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**wsk** · 25th August 07, 06:03 AM

Originally Posted by taxdragon

I have to ask why you guys never told me about kilts for the first 50 yrs of my life?

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**wsk** · 25th August 07, 06:12 AM

Originally Posted by Archangel

My daughter say I have a "kilt walk" that she thinks is pretty cool. She says people tend to back off and give us room when we go walking (downtown at 2am).

I'm just going for a walk with my daughter.

Don't know that I have a "kilt walk" - pretty hard to change the basic mechanics of one's walk I should think, but early on I was certainly more conscious of my walk. I ascribe this to the swish of the kilt - it moves with a life of it's own whereas pants - well they don't. These days I'm pretty much oblivious to the kilt unless I'm doing something that makes me aware that other people watching me or, when the light's right and I can see my shadow, then I'll watch the kilt's movement as I walk.

**Riverkilt** · 25th August 07, 08:55 AM

I feel more complete myself when kilted.

My life seems much more interactive when I'm kilted.

For example, I just returned from a week long conference of peers. There were 800 of us at the hotel and in the plenary sessions in the mornings. Afternoons were break out sessions which were smaller, from 50 to 200 people depending.

Had I worn pants I'd been just another drone. Few strangers would have initiated conversation with me. Old acquaintences may not have remembered me.

Kilted, people I'd not seen since last year's conference were hollaring my name behind me to catch up and say hello. Many women I'd never met initiated conversations with me asking the usual polite questions. The two people from Scotland at the conference sought me out and we had a great chat. The presenters remembered my name. Employers asked me if I were willing to consider applying at their agency.

Even the hotel staff remembered me. As I was leaving the bellman helping me load my car said, "I remember you. Aren't you from up north?" Right.

I don't "need" to be "somebody." But its a nice perk when kilted and I'm willing to endure the routine questioning since you never know what new friendships and network connections lurk behind them.

And, I was the most comfortable man at the conference. We sat for 12 hours the first day and 9 hours the other three.

Not sure if this muses along the proper trail, but its where my musing led me.

Ron

**Archangel** · 25th August 07, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Employers asked me if I were willing to consider applying at their agency.
Ron

I hope you told them to ask your CEO for references for the guy in the kilt. Lets him know that you are valued for being you by his peers.

**ardchoille** · 25th August 07, 11:49 AM

The way I feel about it is this: Wearing a kilt means you don't have to buy as many for the different "modes" of life. If you take care of a kilt, it can be used in dress mode as well as in casual mode.. kilts go with anything, from flip flops to a coat and tie.

**jordanjm** · 25th August 07, 11:49 AM

I do not necessarily feel more complete, but I feel more confident when kilted.

**Clockwork John** · 25th August 07, 12:01 PM

I would not say that the kilt completes me, but I would definitely say it contributes to my completeness. I've changed alot of the last couple of years, and reconnecting with my celtic heritage has been a small, but very significant part of that. In the last year I've "acquired" a wife, a new church, a new style, three kilts, and a new identity, if you will. For the first time in my life, I'm truly content with where I am in life, and I'm truly comfortable and confident with who I am. It's like this "new me" is who I should have been all along, but I just didn't know it. And the kilt is certainly a significant part of the "new and improved" me.