Wow is that ever true, and the vast majority of my otherwise useless Scottish and kilted history has come right from or been directed from this board.

Monkey@Arms and I discovered that we were very critical of other's mode of dress when we were walking around at the Queen Mary Games. We could recognize a SportKilt, SWK, USA, handmade tank, various pleating patterns etc, etc, just at a glance. We also could tell the first time wearers from the more accustomed; the old-timers from the newbees, the posers from the wannabees. And we owed the awareness to X-Marks.