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    Over the pleats, Rocky! Around front it lines up just right. I was looking for something, anything, to potentially pick nits about (if I was into nit-picking).

    And Ron, yes, the gang colors are extra special. I mostly believe in the "wear what you like" approach to tartans, but, yeah. Stepping out in the colors of MY CLAN does make a difference. It feels like that last day at Camp Lejeune before going terminal. I was taking myself over to have the outprocessing chat with the Master Guns, and "somehow" got caught by Colors, in freshly pressed cammies and spit-shined boots. Them's MY colors, for all that I was a pogue in peacetime. Putting on the Leatherneck reminds me of all the good times (and there were good times in there, weren't there?).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kid Cossack View Post
    Over the pleats, Rocky! Around front it lines up just right. I was looking for something, anything, to potentially pick nits about (if I was into nit-picking).
    Wait till you see how badly it lines up when the kilt is made to the STRIPE! HAHAHAHAHA

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    No pictures?

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    It was the aftermath of good times that caused the Marines to ASK that I leave. Seems the withdrawal seizures after binge drinking scared them more than they scared me.

    I'm still amazed they gave me an Honorable Discharge...

    But I still wear my Leatherneck kilt in honor of my late little brother's service as a Drill Instructor rather than my most inglorious Cold War service. The irony is I think he enlisted in the USMC because I had.

    Ron
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kid Cossack View Post
    Putting on the Leatherneck reminds me of all the good times (and there were good times in there, weren't there?).
    I feel the same way when I belt on the Navy tartan. Yes, there were good times, for all that we chose to get out.

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