"No Thanks"?

[Bugbear]

That's too bad, Ted. I often think of you in the hot sunshine harvesting whatever's in season, wearing a kilt, Argyll jacket and wool tie, quietly muttering to yourself about which side of the ponderosa needs more compost.

I suppose there is a positive side... I didn't spend hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars more on highland attire, only to end up feeling icky and wrong about wearing it.

But you are correct, piperdbh, I belong in overalls and an old straw hat, not a kilt, and not worrying about black tie attire.

[MacMillans son]

I suppose there is a positive side... I didn't spend hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars more on highland attire, only to end up feeling icky and wrong about wearing it.

But you are correct, piperdbh, I belong in overalls and an old straw hat, not a kilt, and not worrying about black tie attire.

Of course you are always welcome Bugbear, but I am curious as to why you would continue to participate on a kilt board?

[Bugbear]

Of course you are always welcome Bugbear, but I am curious as to why you would continue to participate on a kilt board?

I made a few friends here during my kilted days, and I manage one of the forum's social groups.

[MacBean]

I for one am delighted that Bugbear hangs out here, and hope some day to botanize with him out there. Kilts and all are very nice, but I look for something subtler in the Highland legacy, and I think it lies in the land itself and its people rather than its fashions. A recent visit to the Gaeltact of Ireland (my first), was as life-changing as visits to the Highlands in the past, though I lament the loss of the old forests, just as I did as a child in England.

But back to the original question. I wonder what made you ask it in the first place?

[BoldHighlander]

I made a few friends here during my kilted days...

I for one am delighted that Bugbear hangs out here, and hope some day to botanize with him out there.

Hear! Hear!

I count Ted as one of my friends (kilted or not), and always look forward to his reports/discussions on his gardening pursuits,
....besides we both have an affinity for bats

[BoldHighlander]

I suppose there is a positive side... I didn't spend hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars more on highland attire, only to end up feeling icky and wrong about wearing it.

But you are correct, piperdbh, I belong in overalls and an old straw hat, not a kilt, and not worrying about black tie attire.

We all go through different seasons in our lives Ted. Who knows, one day you may find yourself donning a kilt again. As the saying goes "never say never"

[Frank McGrath]

I live in an area where the predominant species is inbred moron. I rarely wear the kilt in county. I prefer to wear it where people actually have a process of thought. I have learned this through trial and error.

[Bugbear]

We all go through different seasons in our lives Ted. Who knows, one day you may find yourself donning a kilt again. As the saying goes "never say never"

That's true. But for now I am an unkilted scarecrow.

I also don't watch TV, I don't have one, or listen to the radio, and this is the only forum I belong to. I spend a lot of time either reading or writing things on my computer, so it's nice to have a place to take a break.

And for the garden report, there is one last stalk of blue corn out there with four ears on it; ears B4.1 through B4.4 I'm waiting for their kernels to harden up a bit more before I harvest them; it's ancient flour corn, and the ears are very short and small (3 to 6 inches).

[mull]

While I certainly would not say "No thanks", I have found the kilt to be less comfortable than I had origanally expected. I attribute this to the fact that I do not have a bespoke kilt, and both kilts I have seem to want to slide down as I wear them.

Once they start to reach my knee I become frustrated with pulling them back up. Added to that is the fact that I am used to wearing pants with a low waist, so pulling the top of a slightly too long kilt up to my ribbs seems awkward.

When I wear a sweater, I use suspenders to hold the kilt up and it works better, but then I cannot take off the sweater if I get hot.

I guess the answer is to spring for a properly fitted kilt.

[piperdbh]

That's true. But for now I am an unkilted scarecrow.

I also don't watch TV, I don't have one, or listen to the radio, and this is the only forum I belong to. I spend a lot of time either reading or writing things on my computer, so it's nice to have a place to take a break.

And for the garden report, there is one last stalk of blue corn out there with four ears on it; ears B4.1 through B4.4 I'm waiting for their kernels to harden up a bit more before I harvest them; it's ancient flour corn, and the ears are very short and small (3 to 6 inches).

What will you do with the blue corn once it's all hairsted?