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  1. 15th August 10, 09:45 AM #1
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    Isle of Skye in the San Juan Mountains


    At an olde fire truck in Ridgway, Colorado


    Canyon Creek at the bottom of Box Canyon in Ouray, Colorado.


    A single kilt check by a good friend at Box Canyon Lodge in Ouray.


    A double kilt check by two good friends at Box Canyon Lodge in Ouray.

    Kilt is Isle of Skye tartan in 16 ounce Stome from Lochcarron, hand sewn by Kathy Lare.
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  2. 15th August 10, 10:41 AM #2
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    its good they are not so obvious with their kilt checks...LOL
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    Isle of Skye and the San Juans ~ wonderful!
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    Kilted With Pride!!!
  4. 15th August 10, 01:56 PM #4
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    You will make Grant jealous!
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  5. 15th August 10, 03:46 PM #5
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    So, were they good friends before or because of the kilt check?
  6. 15th August 10, 05:18 PM #6
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    Double kilt check...Ron, you're the man...
    "Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
  7. 15th August 10, 05:48 PM #7
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    The lady in the hat is 70 years old. We've been friends for 30 years. The lady on the ground has been a friend for a couple years. And the two ladies have been friends for a couple years.
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
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  8. 15th August 10, 11:29 PM #8
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    What a way to get an education! Love the olde fire truck by the way.
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    WOW! Your wearing a sweat shirt. Must be cool in the mountains. Wish we had some cool weather here in Florida.
    Cheers, Leslie
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    Ron, you're cool.
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