And that photo was "doctored" Rob - the original was completely decorous!
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
The Officer in question has now been immortalized by the hornpipe entitled "Hamilton's Nutsack"......
Now here I was thinking Terry Tully wrote that tune about Chris Hamilton... I'll have to pull out my book and find out.
Anyway, with regards to sweeping the pleats, as a "man of substance", I've found that I have problems with it, too. It takes practice.
"To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning, and seven generations before. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond ear to the drone he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - Neil Munro
Wait, now we're up to four different topics...I am trying to catch up on all these threads since May...oh dear...
I do appreciate all the discussion and ideas about the original problem of having enough kilt under oneself while seated, though. I have tried but have never been able to correlate kilt style, design, and tailoring with how well it sits under me. Hmmm.
Originally Posted by Rob MacDonald
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