The kilt really leaves quite an impression

**Andrewson** · 17th May 08, 05:00 AM

It is certainly true that people do notice you in a kilt.

I was stopped in the street of my hometown last week by a lady who said "I have seen you about town many times and I just wanted to thank you for wearing your kilt, it makes me happy to see you!" I do not recollect ever seeing the lady before. I certainly don't know her.

As you see, we are being watched - and admired - by many we don't notice.

**McFarkus** · 17th May 08, 05:25 AM

I wore my kilt ONCE to my local coffee shop for a morning, and now I'm "the kilt guy" and they ask why I'm NOT wearing it (hmmm, maybe I'll wear it there again this morning.)

**michaelbeeman** · 17th May 08, 08:39 AM

Do it my friend, if you haven't already!
I was working for a local brewery when I went kilted full time, about 7 years ago. One of my jobs was giving public and VIP tours of the joint, as well as pouring tasters, so lot's of folks saw me kilted. I'm often approached by folks with the ol', "Hey, it's the kilt guy!". Well, I do hear "Beer Guy" and "Beeman" a lot, as well.

**Ancienne Alliance** · 17th May 08, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by michaelbeeman

Do it my friend, if you haven't already!
I was working for a local brewery when I went kilted full time, about 7 years ago. One of my jobs was giving public and VIP tours of the joint, as well as pouring tasters, so lot's of folks saw me kilted. I'm often approached by folks with the ol', "Hey, it's the kilt guy!". Well, I do hear "Beer Guy" and "Beeman" a lot, as well.

All sounds good to me !

**CameronTaylor** · 17th May 08, 01:29 PM

Did I miss something or did you not tell us where such a pub is and what it's called ? (that goes for you too Oceanside guy, and are you coming up to Cosat Mesa for the Highland Games next weekend? )
I have friends in Rhome that I must visit and take out - kilted of course.

CT - travelin' b fun

**Cynthia** · 17th May 08, 01:53 PM

We were at the Tap-In in Grapevine, Texas. It looks pub-ish (very cozy, actually -- small, but nice decoration), but it doesn't have much of the pub-like feel to it that I'm used to if that makes sense. It feels more like a sports bar in disguise to me and doesn't have a lot of single malts, sadly. I'm used to sessions going on when we hit our other usual places, and the night we went to the Tap-In some guy on a guitar was singing cover tunes (definitely not Celtic music). Of course, for something like the Tipperary Inn or Trinity Hall, that's quite a drive for us. The Tap-In is probably the closest thing we have to us, and I'm not sure what's good and also convenient for Rhome. We're in Roanoke, but we haven't had the opportunity to go looking around for something else in our area since the majority of the time we hit a pub or bar is when a friends' band is playing in Dallas or Arlington or something.

Oh, and smoking is allowed in the Tap-In. There's a cigar shop next door, so there's almost always at least one person smoking a cigar.

**CameronTaylor** · 18th May 08, 10:35 AM

That's cool, Fire-sprinkler boy lives in Roanoke (with a name like Murphy you'd think he'd have a kilt of some sort, I'll bust his chops about that later).
I agree, things can be distanceful (look ma, i maked up a new word

), I put over 900 miles on my rental in just 6 days (Denton based).

CT - goodness I need a nap

**Nick the DSM** · 18th May 08, 06:19 PM

it leaves a huge impression at a place that you go to. at school i'm the guy in the kilt, some guy recognized me out of the 3000 students there!

**McFarkus** · 18th May 08, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Nick the DSM

it leaves a huge impression at a place that you go to. at school i'm the guy in the kilt, some guy recognized me out of the 3000 students there!

My nephew Seamus used to wear his kilt to public high school here in Evanston, Illinois. Here's an old thread with some of his stories.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/t...x.html?t=10893

**MacFett** · 18th May 08, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by McFarkus

My nephew Seamus used to wear his kilt to public high school here in Evanston, Illinois. Here's an old thread with some of his stories.

I went to high school in Socorro NM (80 miles from Albuquerque) and me and a friend made kilts (just used some random plaid flannel we found (shh we didn't know any better at the time) and wore them to school. We were both drug into the office and sent home to change. We were also given warning that if we wore them again we would be expelled.