April 6th - Tartan Day - Who's Particpating

[runewolf]

I was too asleep this morning to remember (heck I don't remember driving to work), so here I am miserable at work. Cannot wait for 4 so I can go home and get properly attired lol.

[The Barry]

No class today. I will be kilted up later today to take my special lady-friend out to dinner. If all goes well, I should have some good news to share.

[sathor]

Since it's happy Tartan Day, I thought I would share a tartan photo I took:

Nice. I would almost get one, if not for my refusal to wear ties after I quit working at Walgreen's a few years back.

[shawhighlander]

ATTN: Nashville Kilties

Gonna hang with a bunch of fun friends at THE FLYING SAUCER @ 8pm tonight! (off Broadway). Feel free to join us!

Chi mi rithist thu,
Jonathan

[Sir William]

...I've had to explain Tartan Day as no one has ever heard of it...oh well. It's a great excuse to kilt-up.

This has been my experience as well. I've received a few compliments and a few stares, but otherwise have heard or seen nothing negative. Actually, I think most in my building (particularly the ladies) like seeing the kilt. One of them said "nice legs" and then got very embarrassed after realizing what she'd said.

I'm wearing a Leatherneck tartan kilt with a brass EGA buckle (the same as your drill instructor wore) and the Marines on my floor have said they like the look. Most of my office is former military so I've taken the opportunity to tell them about the other service tartans. Who knows what I'll see next year!

[ForresterModern]

So far more than 25 people have gone out of their way to find me in the basement of the hospital where I work to (interrupt me and) stop by to see me in my kilt and ask what the special occasion was. Tartan Day has a long way to go to catch up to St Patricks day as a celtic ethnic holiday that everybody knows about. Only a couple asked "the question" which was adeptly sidestepped due to the nature of the place I work, the discussion isn't exactly appropriate in any capacity here.

By the way, wearing my Ancient MacDonald with a nice ancient blue sweater (jumper for those of you in the UK), ancient blue hose with Anc MacD tartan flashes, brown belt with matching celtic badged black/brown sporran and belt pouch, and my comfy brown working shoes. Left the Sgian Dhub at home as it is considered a weapon and not appropriate to bring to the hospital for open wear.

It is not like it is the first time I have worn a kilt to work, but I guess it still catches a lot of people off guard or incites their inquisitiveness. Only a couple stares in the lunchroom though, where the biggest crowds of the day were.

[Shamus50]

Went to church yesterday, five people showed up in kilts (3 men and 2 ladies) we were well received . Before church started we were standing outside, people were stopping in the middle of the street and coming out of their houses to take pictures. Father John had us come up front to explain why we were dressed in kilts. I was wearing the US Air Force kilt and received a lot of compliments on how "pretty" it was. One of the church ladies I've known for 50 years gave me a thumbs up. I'm 5ft 7 but I felt 10 feet tall. P.S. metal seats are cold!!!

[MacConnachie]

I'm a' kilted up at work today. Some people realize the significance of the day, and I'm happy to help out any others with questions about April 6th.

Happy Tartan Day, everyone!

[Computergeek]

I am working kilted today as usual: wearing my swk ancient mcrae and thinking about going to the pub. If you cant tell from my name I work on servers and they dont really care what we wear to work as long as we look neat.

[Kent Frazier]

I'm required to wear a uniform at work, so wearing a kilt was out of the question. I did bring my kilt to work and changed into it as soon as possible. I also wore my kilt hose and flashes while working. Although they didn't show, at least *I* knew I was wearing some tartan for Tartan Day.