Oh, I don't know, Alan . . . you're no slouch when it comes to clearly stating your thoughts. One of your many virtues!

Around here kilts are rarely seen. When I wear mine, I tend to hear things like" . . . Oh yeah . . . my grandfather used to wear a kilt." That one always puts a spring in my step. I know one other guy within 50 miles who wears a kilt, mostly to highland games and such as that. Bless him, he's learning to play the pipes too!

I am 6'4" tall and range around 235 lbs. Nobody has ever cracked wise with me about wearing a kilt. At least, not to my face. Since you can toss those weights higher than I can throw a small head of red cabbage, I wouldn't get cute with you either. . . . no matter what I thought of your kilt wearing.

Truth to tell, my kilting is mostly done for more formal occasions when nearly everyone is wearing something you would not see them in down at the store or the gas station. Perhaps that has kept any negative comments out of my hearing. Any rarity can be considered odd. In this neck of the woods, a man on foot is about as rare as a man wearing kilts. A man walking while wearing kilts, however, might have to walk farther before he is offered a lift.