More Balmoral Questions

[bikercelt1]

I've been pouring through the threads about the E-Bay Balmorals and "Jocking" a Balmoral. I've checked out Dunnadd Trading company. I'm sure I've missed or misunderstood a couple of things that maybe somebody can help me with. If I understand things correctly and I intend to Jock my balmoral then I need to order it larger than my actual size so that it shrinks to fit. If that is correct then how much too large do I order? One size? Two? I know it can only shrink so much without becoming goofy.

Around my neck of the woods the belief is that ribbons tied in a bow mean the wearer is married and untied means he's single. On the Dunnadd Trading site it says that Highlanders prefer their Balmoral ribbons loose and Lowlanders wear theirs tied in a bow, which seems backward to me from posts that I've read. Anybody got better information on these practices?

Jamie