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13th August 09, 07:46 AM
#1
Pumping Gas Kilted In The Wind
I live in a small town in the Canyonlands of Arizona. The town is perched on a mesa that is affectionately know as The Windy Mesa...and it is.
I'm kilted five years now and long ago learned to navigate my kilts in the wind. A special challenge is pumping gas kilted since the wind coming from under the vehicle gains speed and breaks free up under the kilt when I'm standing near the vehicle.
I'm used to paying special attention to the wind when pumping gas.
So yesterday at work I'm doing an intake assessment on a new female client. A friendly lady in her late 30s seeking relationship counseling. I'm wearing pantz yesterday.
Suddenly, she beams, "You're the guy pumping gas in the kilt!!" "My husband and I were driving by and I saw you. The wind was blowing and your kilt was all over in the wind and I kept saying Come On Wind!!"
Then she expressed some sadness that "nothing happened."
I took it as a compliment - at least an appreciation of kilts.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member Scottish Tartans Authority, Owner Freelanders #4 & 5
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"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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13th August 09, 07:48 AM
#2
the power of the kilt! ...well, almost.
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13th August 09, 08:28 AM
#3
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13th August 09, 08:33 AM
#4
Ya gotta love natural energy....
.... getting used to this whole kilt thing
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13th August 09, 08:56 AM
#5
I have no idea what you're talking about...
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.” -C.S. Lewis
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13th August 09, 09:25 AM
#6
I was up in the Mountians of NC. We stopped to get gas and i was in a UK. So as the gas is pumping, my wife, brother-in-law and his GF are in the store getting the usual. I decide to Clean the windshield. Now i lean overt the hood just in time for a gust of wind to come on through. and i feel a tickle on my elbow. Its the hem of my kilt and ist resting on my back. Thankfully i chose to wear boxer briefs that day. but the story is still a good one and we all get a kick out of remembering it.
Whisky for the gentlemen that like it. And for the gentlemen that don't like it - Whisky.~Major Jock Sinclair-Tunes of Glory
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13th August 09, 09:32 AM
#7
Great story, Ron, yes I have also noticed the wind tunnel effects when standing kilted beside a motor car.
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13th August 09, 10:05 AM
#8
Too funny brother Ron - yes, I too have learned to be extra cautious while pumping gas...
Phil in Idaho
"Walk Tall, Walk Straight, and Look the World Right in the Eye."
That Great Celtic Philosopher Val Doonican
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13th August 09, 10:13 AM
#9
That risk is part of the thrill of the kilt! Regards...
"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.
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13th August 09, 10:19 AM
#10
 Originally Posted by Tattoo Bradley
I have no idea what you're talking about...

I have to honest here, this scares me.......ROFLMAO
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