Accessories before the fact...

[Donnie]

Hamish there are different levels of kiltaholicism ( suppose that can really be a word?). I've just gotten started, you, on the other hand have reached nirvana

[Hamish]

Maybe it's not an addiction. Maybe it's a virus that makes us crave kilts.
Hamish could be the Typhoid Mary of kilts.

Bear,

Sorry to show my ignorance (yet again), but who/what is/was "Typhoid Mary"?

[Hamish]

Hamish there are different levels of kiltaholicism ( suppose that can really be a word?). I've just gotten started, you, on the other hand have reached nirvana

......and don't I appreciate it, Donnie? Certainly I do.

[bear]

Maybe it's not an addiction. Maybe it's a virus that makes us crave kilts.
Hamish could be the Typhoid Mary of kilts.

Bear,

Sorry to show my ignorance (yet again), but who/what is/was "Typhoid Mary"?

Here you go Hamish:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/typhoid.htm

[Hamish]

Maybe it's not an addiction. Maybe it's a virus that makes us crave kilts.
Hamish could be the Typhoid Mary of kilts.

Bear,

Sorry to show my ignorance (yet again), but who/what is/was "Typhoid Mary"?

Here you go Hamish:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/typhoid.htm

Well! Thank you, Bear, VERY much!!!! Not sure that I want to come to Vancouver now ...... I might be treated as some sort of lepper, an outcast, an unclean!

[bubba]

Well! Thank you, Bear, VERY much!!!! Not sure that I want to come to Vancouver now ...... I might be treated as some sort of lepper, an outcast, an unclean!

Hamish, those yahoos would more likely treat you like a visiting Pope or head of State.

[Colin]

Hamish, we look forward to your visit, and promise you won't be seen as a lepper or unclean.

[bear]

Maybe it's not an addiction. Maybe it's a virus that makes us crave kilts.
Hamish could be the Typhoid Mary of kilts.

Bear,

Sorry to show my ignorance (yet again), but who/what is/was "Typhoid Mary"?

Here you go Hamish:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/typhoid.htm

Well! Thank you, Bear, VERY much!!!! Not sure that I want to come to Vancouver now ...... I might be treated as some sort of lepper, an outcast, an unclean!

Hamish,
Here. Have a hanky. I hate to see a grown man go to pieces like that.
Mary spread typhoid. You spread kilts.

And you know how well you'll be treated here!

[Andrew]

Well! Thank you, Bear, VERY much!!!! Not sure that I want to come to Vancouver now ...... I might be treated as some sort of lepper, an outcast, an unclean!

Hamish, those yahoos would more likely treat you like a visiting Pope or head of State.

You said it Bubba, the Pope of Kilts! Hamish you know your wanted here, lepper or not.

[Hamish]

Ooowwwww! Alright then. Hmmmph! I'll come to Vancouver ................. if I haven't changed my mind by next year!

I know it's early days still Bear, but have you any thoughts on what time of year I'll be expected to put in an appearance (PLEASE don't opt for any of the winter months - parts of me go quite a deep blue colour when they get cold and, I promise you, it's not a pretty sight!)?