Finally done it

**kiltedmapleleaf** · 6th August 08, 04:16 AM

I have just ordered a mapleleaf tartan casual kilt from CCK. I need it for the first week in October and Pete says it will be here by then. I can't wait.

**Splash_4** · 6th August 08, 05:14 AM

Woo Hoo! The maple leaf is a stunning tartan and I have seen Pete's work on other kilts. You will be a very happy camper when you receive it.

**McMurdo** · 6th August 08, 05:20 AM

Congratulations I love my CCK Maple Leaf just to keep your Jones nice and strong here are some photos, enjoy the Jones.

**Carolina Kiltman** · 6th August 08, 07:06 AM

As a relative newcomer, what is the origin of the term Jonesing, for waiting in great anticipation (apparently not always patiently!)?

**Finn** · 6th August 08, 07:19 AM

The Maple Leaf really is a nice tartan. Glen, you wear it well!

"Jonesing" is taken from contemporary language (not so much lately) with a meaning akin to an addict needing a fix. Smokers "Jones" for a cigarette. I don't know the etymology.

**McMurdo** · 6th August 08, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Carolina Kiltman

As a relative newcomer, what is the origin of the term Jonesing, for waiting in great anticipation (apparently not always patiently!)?

That's it. Something we all go through when waiting for a kilt in varying degrees.

**Riverkilt** · 6th August 08, 07:29 AM

Jonesing is just craving...shakes...tremors...seldom progesses to full blown withdrawal seizures.

Antidote is shopping for kilt accessories while waiting for the kilt. Gotta have a kilt pin ready for the new kilt. Gonna need a new sporran for the new kilt. Gonna have to find the right colored shirt to go with the new kilt. Might even need new color kilt hose or a shinny pair of new shoes for the new kilt. Maybe a kilt jacket.

If shopping for kilt accessories isn't enough to medicate the jones then order some more kilts. Insure the supply so to speak. If you space your ordering out and keep ordering kilts then after your new kilt comes in and you get past the original high from it and it starts to seem sort of boring then you'll have another kilt arriving to give you a new high.

And hey....that Maple Leaf tartan gonna be in wool or PV??

Ron

**sydnie7** · 6th August 08, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by Carolina Kiltman

As a relative newcomer, what is the origin of the term Jonesing, for waiting in great anticipation (apparently not always patiently!)?

Wiktionary has refs going back to 1965 of "Jones" as slang for heroin.

Also "Ed Boland, in The New York Times, March 2002, attributes the term to heroin addicts who frequented Great Jones Alley in New York City between Broadway and Lafayette High School. . ." although that smacks (sorry) of urban legend.

Other Wiki refs show its slide over time into general usage as seen here on XMTS.

Only thing I truly Jones for is a winning lottery ticket!

**sydnie7** · 6th August 08, 09:15 AM

McMurdo, you're the second person I've seen with sporran bearing a tartan flap (both of them happen to be Maple Leaf). Where are you finding these? Have you seen anybody try a DIY version? Looks VERY sharp! [/hijack]