Do you do a Hakka in kilts?

We shall remember them.

Those people look like they're having fun ... good on yuz!

Yikes! Tartan on the bias!
Yikes!

I suppose the King can wear whatever tartan he pleases. I hope that he passes on the kilt wearing tradition to his son and heir.

Thanks. I'm already singing Baroque music (Messiah season coming up) and I'm in a Welsh Men's choir (singing in the Royal Albert Hall next Spring on top of getting a hip replacement somewhere in...

Sounds great. I wish I were there.
... singing ...

As my father used to warn me, machines are like wild animals that will get you if you don't keep your eye on them. I supervised machinists, metal workers and assemblers for a few decades and the...

"I guess McLeod doesn't have the market cornered on loud."

... or Buchanan with their Health and Safety Hazard Suit tartan.

Canada had its own war going on against the Americans during that period. It was mandatory to be in the Militia and they provided non-military support to the Redcoats like building fortifications,...

Thank you for your service!

Nice Lee Enfield drill showing a Seaman in web gators and belt.

That "Shoulder arms" position (right side) has been the standard way of carrying rifles in the Canadian forces since the advent of...

The military service to which I belong(ed) has a new tartan but it is a navy so I can't wear it as part of my uniform.
I desire it greatly, anyway.

I have a Naval Veteran mate who served on Iroquois in Korea. He's about 90 now but doing okay.
If you want to tour her sister, HMCS Haida has been preserved in Hamilton ON.
The only big difference...

No insignia, rank of or especially medals. It is a federal crime to wear someone else's medals in Canada. They even tried to stop us Veterans from wearing components out of own uniforms even from...

... or James Cosmo ...

Nice Royal occasion.
Brings back memories of Edward Longshanks.

I was but a lowly Able Seaman Stoker and I am not qualified to wear such finery.
(It would be against the law for me to do it, as a matter of fact.)

Yes. They are both works of art. I'm waiting for a third installment.

Irn Bru's television ads are hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtPlNWb1qTs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjrI_Tw9kpo

It's black.

That's the famous Stewart loin cloth.

Everybody needs one of those.

Tomorrow - Little Orphan Annie

Passion Lady, give up your vows?

I'm interested and I can drive to your postal code address. What's the deal, again?

Remembrance Day to the north of your border. The four years of WWI was a traumatic , transformative event for Canada.
As a Veteran, I marched in three military observances this year ... one the...