I'm curious to know, how many of you here are (like me) self employed?

I guess I ask because I am interested in hearing of your experiences and reactions to wearing a kilt while working, if you do.

Most of you know already that I am a signwriter. Much of my work is done at my home / workshop, that means I am free to wear a kilt every day.

When out on site I mostly wear shorts if the work is messy or up ladders. However, I am trying to find ways to wear a kilt in more work situations.

Today I installed a couple of signs at a Catholic school. I wore a 'dustcoat' to protect my kilt, and enjoyed the freedom of working on site in a kilt.

A female teacher complimented the kilt, the children took no notice.
Later I visited a gas station ( as you call them in the USA) to look at a job there. The manager's name was "scotty", I told him that with a name like that he should be wearing a kilt (prob. short for Scot).

He then proceeded to tell me that just the previous week he has attended a brothers' wedding and most of the men wore hired kilts for the occasion!!.

I warned him, like you do, that his first kilt experience could well lead to the level of addiction that I now suffer from

On reflection, I have been a "pioneer" in various aspects and interests I have in our area over te years, including my business. (I was the first to introduce computerised signmaking to the State), but never did I think that I would be "pioneering" such a radical change in fashions/garments here.

In some ways it's scary, but exciting.

So what are you thoughts on this then?