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    NorCalPiper is offline Membership Revoked for repeated rule violations.
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    A&S Military Box Pleat kilts-NEW-75£

    Another reason why I wish I had that trim 34 inch waist of my youth!!! Cruising eBay and saw these. These are military BP also, so some of you might be interested in this-There seem to be about 10 left-

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kilt-Royal-Reg...#ht_1628wt_893

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    Almost ironic - from the auction:
    "Please Note: Our Company has ISO 9001- 2000 Acreditation for QUALITY."

    ...but not for proofreading or spelling:

    "Ministry of Defence"
    "Officers Patern."
    "These sizes indicate : Height / Waist/ Breach ."
    (Breach??? is that the correct term?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale-of-Cedars View Post
    Almost ironic - from the auction:
    "Please Note: Our Company has ISO 9001- 2000 Acreditation for QUALITY."

    ...but not for proofreading or spelling:

    "Ministry of Defence"
    "Officers Patern."
    "These sizes indicate : Height / Waist/ Breach ."
    (Breach??? is that the correct term?)
    I agree with 2 of the spelling errors but the word Defence, in the Queens english, is spelt with a C not an S.
    Shoot straight you bastards. Don't make a mess of it. Harry (Breaker) Harbord Morant - Bushveldt Carbineers

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    Paul Henry is offline Membership Revoked for repeated rule violations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale-of-Cedars View Post
    Almost ironic - from the auction:
    "Please Note: Our Company has ISO 9001- 2000 Acreditation for QUALITY."

    ...but not for proofreading or spelling:

    "Ministry of Defence"
    "Officers Patern."
    "These sizes indicate : Height / Waist/ Breach ."
    (Breach??? is that the correct term?)
    Yes Breach is a traditional and not at all unusual term, and would be understood by most people in the UK and tailors and clothiers , and is essentially the hip or seat measurement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt View Post
    I agree with 2 of the spelling errors but the word Defence, in the Queens english, is spelt with a C not an S.
    Hoist on my own petard! I should have known better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by paulhenry View Post
    Yes Breach is a traditional and not at all unusual term, and would be understood by most people in the UK and tailors and clothiers , and is essentially the hip or seat measurement.
    But shouldn't it be 'breech' as in 'breeches'?

    [This got me wondering, and for some reason the first thing I thought of was the Old Sailor by A.A. Milne:

    "He was shipwrecked and lived on an island for weeks,
    And he wanted a hat, and he wanted some breeks;"

    and I discovered that breeks was a Scot word. Cool.]

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    Have the waist, just wish I had the $$ right now.

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    Why do they never make these things 'man sized'?

    Regards

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    Mostly fit young lads signing up for the forces, eh ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale-of-Cedars View Post
    Hoist on my own petard! I should have known better.
    What was it that Sir Winston Churchill once said about the English and the Americans (and Canadians)? Something like "Two peoples separated by a common language".

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