts, Scots, Celts, Romans, tartans, etc. for a while. All in all a good time.
Cheers,
Nick
An uair a théid an gobhainn air bhathal 'se is feàrr a bhi réidh ris.
(When the smith gets wildly excited, 'tis best to agree with him.)
Kiltio Ergo Sum.
I Kilt, therefore I am. -McClef
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30th March 07, 12:51 PM
#2
Well, except for the military guy, it sounds like a pretty good day! (My personal favorite kind of beer is "free beer.")
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30th March 07, 12:56 PM
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Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
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30th March 07, 01:00 PM
#4
That's a pretty neat story. That guy in the dress uni needs his teeth fed to him.
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30th March 07, 01:08 PM
#5
Good story. Free beer is good beer
Sapienter si sincere Clan Davidson (USA)
Bydand Do well and let them say...GORDON! My Blog
" I'll have a scotch on the rocks. Any scotch will do as long as it's not a blend of course. Single malt Glenlivet, Glenfiddich perhaps maybe a Glen... any Glen." -Swingers
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30th March 07, 01:12 PM
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30th March 07, 01:13 PM
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 Originally Posted by Tattoobradley
That's a pretty neat story. That guy in the dress uni needs his teeth fed to him.
Ah, maybe he's got a little case of PTSD. Let's try retraining first! 
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30th March 07, 01:15 PM
#8
Great story!
Hooray for the good people of Michigan! I think the mean guy must have been from someplace else!
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30th March 07, 01:16 PM
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The fellow in uniform did not deserve to wear it  Too many brave men fought & died in kilts. He should not be pointing fingers & laughing. OK I'm on a  again, let me get off 
But free beer is always good  Did you refer him here Maybe we can get another man kilted 
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30th March 07, 01:26 PM
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