Kilts and Their Cousins

[weeladdie18]

When I ordered traditional Sunday Lunch today ,the waitress informed me that the menu had changed to Easter Sunday Lunch....
Having accepted the offer of this choice from the menu , I was asked if I required beef or chicken.....
So I came up with the obvious reply....." Both , please ".....such is the stress of decision making on the Traditional Day of Rest

I feel I am no longer required to observe the once Traditional Day of Rest....as I am retired. ...Every day is a day of rest for me.....L.O.L.

[weeladdie18]

I often wear white Civilian Government Issue shirts with double breast pockets and epaulettes....nice long tails....

I'd like to find a supplier of such styles here in the States. Epaulettes lend a sense of gravitas and the extra pocket up front is a big convenience.

Civillian Government Suppliers ,.....Government Surplus Stores , Government Clothing Disposal Stores.......

I do not Know your networking for supply of shirts for Police ,Fire , Coast Guards , Air Traffic control.... Customs Officers , Merchant Navy

Even try Military Officers Tailors.....Some staff may have to buy their own shirts to the Organisation Specification.

All the shirts I have quoted are white ...in U K............Rod

[weeladdie18]

Latest recommendation re Falling over with vertigo....get a District Nurse to clear my ears of dust and wax....Then get a simple
prescription for the vertigo problem......It is perhaps worrying to consider the fatal results of a simple faint and fall....

I met a Gentleman today whilst I was wearing one of my old box pleated Military Kilts....I complimented him on his fine sports jacket...
Not commonly worn these days....I used to wear one to work in the late sixties and early seventies....

The Gentleman enquired " what tartan are you ? "......I replied and explained that my ancestors sailed from Scotland and became
sea traders on the South Coast of England......His response was...." once a Scot ,...Always a Scot "

As I have said before.....If we are going out on the street we must know what we are talking about.....

Cornwall ,...with the Navy , the fishing , the sea trading and the extinct mine workings is a melting pot for ever nation in the World....

[STEVIE]

As I have said before.....If we are going out on the street we must know what we are talking about.....

Is it really likely that anyone would check a random conversation for historical accuracy?
What is more probable to win hearts and minds, academic discourse or cordial chat?
For the integrity of the thread , I wore my fifth cousin eight times removed of the kilt yesterday.
Jist oot fur a dander n' fair trickit wi masel tee.
Steve

[Gusto10]

The Gentleman enquired " what tartan are you ? "... "

Wouldn't it have been suffice to mention the clan Mcnaughty?

[weeladdie18]

It is always worth while having an intelligent conversation during a casual meeting in Cornwall.....Only 7 1/2 percent of the male population
are forth generation Cornish....the rest of the males have either come to Cornwall with their work or to retire.......

Scotland has also seen many changes over the years......so has the area of the South Coast of England where I lived for many years.......
Why bury one's head in the sand and turn into a welk head ?

[STEVIE]

This one might be regarded as the flamboyant prodigal of the family. I never got the chance to ask for permission to spread the shot, hence the obscured face.
The photo was taken at our local "Pride" march on Saturday and I felt rather dowdy alongside some of the folks.
Steve.
BTW the Kilt Police never did show up.

[skirtyscot]

Good kilt!

[Damon]

weeladdie18 wrote:
> My stories from my Scottish friends show that some of the boys were given a kilt to wear when they were
four years old and their Kilt was raised at the rear and they were given a thrashing if they misbehaved...

I am over 80 and so in the age group we laddie refers to. My mother was Scottish. I got my first kilt when I was nearly six. I wore it for some children's parties and quite often when I went out with my mother. I remember people being careful to say I looked handsome, but if anyone had said I looked 'sweet' that would probably have put an end to me going out in a kilt. Nobody ever lifted it up to give me a thrashing. Perhaps there were no pedophile sadists in my family. I never wore it for school but could have done as we had no uniform. The headmaster saw me in a kilt and asked me to, but I lacked the courage.

[Modoc]

weeladdie18 wrote:
> My stories from my Scottish friends show that some of the boys were given a kilt to wear when they were
four years old and their Kilt was raised at the rear and they were given a thrashing if they misbehaved...

Wow, that would make a guy glad to get some pants on. But sadly it wouldn't have mattered to me. My mother made sure to bare my bottom before smacking it.

[STEVIE]

Oor Wee Laddie was prone to some exaggeration, with maybe a hint of rose tinted spectacles too.
I'm 66 Damon and was never given a kilt, they were for the "posh" boys.
At primary level we had no formal school uniform either, but a boy may as well have turned up in a pink tutu as a kilt.
The treatment meted out to him would likely have been much the same.
Steve.