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20th March 06, 05:20 PM
#1
Hmmm... that sure is hideous......
Too bad, firefighters deserve better.......
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20th March 06, 06:08 PM
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Does the border patrol have an auxillary, that's a good looking tartan.
David
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20th March 06, 07:07 PM
#3
 Originally Posted by David Thornton
Does the border patrol have an auxillary, that's a good looking tartan.
David
No auxiliaries that I know of ... there are the Border Patrol Citizens Academies - they're for members of the public in border states who want to learn more about what BP does ...
San Diego BP Sector has its own pipes and drums - they actually get on-the-job training in the Great Highland Bagpipes (a use of taxpayer money I actually approve of) ...
BUT the tartan is available at the KiltStore. Just don't wear it with a green Ike jacket, okay?
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20th March 06, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by beerbecue
Hmmm... that sure is hideous......
Too bad, firefighters deserve better.......
Not sure hideous is qualified. I have seen much more offensive tartans, at least to my taste. It has some good contrasts that could be associated with fire. I would like to see a better one, and Phil I would be willing to help make it an accepted Firefighters tartan. You guys are definitely undeserved.
The kilt concealed a blaster strapped to his thigh. Lazarus Long
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20th March 06, 07:58 PM
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I can say I'm not a fan of that particular tartan and hope you can design one better.
I myself am working (ever so slowly) on a Caterpillar tartan since I'm a heavy equipment operator. I have a couple or three good ideas and one design so far that on paper looks decent. Gordon Kirkbright knows sort of what I'm trying to do but the final stages are far, far away.
CT - and so many kilts in between ... 
Last edited by CameronTaylor; 12th April 06 at 07:55 PM.
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21st March 06, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by beerbecue
Hmmm... that sure is hideous......
Too bad, firefighters deserve better.......
Dang that's for sure. this was their quote:
Over the years, many firefighters seeking kilts have asked me if there is a tartan for them. Some large departments have their own tartan, others with pipe bands use standard clan tartans, but there never has been one for Firefighters as a whole until now. If anyone deserves a tartan, it's these men & women who work so hard to serve the public. The tartan was designed by Linda Clifford & Heather Yellowley. It was woven in Scotland & has been registered with the Scottish Tartans Authority.
Well their hearts are in the right place but it looks like they've put the mandelbrot set thru a tartan generator.
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21st March 06, 12:41 AM
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21st March 06, 05:21 AM
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Perhaps hideous is a bit strong - I tend to blurt....
Let's say I don't care for it, and I feel that firefighters deserve a more attractive tartan......
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21st March 06, 08:42 AM
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I think I'm going to try my hand at designing a Fire/EMS tartan (since they are combined into one department in most places in the US now) because there has to be something better than that one. Yikes! 
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22nd March 06, 06:13 AM
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I don't think the firefighter tartan looks too bad, I,d have to see a kilt in it, not just a small patch with only one sett shown. However, is it really a tartan, or just a plaid. I thought that Matt, or someone other expert said the sett had to repeat vertically as well as horizontally to be a true tartan.
"A day spent in the fields and woods, or on the water should not count as a day off our allotted number upon this earth."
Jerry, Kilted Old Fart.
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