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Old 03-30-2007, 01:49 PM
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Behold, the power of the Kilt

Today I walked to the post office to mail my acceptance to Leeds, and I wore my Hunting MacLeod. Nothing odd about that, I walk around town kilted all the time. Of course, some times there's more reaction than others.

Today I got honked and waved at by a guy in a VW microbus, asked if I played the pipes at the post office, and pointed and laughed at by a guy in a military dress uniform.

The best was as I was walking back. I heard someone calling out behind me, it was a guy trying to identify the tartan. He mentioned he had seen a guy in a MacBeth tartan at the grocery a couple weeks back. Well, that was me, too So he invites me to the bar, which was a block back and where he had seen me from, and buys me a Guiness. We drank, talked about kilts, Scots, Celts, Romans, tartans, etc. for a while. All in all a good time.

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Old 03-30-2007, 01:51 PM
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Well, except for the military guy, it sounds like a pretty good day! (My personal favorite kind of beer is "free beer.")
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:56 PM
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Old 03-30-2007, 02:00 PM
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That's a pretty neat story. That guy in the dress uni needs his teeth fed to him.
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Old 03-30-2007, 02:08 PM
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Good story. Free beer is good beer
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Old 03-30-2007, 02:12 PM
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Old 03-30-2007, 02:13 PM
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That's a pretty neat story. That guy in the dress uni needs his teeth fed to him.
Ah, maybe he's got a little case of PTSD. Let's try retraining first!
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Old 03-30-2007, 02:15 PM
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Great story!
Hooray for the good people of Michigan! I think the mean guy must have been from someplace else!
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Old 03-30-2007, 02:16 PM
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The fellow in uniform did not deserve to wear it Too many brave men fought & died in kilts. He should not be pointing fingers & laughing. OK I'm on a again, let me get off

But free beer is always good Did you refer him here Maybe we can get another man kilted
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Sounds like a great day
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