How Many Remote/Lone Kilters Out There

[BEEDEE]

Ron, as far as I know, I am the only full time kilt wearer in this part of North Carolina. But there is a very active Scottish Heritage Society in New Bern, so we get close to 40 at kilt nights, of which 10 - 15 are kilted guys. So I guess I get the best of both worlds.

Brian

[Mike in Dayton]

In Dayton I sometimes wonder. Based on St. Patrick's day at the pub there are kilts in the area but they make themselves scarce the other days of the year.

[Phicong]

I live in Kissimmee, FL and have never seen another person in a kilt in my entire life except for the one time I went to the Orlando Celtic gathering. People ask me on occasion if I am involved in ren fairs and Celtic games and I reply, "Not really, I just like wearing a kilt." Several women have said they like the kilt on me.
Gordon

[Clockwork John]

For me, a kilt night is any night I wear a kilt...

I've seen one other kilt in my area, but it was on a student where I work, and any sort of friendship/hanging out/fraternization between employees and studentsis strongly discouraged...

My wife has seen 2 men in kilts where she works...
There's a pipe band that is based about an hour from me, but as far as I know, now of them wear their kilts unless they are piping...

I have yet to encounter anyone else kilted near me. I've considered loaning one of my cheap kilts to a friend just so I won't be alone.

[J.B. Simpson]

I'll be the only one here in this small town (400 people) when my kilts arrive. The nearest place to run into another kiltie is Spokane which is 60 miles from me. Maybe, or should I say hopefully, others will get the inclination to wear one after they get used to seeing me in mine.

[Makeitstop]

I am in a small college town which is hardly remote, but I don't usually got to the nearby towns, and the nearest city is 27 miles away. The only other person I have seen in a kilt around here is still in diapers, and I'm the one who gave it to him.

I know there are at least two other people who own kilts here, but neither will wear them publicly. And every once in a while I hear someone say "I know a guy whose father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate wears a kilt" but that's about it.

It is a little weird being the only guy who wears a kilt around here, but it's not all bad. I get all the attention, I'm known for something other than being an evil genius for a change, the ladies seem to like it, and I can't help but laugh at all the people who stare. In a small town like this, a few full time kilties could change all that.

[Bugbear]

Tommie, no there is no route 66 anymore. There are pieces of it here and there, but it was replaced by I 40 back in the seventies, or at least the part in New Mexico that I lived next to was replaced at that time. If you want to take I 40 though, I think it's kind of the same path.

[fluter]

Tommie, no there is no route 66 anymore. There are pieces of it here and there

I 40 actually starts down thisaway---Wilmington, NC I believe. 66's route joins up with it somewhere in Oklahoma, perhaps?

You can still follow most of Route 66's historical path, but you want to start at Lakeshore Drive in Chicago. See Wikipedia and Google for lots of fascinating info on Route 66.

Another trip that interests me---and is less of an archeological proposition---would be to follow US 52 from Charleston to Chicago. Given infinite vacation time, we could just continue on 66 to LA.

[BLAZN]

I suspect that there are probably a bunch of kilted folks around here (now before you all go thinking that "around here" means something like New England or parts of Massachusetts or something else like that, I mean New Hampshire. We're pretty parochial "around here". We have to deal with Maine because they are so damn big!) that don't show up on X-Marks. I know of one who regularly lurks; Br. David where are you?
Kilts are pretty well accepted and tolerated in NH. We have a couple of games and lots of Scottish type stuff happening as well as a few Scottish shops (OK I'll admit to sneaking over the line to Queechee, VT once....twice.....a lot......)
I hear Boston is very cool for kilts, maybe I'll go there someday, just kidding! The whole Celtic thing is big in New England and that's a good thing. I don't see a lot on a daily basis but it's not a real shock to people when I do wear mine. Most are polite if not complimentary.
We're still pretty Puritanical in these parts so kilt checks and the like have been rare for me. It could also be due to the fact that I'm old, fat, and ugly but it's my lie and I'll tell it any way I want
I guess I'm pretty lucky to live "around here", people are pretty open minded.
Bob

While I was living in Kittery, I went out kilted all the time. Many a lovely waitress enjoyed my presence, as the wife enjoyed knowing she was going to be going home with this kilted goodness.
I never did manage a kilt night, as the nearest popular town was Boston. I wasn't about to make the wife drive an hour each way so I could have a few pints with like minded fellows.

Now, though the family is still in Maine, I live in Hawaii. Supposedly, there are fellow X-Markers on O'ahu, but they have never answered up to any calls for a kilt night. I can only assume they are a myth.

[Roan Carter]

I live in a small Tennessee town and I'm pretty much alone in my kilting.

I have two friends who have kilts, but they do not wear theirs out and about. I wear mine almost daily. It's great that XMtS connects me to other kilties, because there really aren't any near me.

It takes a little guts to be the only guy in town that does it. But I've found that now people know me long before I know them, simply because I'm the guy in the kilt.