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4th April 18, 05:51 PM
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Tartan day
In Canada we celebrate Tartan day on April 6th...and by my calendar that's on FRIDAY...... I live on Canada's west coast ... in a small town called Courtenay, half way up Vancouver Island.
I doubt there will be a lot of folk walking about the town centre in their kilts, but I plan on increasing what ever that number is by one.
I will take some photos as I wander about and hopefully so will other members of XMTS in their communities ....... I look forward to your photos, and hope you will get a smile from mine.
For me, wearing my Canadian Maple Leaf tartan, or my Victoria, City of Gardens, will be a huge pleasure and if things go as they have in the past, I will generate lots of smiles.
In anticipation of my wander about town tomorrow, I went looking for some brown slip on shoes this afternoon, and low and behold at my favourite thrift shop there they were!!!.....
I know some folk think that matching leathers is a no-no, but in this case I like how they show off the grain in the different kind of leather. The sporran leather is pigs skin and the shoe leather has a wee brass tag on the bottom near the heel that says genuine snakeskin.... Yikes I hope that doesn't infer that I will be slitherin' around on my walk about tomorrow
 
Last edited by Terry Searl; 5th April 18 at 07:03 PM.
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5th April 18, 03:10 PM
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Turns out the USA also has Tartan day on the 6th, courtesy of George Bush Jr. (according to the ol' wikipedia.) I guess I have a bonus excuse to wear the kilt on Friday.
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5th April 18, 03:52 PM
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Tartan day is celebrated in the US, Canada and Australia. I'm sure that the Scots think we are a bunch of numpties.
Commissioner of Clan Strachan, Central United States.
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5th April 18, 04:40 PM
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 Originally Posted by Fedgunner
Tartan day is celebrated in the US, Canada and Australia. I'm sure that the Scots think we are a bunch of numpties.
I've been reminded that in other parts of the world, it's July 1. I think Canada and US are the only ones that do April 6.
American by birth, human by coincidence and earthling by mistake.
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5th April 18, 04:50 PM
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maybe so
Originally Posted by Fedgunner
Tartan day is celebrated in the US, Canada and Australia. I'm sure that the Scots think we are a bunch of numpties.
......maybe so but they are far enough away that any kind of somethin' they throw at us will likely miss
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6th April 18, 02:38 PM
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Taken this morning, April 6, as I was heading out for work today.
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6th April 18, 03:22 PM
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I posted this for National Tartan Day on FB, in reality it was taken in February.
If you are going to do it, do it in a kilt!
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7th April 18, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Fedgunner
Tartan day is celebrated in the US, Canada and Australia. I'm sure that the Scots think we are a bunch of numpties.
Aye!
Alan
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