Kilted and Unkilted

**Riverkilt** · 15th March 07, 10:52 PM

I know most of you gentlemen go back and forth between pants and kilts.

On my recent two day adventure in pants, and my return to kilts today, I noticed a few things.

Most obvious in pants was the "restriction". And, after 19 months kilted full time I felt a phantom kilt swing as I walked down the halls wearing pants. I guess I've grown to love the feel of the kilt swing so much I still felt it walking without the kilt.

Back in a kilt today the freedom was most noticeable and most welcome.

But, I did find one advantage to wearing pants to work over kilts. When I wear pants to work I don't have to hand wash kilt hose in the evening....

Not enough to switch me back to pants, but a welcome two day respite.

Ron

**mbhandy** · 15th March 07, 11:13 PM

wow ron, I just wash my kilt hose on gentle on the machine and dry on the rack.
You being in the hi dry desert they should dry over night.

MrBill

**Kilted KT** · 15th March 07, 11:18 PM

I hate when I have to wear pants...for the same reasons...but I haven't had to venture into the hand-washed hose yet, as most of mine are acrylic - don't have any good wool ones yet!

**davedove** · 16th March 07, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Most obvious in pants was the "restriction". And, after 19 months kilted full time I felt a phantom kilt swing as I walked down the halls wearing pants. I guess I've grown to love the feel of the kilt swing so much I still felt it walking without the kilt.

But Ron, did you catch yourself doing the "sweep" when you sat down?

**Riverkilt** · 16th March 07, 06:28 AM

Crack me up!

No, didn't sweep my pants...but only because every time I sat down I thought to myself, "don't sweep, don't sweep."

And it was gentle cycle on the washer that felted up and shrank my kilt hose...hand wash now and use the shrunken hose for push down with boots.

Ron

**RockyR** · 16th March 07, 07:40 AM

I found myself (when I wore pants after a LONG run of wearing kilts daily) having to stop and think when I went to the bathroom. Without being too graphic...

I stood in front of the bowl and reach down to my knees to lift the kilt when I realized I was weaing pants. It took my brain almost a full second to remember that I had to UNZIP first. In that split second, I got very nervous and my brain went thru the following process: "oh shoot... I really have to go! What do I do now?! Oh yeah... unzip." I thought it was pretty funny at the time.

**eighties** · 16th March 07, 09:44 AM

It's important to see the positive in any situation.

-80s

**Raphael** · 16th March 07, 10:30 AM

It is just part of my daily life.

**elitekiltedcommando** · 16th March 07, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

But Ron, did you catch yourself doing the "sweep" when you sat down?

I wore my pants back on Sunday, and yeah... At Taco Bell I went to sit down and swept the pants.

**cessna152towser** · 16th March 07, 10:40 AM

I also find trousers a bit strange. I ventured out in trousers one morning last week for the first time in over a month and changed into a kilt at lunchtime. Yesterday was a blustery day and I flew a radio navigation exercise to Prestwick and back. Kilts aren't ideal for a windy day. Kilts aren't ideal for climbing into the cockpit of small aircraft. Combine the two and I opted for trousers yesterday, which felt strange all day and several people asked where's the kilt today.