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    Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian View Post
    Frankly, one of the tests that I apply is whether or not anybody comes up and asks me to explain why I'm dressed "that" way or asks me to explain the "significance" of some part of my outfit...if you have to explain it, it ain't workin'.
    I think this gets to the heart of the disagreement in this thread. I have only ever worn the kilt to attend black tie events, highland games, work (on National Tartan Day) and my wedding. When not playing with a pipe band, it is my intent to wear mostly THCD (or the appropriate attire for hiking - for which I'd like to have a kilt). But 20 years ago, if I'd had a kilt, I'd have been wearing much more avant garde stuff with it. But my guess is that 20 years ago, I was wearing much more avant garde clothing in my non-kilt dress than the naysayers on this thread. I played in punk rock bands from the late 80s through the late 90s. The existentialist in me appreciated the true punk-rock ethos of non-conformity and I dressed accordingly. The thing is, in many ways, what you wear with a kilt is no more "significant" that what you wear with pants. I suspect if one were to wear some of the jackets on this thread with a kilt to attend a highland games, someone there might ask what the significance is. And they might be right to do so. If you push the envelope in one instance, there is no reason not to in the other. Some people don't get envelope-pushing. But I've never thought that to be any sort of reflection on the pusher. There is no more reason to ask "Why are you wearing that jacket?" than there is to ask "Why is your hair purple?" Sometimes the answer is simply, "Because I like it."
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    well, yeah...

    Slacker D, you offer at least two important points. The first is explicit- sometimes " 'cause I want to" is plenty of reason. The second one is implicit, but might be called the rule of If It's Too Loud, as in

    If it's too loud,
    you're too old.


    CMcG wisely posted this thread on the modern forum. Being traditional is fine, especially for us old guys, but for modern, I think just about anything goes. And, like they say, if someone doesn't agree, they don't have to look.
    Some take the high road and some take the low road. Who's in the gutter? MacLowlife

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacLowlife View Post
    Slacker D, you offer at least two important points. The first is explicit- sometimes " 'cause I want to" is plenty of reason. The second one is implicit, but might be called the rule of If It's Too Loud, as in

    If it's too loud,
    you're too old.


    CMcG wisely posted this thread on the modern forum. Being traditional is fine, especially for us old guys, but for modern, I think just about anything goes. And, like they say, if someone doesn't agree, they don't have to look.
    All very true. Isn't age just a state of mind though?
    The grass is greener on the other side of the fence...and it's usually greenest right above the septic tank.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whidbey78 View Post
    All very true. Isn't age just a state of mind though?
    Youth, as far as I can tell, is a state of mind. Age, it seems, is increasingly a state of disrepair.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SlackerDrummer View Post
    Youth, as far as I can tell, is a state of mind. Age, it seems, is increasingly a state of disrepair.
    What a great statement. Superb!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacLowlife View Post
    If it's too loud,
    you're too old.
    Words to live by
    The Barry

    "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis;
    voca me cum benedictis." -"Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath)

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