Posted on 04/30/2018 6:27:16 PM PDT by Simon Green
“My apologies to the Japanese people.
PS It’s like having a mom on the board that scolds you :)”
I have a Japanese daughter-in-law.
Keep in mind,Japanese have surnames that end in vowels-———sound familiar? :-)
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NO group whose last names end in vowels are any good!! :)
I feel like an idiot and I am sorry if I offended you.
I would go CRAZY if someone here defamed Italians.
And they were our enemy too in WWII.
Difference is the Japanese actually fought lol
The day of the Roman Empire are long gone.
Since I’m not in a Highland regiment, I don’t feel the compunction to go “regimental” much.
I have a canvas utility kilt, and it’s plenty heavy! I use it mainly for yard work and other house chores. No-one knows what’s underneath it, and if they ask, my stock answer is “shoes and socks.”
"Nothing is worn - it is all in perrrrr-fect working order!"
Canvas is heavy (if we're talking the equivalent of Duluth fire hose pants) but it is not as heavy as the regulation double-weave wool with Army pleats, which usually contains about eight yards of full selvage width cloth. A civilian dress kilt may contain a little less yardage, because it is knife-pleated rather than box-pleated, but if you measure the bottom hem of a utility kilt I think you'll find it contains around 4 yards of cloth, more or less.
I have an old Army kilt and it weighs several pounds at my best guess, even though I've never thrown it on a scale. (I wear it for Highland dancing and casual day wear, even though not strictly correct for a woman to wear at all - I'm built straight up and down, no waist, no hips, and it is in my father's regimental tartan, the 79th Cameron Highlanders (since amalgamated out of existence). I argue right of inheritance and old time's sake if anybody calls me on it.)
Of course, this is all what one of George MacDonald Fraser's characters called "a right Professional Highlander trick" - although in that case he was talking about the affectation of ordering single malt Scotch neat, with a glass of water on the side, and taking alternate sips.
Read "The General Danced at Dawn", "MacAuslan in the Rough", and "The Sheik and the Dustbin" if you want a very accurate and amusing account of life in a Highland regiment. Much better than Flashman, in my not particularly humble opinion!
But your post was great; don't put yourself down!
I think a _traditional_ kilt is about the most difficult thing a man can wear properly. Difficult to put on and if you do it wrong, it’s self-evident. Not to mention that nothing really goes with it but traditional accessories.
The modern ones allow for more sartorial latitude.
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