General comments on traveling kilted.

**auld argonian** · 21st October 07, 07:15 PM

James, I think we're flattered that, in spite of the charges you're incurring to use the internet, you're keeping us posted.

Par-tee on, man! Sounds like good times.

Best

AA

**ccga3359** · 21st October 07, 07:31 PM

Glad you're having fun Jay. Ya gotta do that Titanic scene standing up ther on the bow arms lifted in flight, kilt lifted at 28 knots...

...Just no flix of that, OK?

**Jock Scot** · 22nd October 07, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by ccga3359

Glad you're having fun Jay. Ya gotta do that Titanic scene standing up ther on the bow arms lifted in flight, kilt lifted at 28 knots...

...Just no flix of that, OK?

Yes, that's all very well and good,but they should have noticed the ice berg!

**Chef** · 22nd October 07, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Yes, that's all very well and good,but they should have noticed the ice berg!

Yeah, its their fault.

**James MacMillan** · 29th October 07, 07:12 AM

Well, I'm back home, and my house didn't burn up. We didn't find out about the fires in the San Diego and L.A. area until they were well under weigh (and we were under weigh too.) -and then only from other passengers who asked if our house was OK. CNN on the ship was based in China (Taiwan) and was low on details. We spent a worried few days trying to find out info.

I started calling all my friends and neighbors. Found many that had been evacuated, and staying with others. My house could have been used as a refuge, but we didn't know, and by the time we found out, all were settled in other places.

Now all are back in their homes, and none of my friends or Lodge Brothers got burned out. That is the good news.

The bad news is that the air quality sucks! Burning eyes, noses and throats seem to be the norm. Everyone seems to have a smokers cough.

The firefighters had and are having a really rough time, and my hat goes off to these brave men who choose that profession!

As to the cruise, it was fun! I took over 600 flix and will glean out some to post.

Traveling on a cruise ship kilted is a blast! Makes new friends faster and great for starting conversation.

It will take me a few days to get caught back up on the posts, but I'll get there.

**CactusJack** · 29th October 07, 08:33 AM

James, Welcome back I am glad to hear that everything at home is fine and it sounds like you had a great time. Can't wait to see the pictures.

**davedove** · 29th October 07, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

Making friends on a Cuise Ship while kilted is fantastic! Three others showed up in their rented kilts for the first formal night, and they were surprized that I am a full time kilter.

The two times I have been kilted on a cruise, I was the only one there. You would think that of all the men on a cruise, at least one other would wear a kilt sometime, like at least formal night.

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

Traveling on a cruise ship kilted is a blast! Makes new friends faster and great for starting conversation.

That is certainly true. I only wore my kilt on formal nights on my last cruise, and I think I had my picture taken with at least half of the people on board. Between my singing at the karaoke nights, participating in the talent show, and wearing the kilt on formal nights, just about everyone on board knew me.

**James MacMillan** · 29th October 07, 08:53 AM

I must have had my picture taken 35 times! Even when walking around the tourest areas by the locals.

**Curnir** · 29th October 07, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

The two times I have been kilted on a cruise, I was the only one there. You would think that of all the men on a cruise, at least one other would wear a kilt sometime, like at least formal night.

On the cruise I was the only one who wore kilt all the time, there was one guy who wore a leather UK for everything except wallclimbing and formal night and one guy who wore a prince charles outfit with a blackwatch kilt for formal night.