New XMarks member from Texas

**McFarkus** · 4th January 10, 07:37 AM

from Chicago

**dutchy kilted** · 4th January 10, 08:09 AM

Greetings from your old stomping grounds of Pennsylvania!

**madman79764** · 4th January 10, 08:12 AM

Welcome from West Texas (Odessa)

**RobertStewart** · 11th January 10, 12:23 AM

dutchy, what part of PA? I'm from the Scranton area. My folks still live out that way, and I'm looking forward to visiting them (and PA, I miss it) when I get back. I'll probably wear my kilt out there too...last time I did it, it took forever to get through security...for some reason they kept thinking I had a small knife hidden somewhere, lol...I was smart and packed the Sgian Dubh in my checked baggage, but they stopped me everywhere I went. My grandmother (a Stewart) really appreciated me stopping by to visit her while wearing the family tartan though...made all the airport trouble worth it. Hopefully this time I can play the pipes for her too.

**Jack Daw** · 11th January 10, 11:19 AM

Ah, Scranton! I have a cousin in Tunkhannock.

**dutchy kilted** · 11th January 10, 11:47 AM

I livein Lancaster County, originally from Philadlephia. Have relatives inthe Palmertown/Lehighton area, but that is closest I usually get to the Scranton area. I wore a Mocker UK to my niece's birthday party at the Ashiquacola Fire Hall last month and got some strange looks, believe it or not. Hope the people of NE Pennsylvania are ready for you and your kilt!

**RobertStewart** · 19th January 10, 07:02 AM

I wore my kilt around quite a bit last time I visited. No one seemed to care. I even wore it for our family photos! I've had more people from my own family tease me (in good fun of course) than from strangers. Most people just do a double-take, realize it's a kilt, and then go on about their business. I had a cute little girl in Wal-Mart (back in Texas) who was with her mother in line behind me ask her mom, "Why is that man wearing a skirt?" But that's the only time I've had someone question it...mostly people recognize it as a kilt, and no one seems to really find it strange (especially if I speak with a brogue

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Jack, I had friends that lived in Tunkhannock for several years, and I still drive through there on my way to my Grandparents house.