Great Kilt for Tartan Day (a bit early)

**Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM** · 5th April 13, 02:12 PM

To the OP, Shedlock2000: Sorry for getting off-topic.

I, personally, love your outfit

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Rob.

**aonghas** · 5th April 13, 02:35 PM

Excellent picture, also it was lucky for that building that you were there to support that post!

**Dale Seago** · 5th April 13, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by Singlemalt

The date was picked as it was on April 6th, 1747 that the Acts of Proscription which banned the kilt and certain other manifestations of Highland culture were repealed.

The proscription was repealed July 1, 1782. As Rob points out, April 6 was picked for the US because of the April 6 date of the Declaration of Arbroath. It's the same day in Canada, while July 1 -- the date of the repeal of proscription -- is used in a number of other countries, among them Australia and New Zealand.

EDIT: Dang. I see Rob went on to point all of that out in a later post.

**Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM** · 5th April 13, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Dale Seago

Dang. I see Rob went on to point all of that out in a later post.

Most days I'm the slow one...

**Singlemalt** · 5th April 13, 05:39 PM

Again my apologies for leading us all off track with my off the cuff and inaccurate history lesson. I am usually the one taking others to task for this kind of mistake, it all makes me feel rather hypocritical.

Perhaps I will punish myself by denying myself my usual two fingers of malt before bed. Or perhaps I will pour four fingers to dull the guilt?

**Dale Seago** · 5th April 13, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by Singlemalt

Perhaps I will punish myself by denying myself my usual two fingers of malt before bed.

Oh good Lord, surely there's no need to go to such an extreme as THAT?!?

I'd think something milder, like a half hour of self-flagellation with a barbed-wire scourge, would be a better fit.

Or perhaps I will pour four fingers to dull the guilt?

Ah, something in between. I'd say that's about perfect!

**Downunder Kilt** · 5th April 13, 06:53 PM

Good looking outfit Shedlock. Wonder if you could provide the source of you belt and buckle?

**Dale Seago** · 5th April 13, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt

Good looking outfit Shedlock. Wonder if you could provide the source of you belt and buckle?

I was wondering exactly the same thing -- REALLY like that buckle!

**Katia** · 5th April 13, 08:20 PM

Quite smart! I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who took the opportunity to go kilted to work a day early. (Of course I'll be rocking it tomorrow, too...)

**Nighthawk** · 5th April 13, 09:37 PM

You look good, Shedlock. I have to ask about the belt. Was there an issue with the shipping of it? It looks an awful lot like a Renaissance Leather belt, and we had one (in brown) shipped to Alberta recently that we thought went missing, but turned up a couple days earlier this week. Either way... that outfit looks good.