Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
I actually agree with Hector's sentiments as well. Again, I have my own personal beliefs about the subject, but I would never dare dream of telling someone they were "wrong" in wearing a tartan because their standards didn't match mine. . . .
Todd, I can't help marvelling at how easily and often you wind my mainspring nearly to its limit and then release it unloaded, leaving me dizzy and gasping for breath. You are indeed a marvel.

About ten years after the end of my active duty in the US Army I joined the FBM program as a civilian contract engineer and remained with it for 14 years. I worked a couple dozen 12-hour watches aboard those boats during DASO's but never went to sea in one. I don't represent that as equivalent to sea duty in one of those boats but I do believe it warrants my wearing the Polaris tartan if I chose to do so

Among the crew members I knew, only a tiny minority considered me an outlander; the huge majority of those who understood what I contributed to the program accepted me as a colleague, especially when I was buying. Very realistic, practical people, much like Scots.

Thanks for posting your opinions. They always provoke thought, and often they even instruct.

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