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    Expectations Of Others

    So I wore pantz yesterday. My agency also runs a detox facility and I was going to be over there a while then taking a detox client to court. Didn't wear the pantz for the court - its difficult to keep a detox facility clean, especially early in the morning after a night of effluvium from the guests.

    When we got to court first person I ran into was the City Attorney. First thing he said to me was, "Where's your usual attire?"

    His tone was that of a mother to her child asking why they're out in the cold without a jacket...sort of a tone of potential dissapointment that something might have changed.

    Kilted today.

    Ron
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    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    Just goes to show you, when something happens enough, it becomes the "norm".
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    Thats is pretty cool in its own way, any more I have the same thing when I don't wear mine to work for a couple days, ( I still only have one so I wear it once or twice a week, working on correcting that though).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
    His tone was that of a mother to her child asking why they're out in the cold without a jacket...sort of a tone of potential dissapointment that something might have changed.

    Kilted today.

    Ron
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    That is great! So cool!I have a few circles where the kilt is expected.

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    It takes time to train them.

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    I've gotten asked "where are the kilts" from about 6-7 people since I've been back at work from the TransPac.

    My answer: Trust me, you don't want to see my legs right now.

    I have more hacks and bruises on my legs than you would believe, not to mention a stinker of a sunburn on my ankles! At least the sunburn is easing up. I figure mid-week, next week and I'll be back in 'em.

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    Ron, seriously, I can't even imagine you in pants. Do pictures actually exist?
    [B][U]Jay[/U][/B]
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    [SIZE="1"][I]"I cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins; In a brand new pair of brogues to ramble o'er the bogs and frighten all the dogs " - D. K. Gavan[/I][/SIZE]

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    BoyJRB,

    I don't know...usually don't allow panted pics. My lady was with me for three years before she ever saw me in pantz.

    Ron
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    I figured as much. It'd be like spotting bigfoot, nessie or an alien.
    [B][U]Jay[/U][/B]
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    [SIZE="1"][I]"I cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins; In a brand new pair of brogues to ramble o'er the bogs and frighten all the dogs " - D. K. Gavan[/I][/SIZE]

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    Nessie is more likely.
    RK, it is amazing the number of people that are so used to seeing us in a kilt, and then are shocked if we wear trousers ,shorts or capris (the urban version of shorts). One young lass that I have never spoken with asked if I was ill, when I rode the bus home from work one day, and I asked her why she thought I might be ill. Her answer..."You're not in your kilt."

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