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26th August 08, 08:53 PM
#1
The Happiest I've Been In A Kilt
So I'm at the big conference for a week. My umpteenth years and my fourth year kilted. Still I'm getting the usual comments - routine ones we all get.
Tonight, after dinner, I get stopped by a couple. She is in a beautiful white beaded wedding dress. He in a sharp looking jacobite shirt and slacks. They are from Loch Loman Scotland and were just married here in Tucson this afternoon. They were so thrilled to see a man in a kilt. We talked for some time. What clans, where my ancestors were from. They were so polite and expressed gratitude at seeing a kilted man - as if it were an omen for their marriage far from home.
Did I mention they were in their 70s? And, most obviously deeply in love.
A good day for sure!
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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26th August 08, 09:04 PM
#2
That's really great. You helped to make somebody's wedding day that much more special.
Airman. Piper. Scholar. - Avatar: MacGregor Tartan
“KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.” - Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
www.melbournepipesanddrums.com
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26th August 08, 10:47 PM
#3
Good for you Ron and good for them, too.
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26th August 08, 11:14 PM
#4
Not only a good day,...it's, a great way to end your day.
[I][B]Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you really want to test a man’s character,
Give him power.[/B][/I] - [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I]
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26th August 08, 11:35 PM
#5
What a great story Ron! That made my day hearing it.
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27th August 08, 04:50 AM
#6
Heart-warming, Ron, thanks!
Kilted Elder
Chaplain & Charter Member, The Clan MacMillan Society of Texas [12 June 2007]
Member, Clan MacMillan International [2005]
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27th August 08, 06:28 AM
#7
That's great to hear!
Thanks Ron!
It don't mean a thing, if you aint got that swing!!
'S Rioghal Mo Dhream - a child of the mist
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27th August 08, 06:53 AM
#8
Still has me thinking this morning....ya know...good things seem to happen when we kilt up and sallie forth.
This board is full of little stories like this that would have never happened if we'd worn panz that day.
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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27th August 08, 07:00 AM
#9
Nice one Ron. Keep on Kilting.
MrBill
Very Sir Lord MrBill the Essential of Happy Bottomshire
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27th August 08, 07:07 AM
#10
How inspiring! Thanks for the great story!
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