Kilted experience last weekend

[mkmound]

Last Sunday I was eating lunch in a restaurant . . . a man comes up and asked whether the tartan (XMarks) was a clan or family tartan -- said he didn't recognize it. I responded that I belonged to an internet kilt discussion forum, and one of the members had designed the tartan, etc.

He smiled and said "oh, it's an online family or clan!"

I thought that that was a great description of this rabble . . . a very real family, though we're spread across the globe.

Thanks to all of you for your contributions!! (Especially today's thread about the ferrets -- I definitely needed the laughs! )

[Fearnest]

A virtual clan - what a fitting description and an interesting concept at the beginning of the XXI Century (CE).

[ozone]

So that means we need a kilt badge and all the other trappings: Folks, get yer thinking caps on!!!

My vote is that the badge would do well to have its clan saying in binary instead of the usual boring latin ;-)

[Dreadbelly]

There are 10 types of people in this world.

Those that understand binary and those that don't.

[Braveheart88]

Are there any pics of the Xmarks tartan anywhere? I'd like to see it.

[MacWage]

Are there any pics of the Xmarks tartan anywhere? I'd like to see it.

Look to the left and right if this box. That tartan is it. There is a standing order fro it through Steve at Freedom Kilts. If interested, CALL/EMAIL HIM.
Best option:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=24456

As for a "clan badge."
Many use the X Marks kilt pin on a hat (last order just sold out a few weeks ago, contact Kilted Code Warrior if interested in the next run). For pics, just "search" for "X Marks" "kilt pin" in the top blue bar.
Steve has a "buckle & strap) design, but it cannot be sold on the open forum (for a number of reasons). If interested, you have also to contact Steve to see what can and cannot be done. I'll stop on that.

This site is more than a forum, it is an extended family, sometimes separated by a common language.

[brandycr]

Thats one way to describe all of us nuts lol

[BEEDEE]

There are 10 types of people in this world.

Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Dread - that is the most subtle comment I have seen posted! Great work!

Brian

[ccga3359]

Last Sunday I was eating lunch in a restaurant . . . a man comes up and asked whether the tartan (XMarks) was a clan or family tartan -- said he didn't recognize it. I responded that I belonged to an internet kilt discussion forum, and one of the members had designed the tartan, etc.

He smiled and said "oh, it's an online family or clan!"

I thought that that was a great description of this rabble . . . a very real family, though we're spread across the globe.

Thanks to all of you for your contributions!! (Especially today's thread about the ferrets -- I definitely needed the laughs! )

It's great that some outsider made this observation.

[Kid Cossack]

A former member expressed it well: friends are the family you choose for yourself. I like that, always have.