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25th April 08, 04:58 PM
#1
SWK nightstalker...great nun kilt! :)
In the midst of preparing for thesis defense and oral comprehensive exams (hence my absence of late!), my sister called to ask if I could deliver lunch for my bro-in-law's birthday today (she is a surgical nurse and can't leave work). She wanted a singing telegram, as well, but could not find a reputable one in Flint. SO, I ended up quickly learning "Happy Birthday" on my smallpipes and became a "piping telegram" (she just called last night, and the birthday was today!).
This was my first "paying gig", as my sister bought lunch for Sister Joan and me.
I wore a SWK Nightstalker kilt, ghillie brogues, black hose, SWK nightstalker flashes, white dress shirt, black tie, black waist coat (my J.Higgins one that I found at the Salvation Army!) and argyle (a home modification by one of our church ladies), and black glengarry.
My bro-in-law is an IT guy at a local school, so I was hidden in an office and he was paged to come fix a computer in said office...that's when he got a smallpipe (figured my GHB would be far too loud for school!) serenade replete with kilted splendor. Gee, how many other guys get two nuns delivering lunch and playing bagpipes?  This is probably a birthday he will not forget!
AND...I've decided this would make a great uniform for a nun pipe and drum band! 
P.S. YES! It was a bit windy today!
"May those who love us, love us. And those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts. And, if He does not turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles, so we shall know them by their limping." :)
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25th April 08, 05:22 PM
#2
Sis - Looks like you're well on your way to becoming the consumate professional!
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25th April 08, 05:25 PM
#3
Hey, that sounds great, Pipesndrumsnun! Didn't know you were a Nightstalker wearer too. Your whole outfit sounds great, and that's a great story!
I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…
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25th April 08, 05:26 PM
#4
Terrific job, Sister. You look great!
"To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning, and seven generations before. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond ear to the drone he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - Neil Munro
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25th April 08, 05:33 PM
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25th April 08, 06:16 PM
#6
Careful there Sis; once the Bishop finds out he now has a professional Piper, who'll play for food, he might start renting you out for Celtic Masses - and you'll gain 100 lbs.
I can see it now;
"Featuring for today's Mass; The No Nunsense Pipers".
What a great Birthday gift! 
+Stan
...May ye be in Heaven half an hour afore the Divil e'en knows ye are dead.
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25th April 08, 06:17 PM
#7
Sister,
The kit looks great on you. This should become the new habit.
The Great Highland Bagpipe is giving me great pleasure and my neighbours great annoyance, very loudly. Veteran U.S.A.F. From County Down to Boston Town a descendant of MacNeil of Barra. Member: New Hampshire Highland Games (Sept 21,22,23, 2012) http://www.nhscot.org Life Member: Scottish Tartans Authority, College of Piping.
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25th April 08, 06:26 PM
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Gillmore of Clan Morrison
"Long Live the Long Shirts!"- Ryan Ross
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25th April 08, 06:34 PM
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Actually Pipesndrumsnun, I'm glad you described how you put the outfit together. It gives me a little hope for putting my own Nightstalker outfit together. Thanks!
I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…
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25th April 08, 07:26 PM
#10
Well done, Sister. That is one classy looking outfit.
Ken Sallenger - apprentice kiltmaker, journeyman curmudgeon
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