Gents:

Well, I done stoods all I can stands, and I can't stands no more! Riverkilt has been swishing about talking up his leatherneck tartan, and I've been thinking of how much my life was changed since I stood on the famous yellow footprints at USMCRD-San Diego . . .

So I took the plunge. (Hey, Marines are amphibians, right? Errr, amphibious, anyway.)

Just got done ordering a five yarder from Rocky, thirteen ounce USMC/Leatherneck tartan. A couple of months, and I'll be "dancing with them what brung me."

I tried to get away from Rocky. I thought, "Yeah, well, I've got the Farquharson casual from him, and the blue Ramsay semi-trad, that ought to be enough."

Oh, but no! Hey, I couldn't have a Army tartan semi-trad and no leatherneck, right? I mean, that just wouldn't be right, given my service history.

So now I wait. He he!