Kilted Fridays Adventures

**Roderick Powell** · 3rd October 15, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by thecompaqguy

Nice post! I thought First Bus had taken all the Bristol VRs out of service by now?

where I live I've travelled on an aging Abellio London Dart single decker in my Dress Gordon kilt, and had little reactions from other passengers.

was on call for work, so no kilted Friday for me, sadly. Kilts and server rooms don't mix, lots of bending and picking things up or repairing them

also a little chilly

thecompanyguy1300231 Have been informed Cesenatowers and his wife are into buses. think they in Scotland.
We have all the old rubbish busses down on South Cornwall routes. This year we have been issued with Re- paint blue buses.
Probably six year base overhaul complete rebuild. I am only guessing as we worked with helicopters and military vehicle fleet repair.
I would imagine First have a big workshop. somewhere. Ever seen an open plan workshop with a four acre roof span and forty overhead
cranes.
oldest bus I went on in service this year. Open top Prefix D registration.
We had a bus rally one sunday. Went from StIves to Penzance on open top. the conductor was issuing bank tickets,no fare charge from his ticket machine. Bus even older.
locally the drivers prefer double deckers as they are easier to turn round on the runs out into the villages.
Mullion is the tightest squeeze to get the double deckers between the houses. Like a foot either side of the bus between the roofs of the cottages.
Rally buses, Dupals and Immediate post war bedfords. Five bob for a thirty mile trip when I was a Kid in North Dorset .Five buses a week came into the Highest village in Dorset in a week.
The cows were all milked by hand by girt hard maids. They had to be girt to push the cows into the milking parlour.
One of them only had five cows to milk. She did not have time to sit down to milk them ,so she did the job standing up.
Roderick

**Roderick Powell** · 3rd October 15, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Mael Coluim

Tassels on their socks? No, but I'm seeing images of tassels somewhere else . . . No, haven't seen any tassels.

Mael. Are the lassies Pelmet Kilts thread bare ?....................Roderick.

**DyerStraits** · 3rd October 15, 11:43 PM

I'm modifying this thread to "Kilted Weekend Adventures" in order to post this photo of myself while attending my first performance of the season yesterday (Saturday) at the Lyric Opera here in Chicago, of a very masterful and downright hilarious "Marriage Of Figaro", in my new Lamont Ancient kilt--specifically the 100% wool one, since I also recently bought another Lamont Ancient in acrylic. I've worn each of them once already, and although I am pleased with both, I hadn't owned a pure wool kilt previously, and so of course NOW I appreciate the difference. I also recently bought a pure wool Lamont Weathered kilt with matching piper's plaid, and can't wait to strap that one on...

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**DyerStraits** · 3rd October 15, 11:44 PM

I'm modifying this thread to "Kilted Weekend Adventures" in order to post this photo of myself while attending my first performance of the season yesterday (Saturday) at the Lyric Opera here in Chicago, of a very masterful and downright hilarious "Marriage Of Figaro", in my new Lamont Ancient kilt--specifically the 100% wool one, since I also recently bought another Lamont Ancient in acrylic. I've worn each of them once already, and although I am pleased with both, I hadn't owned a pure wool kilt previously, and so of course NOW I appreciate the difference. I also recently bought a pure wool Lamont Weathered kilt with matching piper's plaid, and can't wait to strap that one on...

**Profane James** · 4th October 15, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by DyerStraits

...can't wait to strap that one on...

...fight....urge..to make..strap on joke...

**DyerStraits** · 4th October 15, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by Profane James

...fight....urge..to make..strap on joke...

And also GROW UP while you're at it.

**Profane James** · 4th October 15, 09:52 AM

No strap on humor...noted.

**Archxpat** · 9th October 15, 07:07 AM

Gunn Modern kilt form USA Kilts, Ancient pair of regular brogues, tweed vest, flat cap and Barbour Jacket. A gentleman walking his dog said it looked wonderful. Nice start to the day.

**Mikilt** · 9th October 15, 07:21 AM

Kilted Friday and Kilted weekend for me.

Today is my Xmarks kilt from Freedom Kilts. Blue/yellow tattersall check shirt.

Tonight, I am packing some extra kilts and I am going to take some friends to their first Renaissance Fair. Normally, I'd just take the one I am wearing, but I am crossing my fingers that one of mine will fit my friend because he has expressed an interest in kilting.

**Couper** · 9th October 15, 09:09 AM

Today, tomorrow and (likely) Sunday will be my black Amerikilt with a variety of shirts (that my wife usually suggests. Right now is a dark green Jameson Whisky shirt that goes quite well with my black utility kilt and may well serve me into the evening when we plan to walk down to a local tavern for a pint of Guinness.