ownership

[Zardoz]

First off, Cloves; Well said!

I've felt that way about a few things in my time, music is one. The biggest for me was Harley Davidsons, Dad and I started riding them in the early 80's when the company was almost bankrupt, and you didn't see them on the road all the time. We would go to local rallys and be 2 of the 5 or 6 HD riders out of 50 bikers there! Plus all the time we had to hear a lot of crap from our Honda riding buddies etc...You had to be a pretty dedicated biker.

Flash forward about 10 years and you had to get on a waiting list to pay over retail for for a new Harley, and some of those Honda riding buddies are now dyed in the wool, made in USA Harley guys, which is cool, but I got tired of hearing them run down stuff they used to own.

It can suck to wake up and be popular !

I sold my last Harley in 1998, Got back on a Honda, mostly because I liked the particular bike, then I had to listen to everybody ask why I quit Harleys..

I'd tell them it quit being fun after they let everybody have one!

Kilts? Hell I wear them all the time, so the more the merrier! I'd be OK with not being 'the guy in the kilt' everywere! If a kid gets one of those things at Hot Topic and likes it, maybe gets into a nicer one down the line, maybe he learns about his heritage, maybe a friend catches on, etc...it's fresh blood, good for all of us.

[MacSimoin]

cloves,

Brava! Your honesty and lack of pretense is a breath of fresh air. We've all been through this in one form or another. It's nice to see that you can admit (albeit leaving it unsaid) what most of us never seem to grasp: We're basically selfish creatures at heart (but not by design) and let's face it...it's part of why we're even reading each other's words on our monitors. We all desire acceptance or recognition for one thing or another whether that benefits us in part or on the whole. Even if at first it doesn't, we'll still strive to be loved, applauded, recognized (et cetera)...simply because we feel a need to belong.

If a kid gets one of those things at Hot Topic and likes it, maybe gets into a nicer one down the line, maybe he learns about his heritage, maybe a friend catches on, etc...it's fresh blood, good for all of us.

I'll agree with that...but I still cringe when I see "kilts" like this.

A very good topic, cloves...these are the kind I truly enjoy.