To the Forum regarding the XMTSAS Saltire

[Monkey@Arms]

Respectfully, though, if you believe that Jamie intended this as a slap in the face, then you really do not know Jamie/Panache, who is one of the most respectful people I know. .

T.

Well, its obvious none of you have ever actually been slapped in the face by Panache. First, he has to take make a great show of taking off his immaculate white gloves. Then he usually composes some couplet that is amusing only to himself. By that time he's in need of refreshment, and a pitcher of Gin & Tonics is procured and consumed. If the offending party hasn't gotten bored and wandered off, Panache then attempts to rouse himself from the settee, and if successful, and if his pith helmet doesn't slide down and obscure his vision, then he might make some kind of glove to cheek contact. At least that's what Grant told me.

Best regards,

Jake

[Riverkilt]

Well, there is someone flying a hot air ballon that looks like a kilted piper...just to throw out an idea. Google Image "hot air balloon kilt"

[ForresterModern]

Toronto Sept 2009 SOKS welcomes the ForresterModern family:

[Zardoz]

Jamie, and all,

I got my first kilt in October 2005, and found this forum about a month later. I'm glad I did too, because my early attempts at Highland wear were pretty woeful, and the advice and photos I found here were invaluable to me.
And yes, I recall fondly the story that inspired the wee airship, and the days of Hank and the "mod squad" as well!

I'm glad I was able to host the Saltire on her trip to Texas, on what turned out to be one of the last legs of her round the world journey.


Here's me sporting the XMTS tartan and original kilt pin, with the Saltire, my wife Shelley, and the San Jacinto Monument. A number of relics in one shot!

I hope that our airship will find a permanent home at Bicknell Grange, I always found Hamish to be a voice of calm dignity and polite evenhanded advice on the forum, and I think his photos set a standard of sartorial polish unparalleled by anyone.

It's sad that times change, but remembering the past is a part of what we do when we strap on the kilt, and the wee Saltire is part of that now.

Mark :ootd:

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[Downunder Kilt]

I'm glad I was able to host the Saltire on her trip to Texas, on what turned out to be one of the last legs of her round the world journey.
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Zardoz and to all fellow Xmarkers, whilst the Saltire was a fine and unique idea it was never an around the world journey, in fact it never made it any further than North America, Great Britain and a couple of other western euopean countries (a quarter of the world might be more accurate)

Yes I was waiting for it to come down this way, but it always seemed to be on either side of the Atlantic, not quite in my area to pm the holder to send it across

I realise that this is a North American based web, but I thought that the kilt was truly international and broke through all international boundaries.

I have read the "Flight of the Saltire" thread and the posts expousing the international togetherness that the Saltire was to bring and bringing

For all those who will post in this thread, I urged you to refrain from using adjectives like, round the world travels and international. In my opinion it is an insult to those of us in countries that have been forgotton or ingnored

The purpose of the wee airship, as far as I could see was to bring us together and allow us to see other bits of the world that we had read about on the forum, but in the end has it done that?

[Zardoz]

Wow, lighten up! Maybe it's not "Around the World" but I'm pretty sure going from the UK to Texas is "International"! Something international mostly means that it involves more than one nation! (I consider crossing the Texas border 'international' travel too though)
When I received the Saltire from Jock Scot in Scotland, the mailing label even said international.
The LZ127 Graf Zeppelin managed to fly around the world in 1929 without touching down in Australia either.

[Downunder Kilt]

Wow, lighten up! Maybe it's not "Around the World" but I'm pretty sure going from the UK to Texas is "International"! Something international mostly means that it involves more than one nation! (I consider crossing the Texas border 'international' travel too though)
When I received the Saltire from Jock Scot in Scotland, the mailing label even said international.
The LZ127 Graf Zeppelin managed to fly around the world in 1929 without touching down in Australia either.

As I said Zardoz, this in suppodedly a fully international forum not just North America, and Western Europe. Sorry if I have to spell it out but the flight of the Saltire was not truly international, just selective. It's about time some people realise the forum has members around the globe, not just their "backyard".
Pity that 3/4 of the world was missed by the "International Around the World" Flight of the Saltire

[A Hay]

What say ye to a new symbol?

How about a Saltire Flag (hopefully made in Scotland) and started on a new journey from Scotland, to stop in as many countries where we have members, and at each stop attach a bit of ribbon or suitable small emblem or small flag pin that indicates where it been.

As a flag, it can be displayed at Highland Games or other events like a Burns Night Supper (or even a "Saltire Night Supper".

The host at each stop to prepare a log entry for on-line record keeping so all can read where it has been, who has seen it, and so forth.

This would seem to catch the spirit of togetherness inspired by the original AS Saltire, starting out from the original homeland of the Kilt, which is our common bond.

At the end of a year the flag could be retired to BC for display at Steve's store, and a new flag started on its way again, hopefully to new lands and new stops.

Comments please.

Tom

[Jordan]

That is quite a good idea Tom the problem would be getting a flag that is made in Scotland most are just cheap made imports

[A Hay]

That is quite a good idea Tom the problem would be getting a flag that is made in Scotland most are just cheap made imports

Jordan,

Yes, I know. Perhaps one of our talented members could sew up something from materials woven in Scotland?

Tom