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18th May 09, 03:14 PM
#11
 Originally Posted by McFarkus
When my other niece graduated from Northwestern, she acknowledged the power of the kilt by asking my brother and me NOT to wear kilts. "It's my day," she said, "and when you guys wear kilts everyone pays more attention to you than to me."
This is exactly why I chose not to wear a kilt - though I really wanted to. It was my daughter's day to shine and she didn't need me to be drawing any attention away from her. I can wear a kilt any day, but she can only graduate from college for the first time once in her lifetime.
Virginia Commissioner, Elliot Clan Society, USA
Adjutant, 1745 Appin Stewart Regiment
Scottish-American Military Society
US Marine (1970-1999)
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18th May 09, 03:42 PM
#12
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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18th May 09, 06:47 PM
#13
Congrats to your daughter on receiving her degree from The University!
Last edited by Mael Coluim; 18th May 09 at 07:08 PM.
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18th May 09, 07:45 PM
#14
Wahoowa! Congrats to your daughter. Class of 1997 here.
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18th May 09, 08:10 PM
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I hope that she will accept Congratulations from a Va.Tech graduate.
I'm an 18th century guy born into the 20th century and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing"
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18th May 09, 10:06 PM
#16
I wore my kilt to graduation. After the ceremony, I saw an older gentleman wearing a kilt and I approached him. He was delighted that I was wearing a kilt and in his Scottish brogue said that he was wearing the Rose tartan. Nice man, came all the way from Glasgow to see his granddaughter graduate.
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18th May 09, 10:45 PM
#17
Originally Posted by beloitpiper
I wore my kilt to graduation. After the ceremony, I saw an older gentleman wearing a kilt and I approached him. He was delighted that I was wearing a kilt and in his Scottish brogue said that he was wearing the Rose tartan. Nice man, came all the way from Glasgow to see his granddaughter graduate.
Besides that, you met up with another elderly kilted gentleman earlier in the week. Although, he didn't have a Scottish brogue.
Oops, I think I just hijacked this thread.
Sir William, you did the right thing!
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18th May 09, 11:26 PM
#18
Originally Posted by Sir William
This is exactly why I chose not to wear a kilt - though I really wanted to. It was my daughter's day to shine and she didn't need me to be drawing any attention away from her. I can wear a kilt any day, but she can only graduate from college for the first time once in her lifetime.
That's awfully sweet! Congratulations to your daughter, that is an admirable accomplishment.
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