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    Mystery of the Missing Kilt

    Right around Christmas I took the liberty of ordering myself a little present. (Afterall, you have to look out for yourself during the holidays and my birthday is the 26th.) Anyway, I took advantage of Burnett & Struth's casual kilt salt and ordered a 5 yd. kilt in the Rotary Tartan. (I wanted to wear the kilt to a Rotary function being held in early March.) I paid in full and my card was charged for shipping in mid-January. Days, weeks, months passed and finally the Jones set in. I wanted to know where in the world was my kilt.

    Fast forward to yesterday. I e-mailed B&S to inquire as to the delay. (I have ordered 3 kilts from them in the past and their usual turn-a-round time is about a month.) I received a reply this morning that the kilt had been shipped and received at my school on January 26th. They were kind enough to include the tracking number from Candian Post.

    Stay with me....I went to the main building where all the mail is sorted and all packages are delivered. (I've failed to mention that I have most of my kilt stuff sent to work so that my wife can't monitor my purchases. I know, it's bad to keep if from her, but she's on a need to know basis as far a kilts go.) Well, I took a look around the mail room. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted at kilt size flat box under a table. The box was badly damaged and taped with USPS Priority Mail tape. The label included my school's address, but my name was not on the label. Also stamped on the box was "received unsealed" and "damaged in handling". The kicker is the tissue paper is in the box, but the kilt is missing.

    So, I have a box with and invoice, but no kilt. I'm looking into it at school just to see if anyone opened it since there was no addressee except the school; however, I would think the person at the front desk would sent out a mass e-mail regarding the "mystery package or kilt".

    Somewhere is the world there is a Rotary Tartan kilt with my name on it. Go figure........and if you know where it is please let me know.

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    If I see it up this way I'll give a holler

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    Me too. Haunting Jefferson Rotary.......

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    Someone deserves a serious rear end kicking.
    "Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.

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    This is the saddest stroy I have heard today. I sure hope the missing kilt shows up for you.

    My school is quite small, if a kilt showed-up everyone would know exactly who it was for

    Cheers,

    Marshal Moroni
    "..., and wrote upon it - In memory of our God, our religion, and our freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children...." Alma 46:12

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    I'll keep an eye out for it.





    BTW, what size is it?

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    Hopefully, it hasn't ended up looking something like this, at the nearest punk hangout:


    Hope you find it.

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    Since B&S was so helpful for another kiltie on another thread, maybe they'd at least replace yours. They should bear some of the responsibility for not putting your name on the shipping label.

    If someone stole it the poor theif probably figured out he'd be spotted if it fit and he wore it, and if it didn't fit it'd be useless, and may have trashed it.

    Good luck,

    Ron
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    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    Man that sucks big time. I hope you find it mate. Oh and keep in mind it may not have been a male who has it if it was stolen

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    This really is sad to hear. Thinking positive, it will show up.
    Glen McGuire

    A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.

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