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    Quote Originally Posted by longhuntr74 View Post
    She made the entire kilt, from scratch, between Wednesday and Saturday, working on it in the evenings
    But they were very, very long evenings that weren't over until well past the end of the Tonight Show.......not something I do very often!!
    Kiltmaker, piper, and geologist (one of the few, the proud, with brains for rocks....
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    What a great and pleasant surprise!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
    But they were very, very long evenings that weren't over until well past the end of the Tonight Show.......not something I do very often!!
    I assumed as much Barb...even with your estimate of 20 hours to make a kilt...that still equates to 5-6 hours per night over that stretch. I appreciate your sacrifice on my behalf!! There's a line we use in the Army..."Sleep is over-rated!"

    PS. For those of you that haven't seen it, the pics of the giving are posted on another thread started by Barb at: Longhuntr's New (and Old) Kilt
    Last edited by longhuntr74; 11th October 10 at 06:14 AM. Reason: added link
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