A reason for kilting - as if anyone needed one -- longish

[Aussie_Don]

I'm fairly new to the kilting caper, and have mostly restricted
myself to "Folkie" type occasions, festivals, busking, etc. Though
I have been getting a bit more relaxed about "just doing stuff"
while I'm kilted. e.g. stopping at the grocery store on the way
back from a festival, stopping off at the hardware barn or a big
box store after I've been busking, or whatever.

I'm feeling good about this, though. Today was the first time that
I just put a kilt on and went off to do.... whatever.

Whatever in this case was a meeting of the Aussie System
Administrators' Guild (I'm the Victorian President).

When asked, "Why a kilt?" My response was a combination
of, "My mother was a MacGregor" and a bit of family history
including a bit about what a feisty bunch the MacGregors were.
(No offence to other clans -- I'm sure that there were a bunch
of others that I wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. )

My alternate explanation was, "I spent a lot of money on this
kilt, and I decided that I should get some use from it."

Both were completely accepted. (OK, I was a bit surprised,
but I guess that I shouldn't have been. I learnt in High School
that you could "get away" with damn near anything if you
did it as if you had the right to be doing it. Stand tall, walk
as if you own the vicinity, and hey, you do own the vicinity!)

We go out for pizza after the meeting. Aside from the positive
comments from the restaurateur and the waitress, I got a "looking
good" from a female customer as I was on my way out the door.

Mind you, I thought that I was looking good, 8yd MacGregor
Reproduction kilt, House of Cheviot Lovat Green hose with
Matching flashes, a grey pin-striped fitted shirt and a grey
tweed Argyll jacket. No tie, it was informal. Black freedom
sporran. Sorry, no pics, you'll need to use your imagination
for the moment, I'll try for a picture tomorrow.

I was a little concerned about the possibility of running into a
drunken lout, but probably shouldn't have worried. The level of
confidence that I was feeling would have put most of them
off, in any case.

-Don