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8th November 08, 10:26 AM
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Flying in a kilt
Or rather... flying in an airplane wearing a kilt.
I had to take a trip down to Savannah last week for some military business and decided to wear a kilt on the flight. I dislike flying at best but figured at least I could be comfortable.
I was back and forth a bit on which kilt to wear. As much as I love my USA Kilt, the cut is such that flashing incidents are much more likely than with the UK. Also, the ample pocket space of the UK appealed to me for flying.
Now I used to be a screener for TSA, I spent a good amount of time working the metal detector and I KNEW that the snaps on the UK would set the metal detector off. If a chew can lid will, then all those snaps surely will.
I was wrong. The snaps on the UK don't set off airport metal detectors. May not be enough metal in one spot to raise an interest.
I did wear a sporran. I know it has been debated elsewhere, but I like wearing a sporran with my UK. Cargo pockets are good for things like books, chew cans, etc but for wallet, boarding pass, MP3 player and whatnot, sporran is much better. Also, when I went through security, I could throw my watch, ring, keys and change in the sporran and send everything through at once.
The response in Savannah was better than expected. Unfortunately, I didn't make it to Molly Macphersons. Wanted to, but it wasn't in the cards this time.
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