Non-Kilted activities?

[kevinkinney]

...anything outside in the last 3 weeks.....

Kevin

[davedove]

What it really boils down to is that you can wear a kilt in just about any activity. Just as soon as someone says he would never wear a kilt for something, someone else will chime in and say they do it all the time.

So, instead of asking what can you wear a kilt for, the proper question should be when would it be wiser not to wear a kilt.

One common activity is riding motorcycles. Some guys will say he rides in a kilt. That's all fine and dandy, but what happens if you lay the bike down. There is a reason bikers wear all the denim and leather, and it's not just to look tough. It's because they have either been in an accident themselves or personally seen someone else in an accident. In those cases, it's good to have as much between your skin and the pavement as possible. Remember, no one ever thinks "I'm going to wreck my bike today, so I better dress for it."

[Drillagent]

While I'm by no means continually kilted, I don't wear my kilt while I'm doing my woodworking. Using the table saw really throws around the sawdust. I'm sure it wouldn't do well getting in the wool. And I'm pretty sure I wouldn't appreciate it if the sawdust got blown upwards.

[BoldHighlander]

What it really boils down to is that you can wear a kilt in just about any activity. Just as soon as someone says he would never wear a kilt for something, someone else will chime in and say they do it all the time.

So, instead of asking what can you wear a kilt for, the proper question should be when would it be wiser not to wear a kilt.

One common activity is riding motorcycles. Some guys will say he rides in a kilt. That's all fine and dandy, but what happens if you lay the bike down. There is a reason bikers wear all the denim and leather, and it's not just to look tough. It's because they have either been in an accident themselves or personally seen someone else in an accident. In those cases, it's good to have as much between your skin and the pavement as possible. Remember, no one ever thinks "I'm going to wreck my bike today, so I better dress for it."

AMEN!!

I earned my 'broken wings' the hard way in October of 1986. Slid 20 feet with my sportster on top of me. Levis, 16" engineer boots, leather jacket & greasy patched denim cutaway saved my hide (no helmet law then, I didn't wear one & was fortunate I didn't hit my head!)...had road rash just from the friction of the pavement, couldn't imagine if I had a kilt on!!
We had /have a saying in my old crowd:
"there are two kinds of bikers, those who've crashed & those who are gonna' crash".

I still shake my head when I see some goof on his sport bike wearing tank top (or no), surfer shorts & sandals, with a full face helmet!!

Nope, kilts & bikes (in motion) have no place together.

[cessna152towser]

Last time I went outdoors not kilted was one mild day in early November when I ventured out to the garden in shorts for an hour or so to do some tidying up. The last time I wore long trousers was last time I conducted a case before the Sheriff at Jedburgh last September, as I always wear my black heavyweight kilt when sitting in the Magistrates Court. Having said that our aviation museum is introducing new uniforms this season which include a blue shirt, necktie and black trousers, so I shall be wearing trousers while on duty at the airport a few days per month, starting in March. The new owners of the airport have a reputation in Europe for their clean and well turned out vehicles, trains and aircraft, and their smartly dressed employees, from the truck drivers in Eddie Stobart Road Haulage, through Stobart Rail's freight train activities and Stobart Air's small fleet of jet aircraft, and the full time staff at the airport all got smart new uniforms last summer. As Stobarts are our major sponsors they would like the volunteers to uphold the company image, and as they having given so much help to our aviation museum I feel its a small sacrifice to fit in with the black trousers policy while on duty around the airport. Though this does not extend to my flying, which is a private activity, so I shall still be kilted while at the airport if not on museum duties.

[McClef]

I wouldn't stand on the CN Tower glass floor kilted or not kilted!

Well for me riding my motorcycle is a non kilted activity.

[Rex_Tremende]

Call me a coward, but I went to a comedy club the other night in trousers. There are times when one really doesn't want to call attention to oneself.

Regards,
Rex.

[billmcc]

Taking a shower or bath.

[James MacMillan]

Call me a coward, but I went to a comedy club the other night in trousers. There are times when one really doesn't want to call attention to oneself.

Regards,
Rex.

OK - You're a coward...

I don't wear minde deer hunting. The tree stand safety harness fastens around my thighs. And I don't wear for bowling. I haven't worn for golf yet, but I am thinking about it.

I bowl and golf kilted.

[Schultz]

Call me a coward, but I went to a comedy club the other night in trousers. There are times when one really doesn't want to call attention to oneself.

A friend of mine is an amateur comedian and I wore my kilt to a local restaurant/bar where he was performing. I found myself a part of two other comedian's acts. One of them had asked who had been to the Ren Faire that year and I was among all of three people who did not raise a hand.

"Wait a minute. Hold on here. The guy in the kilt hasn't been to the Ren Faire?! Bartender, I need another beer pronto, my world is crashing around me!"

I totally blew his rhythm and, as a result, his joke.

I felt good that night ;)