guess I should post one of these too

**davedove** · 16th July 07, 10:37 AM

Welcome aboard. Did anyone mention that as part of your joining dues, you must send a bottle of mead to every member of elder status or greater?

**starbkjrus** · 16th July 07, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

Welcome aboard. Did anyone mention that as part of your joining dues, you must send a bottle of mead to every member of elder status or greater?

That also includes the minor staff.

**MysticMead** · 16th July 07, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

Welcome aboard. Did anyone mention that as part of your joining dues, you must send a bottle of mead to every member of elder status or greater?

you know... I would have been more than happy to do just that... EXCEPT, ever since 9/11 fedex and UPS check all packages, and since I dont have a license to sell or distribute, I can't ship it across state lines. sigh... the good ole days when I could mark it as a yeast sample in a nutrient solution...

of course, once I get another batch brewed and bottled, I'd be more than happy to share that or my beer with anyone in the Atlanta metro area

**Livingston** · 16th July 07, 10:38 AM

and to the addiction from the highlands of Colorado. We do have help for you with your kilt addition in our 12 step program:

Step 1. Buy kilts.
Step 2. Buy Hose.
Step 3. Buy flashes.
Step 4. Buy sporrans.
Step 5. Buy kilt pins.
Step 6. Buy fly plaids.
Step 7. Buy jackets.
Step 8. Buy sgian dubhs.
Step 9. Buy shoes.
Step 10. Learn to make kilts.
Step 11. Hang out on X-Marks.
Step 12. Repeat as necessary and have a good time with friends and family.

**MysticMead** · 16th July 07, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by Livingston

and to the addiction from the highlands of Colorado. We do have help for you with your kilt addition in our 12 step program:

Step 1. Buy kilts.
Step 2. Buy Hose.
Step 3. Buy flashes.
Step 4. Buy sporrans.
Step 5. Buy kilt pins.
Step 6. Buy fly plaids.
Step 7. Buy jackets.
Step 8. Buy sgian dubhs.
Step 9. Buy shoes.
Step 10. Learn to make kilts.
Step 11. Hang out on X-Marks.
Step 12. Repeat as necessary and have a good time with friends and family.

Hmmm

Step one.. I'll be doing that often...
steps 2 and 3... probably won't happen.. seeing how I prefer modern kilts and even the SWKs I want, I would be wearing with my hiking boot and flashes would and hose would look weird with those..

Step 4... I think I'd like to make one of those... have I mentioned I'd cheap...

Step 5... I have one I have thought about using... my badge from when I served as a military police officer...

steps 6 and 7... don't see a fly plaid in my future... and what's wrong with my leather duster I had made while in turkey?

step 8... Oooooo pointy sharp things... I likes pointy sharp things...

Step 9.. I have shoes..well... boots... manly boots...that goes well with my kilts

and I paid a small fortune for them in 1990 so I plan on wearing them til I die or they rot... which ever comes first (Gortex insulated Matahorn boots..) and my desert combat boots from my trip the big sand box during the first gulf war

step 10.. I'm working on it.. although my wife doesn't think I can sew... I can..and can do it quiet well.. I don't want her to think otherwise since it makes her feel special

step 11... I'm here all day long

step 12... rinse repeat...go it

**ChattanCat** · 16th July 07, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by Livingston

and to the addiction from the highlands of Colorado. We do have help for you with your kilt addition in our 12 step program:

Step 1. Buy kilts.
Step 2. Buy Hose.
Step 3. Buy flashes.
Step 4. Buy sporrans.
Step 5. Buy kilt pins.
Step 6. Buy fly plaids.
Step 7. Buy jackets.
Step 8. Buy sgian dubhs.
Step 9. Buy shoes.
Step 10. Learn to make kilts.
Step 11. Hang out on X-Marks.
Step 12. Repeat as necessary and have a good time with friends and family.

OK, here has been my plan:

Step 1. Buy kilt with sporan
Step 2. Buy old police belt
Step 3. Make your own oak sgian dugh
Step 4. Resurrect your old soccer socks and use them as kilt hose
Step 5. Use your old wing tip shoes as Ghillie's
Step 6. Learn to make a kilt
Step 7. Make your kilt
Step 8. Modify your tail coat to a PC jacket
Step 9. Repeat step 7 ... until you can't feel your sewing finger...

Oh yea, and make kilts for your brothers when the find out you are making kilts.

**MysticMead** · 16th July 07, 04:49 PM

Hmmm... I do have one of my old gun belts... of course it's a ballistics nylon one... would look great with my UK but it's a pain in the **** to adjust to my now slimmer size.. not to mention to thread through belt loops...

**ChattanCat** · 17th July 07, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by MysticMead

Hmmm... I do have one of my old gun belts... of course it's a ballistics nylon one... would look great with my UK but it's a pain in the **** to adjust to my now slimmer size.. not to mention to thread through belt loops...

Belt loops are for sporrans only. I make my kilts without any belt loops and if they are made properly, you only need a belt for ornamental reasons.

As for another belt, I use a army utility belt.