Introduction

[Fox]

Hello, my name is Todd Carter, but that will be changing in short order. I was given the name Carter by my step father at age six. Since I have no real ties to the name, or him, I intend to reclaim my patronymic surname Albert, as well as my matronymic Johnston/e roots. This brings me to my first kilt, which I am currently in the process of selecting, with the expert guidence of the fine Mr. Newsome. I will be commissioning a Johnstone tartan from him by which I intend to honor my mother and grandfather at my wedding next year. I'm not sure how to begin a new paragraph here, so my apologies for the format. I might as well tell ya up front, that I am completely sightless, it will have to be said sooner or later, might as well be now. I've been blind for about 20+ years but not all my life. So while I don't get to see all the pictures I still have a deep appreciation for colors, art, and many aspects of sighted phenomena. On that note, I'd like to say that I have already benefitted from my time spent here lurking in the shadows as it were, and am honored to finally be introducing myself as a member, all be it an unkilted virgin. I look forward to future interactions, and especially to becoming kilted.

[jackson1863]

Todd from North Carolina!

[walkerk]

Greetings from sunny California. I's always good to meet another who wears the flying spur.

[ardchoille]

from Seattle, WA.

[James MacMillan]

from Southern California

[Sean_the_Kilted]

Welcome from Heidelberg, Germany! Are you planning on wearing your kilt on a regular basis or just mainly at your wedding?

[Fox]

I can definitely see myself wearing a kilt more than for just special occasions. This has just brought me to it. I'm thinking about my second kilt already, and I don't even have the first yet. I think my second one will be geared toward hiking, and third probably more every day and... Oh dear where does it end? Heh, time will tell I guess.

Welcome from Heidelberg, Germany! Are you planning on wearing your kilt on a regular basis or just mainly at your wedding?

[davedove]

I can definitely see myself wearing a kilt more than for just special occasions. This has just brought me to it. I'm thinking about my second kilt already, and I don't even have the first yet. I think my second one will be geared toward hiking, and third probably more every day and... Oh dear where does it end? Heh, time will tell I guess.

Welcome aboard. You're brand new and you've already got the addiction. And to answer your question, it never ends. There is always at least one more kilt or accessory that you want.

[Riverkilt]

Welcome from an olde Raleigh guy (late 60s era)

You don't gotta be sighted to FEEL the comfort and freedom of a kilt.

So, just for the old besotted and confused brain pan on my shoulders, just how do you "read" our responses?

Ron

[Fox]

You know, that is a good questions I sometimes overlook. I have been using computers for so long, it's almost second nature. The short answer is, I use a regular computer with regular peripherals, an one added peice of software to make things as accessible as possible. This software basically translates things into synthesized speech output via the sound card. Usually it works pretty well, but there are evil hurtles such as captchas. If it were not for my fiance reading the necessary captcha information use here when joining, I would not be typing this now.

Welcome from an olde Raleigh guy (late 60s era)

You don't gotta be sighted to FEEL the comfort and freedom of a kilt.

So, just for the old besotted and confused brain pan on my shoulders, just how do you "read" our responses?

Ron