Amen to all the above. I get lots of compliments, and questions, usually about the tartan and the associated clan, and why it is not the same as the clan with a similar name (MacLaine of Lochbuie, and MacLean of Duart) As far as worrying about what people think, I think this bumper sticker I saw sums it up; "Where are we going? Why am I in this handbasket?"