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Yoga in kilts
« on: June 21, 2017, 09:56:12 PM »

Hmmm! Now I know what a Scotsman wears under his kilt 😁

https://www.facebook.com/bbcthree/videos/1187484684695286/

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Re: Yoga in kilts
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2017, 08:30:45 AM »
My son-in-law wears his kilt most of the time, I haven't been tempted to peep underneath it. ;D

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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2017, 08:47:30 AM »
My son-in-law wears his kilt most of the time, I haven't been tempted to peep underneath it. ;D


Most of the time?
Bloomin uncomfortable - and heavy - in this heat, I'd think.
I'll probably put my kilt (and accessories) on for Kirk on Sunday (We usually have hymns to Scots tunes to commemorate Bannockburn day) - but if it's as hot as it was yesterday; forget it.
"for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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Re: Yoga in kilts
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2017, 09:01:45 AM »

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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2017, 09:27:20 AM »

Most of the time?
Bloomin uncomfortable - and heavy - in this heat, I'd think.
I'll probably put my kilt (and accessories) on for Kirk on Sunday (We usually have hymns to Scots tunes to commemorate Bannockburn day) - but if it's as hot as it was yesterday; forget it.

My son-in-law much prefers a kilt to wearing trousers. He was wearing his kilt on Sunday when the whole family met up at the Ironbridge Victorian Village as part of my husband's 70th birthday celebrations. It was boiling hot, but he seemed comfortable enough in it.

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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2017, 09:34:21 AM »
My son-in-law much prefers a kilt to wearing trousers. He was wearing his kilt on Sunday when the whole family met up at the Ironbridge Victorian Village as part of my husband's 70th birthday celebrations. It was boiling hot, but he seemed comfortable enough in it.


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He must be made of stronger stuff than I am!
Either that or he has one of those modern lightweight ones;
'cos my kilt weighs a ton - well around eight pounds, as it's wool. Add on the leather belt, silver buckles, kilt pin, sporran, not to mention the wollen hose and nicky tams, and the whole thing's a heck of a burden - especially as I walk to church - about a mile from my house.
Of course, when it's wet, the kilt can REALLY be heavy.
"for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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Re: Yoga in kilts
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2017, 09:37:58 AM »
If he's wearing it casually then I would guess he drops the accoutrements. I attended a wedding a couple of years ago in temps similar to what the warmer areas have had in the last few days, and was glad to wearing one of the lighter kilts

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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2017, 09:39:13 AM »
And here's what happened next. Sadly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-39442881

Some people are jealous, of other people's successes, bodies etc.

I didn't know about that when I posted it 😟

It is sad.

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« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2017, 09:39:59 AM »
And here's what happened next. Sadly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-39442881

Yes, that was disgusting. Haven't seen an update on any outcome. Anyway here's a link to his website.

http://www.finlay-wilson.com

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« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2017, 10:38:25 AM »

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He must be made of stronger stuff than I am!
Either that or he has one of those modern lightweight ones;
'cos my kilt weighs a ton - well around eight pounds, as it's wool. Add on the leather belt, silver buckles, kilt pin, sporran, not to mention the wollen hose and nicky tams, and the whole thing's a heck of a burden - especially as I walk to church - about a mile from my house.
Of course, when it's wet, the kilt can REALLY be heavy.

His kilt looks heavy enough to me, but he only wears the full regalia with it on special occasions.

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Re: Yoga in kilts
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2017, 05:04:52 PM »
Nothing wrong with kilts it's the tortured cat under the arm the Scots insist on carrying.

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Re: Yoga in kilts
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2017, 05:56:46 PM »
Nothing wrong with kilts it's the tortured cat under the arm the Scots insist on carrying.

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Philistine.
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2017, 06:02:08 PM »

Philistine.
As with a good deal else I'm with the ipmeister on this one - Caledonophobe he may have been (which I don't support or agree with in any way whatever) but Dr Johnson had the right of it when he defined a gentleman as someone who knows how to play the bagpipes but doesn't  :)
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« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2017, 06:20:28 PM »
As with a good deal else I'm with the ipmeister on this one - Caledonophobe he may have been (which I don't support or agree with in any way whatever) but Dr Johnson had the right of it when he defined a gentleman as someone who knows how to play the bagpipes but doesn't  :)
Lord Auchinleck (Boswell the sycophant's dad) rightly despised Johnson. The Boswell mausoleum is about fifty feet from my parish Kirk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crTYoInQJv4
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"for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2017, 06:25:55 PM »
.....and speaking of Lord Auchinleck, who was amember of the Court of Session and an advocate of the Scots language - as well as a composer of a wheen of tunes, here's one of them - 'Jenny dang the weaver'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJgBavr9_A
"for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2017, 06:31:56 PM »

Philistine.

I noticed that Scotsman Williams has bowed out of Queens.

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Re: Yoga in kilts
« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2017, 06:34:13 PM »
I'll probably be tried for treason for this, or transported to somewhere unpleasant, but this Scotsman detests the sound of bagpipes on the basis that, to my ears, they make an unmusical racket.

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« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2017, 06:41:51 PM »
I'll probably be tried for treason for this, or transported to somewhere unpleasant, but this Scotsman detests the sound of bagpipes on the basis that, to my ears, they make an unmusical racket.
... demonstrating that it's an earhole thing, not a national thing.
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« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2017, 07:44:10 PM »
... demonstrating that it's an earhole thing, not a national thing.

I thought they were an Irish invention or something like that and I think the Bretons in Northern France have something like it too?

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Re: Yoga in kilts
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2017, 09:47:06 PM »


Of course, when it's wet, the kilt can REALLY be heavy.
Best to not drink too many pints then!
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« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2017, 10:33:38 PM »
I thought they were an Irish invention or something like that and I think the Bretons in Northern France have something like it too?

ippy


Ancient Greeks used them - followed by the Romans, Italians, Bretons, Hungarians, Irish, Scots.....
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« Reply #21 on: June 22, 2017, 10:34:34 PM »
Best to not drink too many pints then!


Why d'you think I prefer a dram?
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« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2017, 08:15:13 AM »

Ancient Greeks used them - followed by the Romans, Italians, Bretons, Hungarians, Irish, Scots.....

It looks as though they all had the sense to rid themselves of them, how come the Scots insist on hanging on to the blasted things?

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« Reply #23 on: June 23, 2017, 08:22:04 AM »
It looks as though they all had the sense to rid themselves of them, how come the Scots insist on hanging on to the blasted things? ippy
Er.... The pipes in various forms, are flourishing in several parts of Italy, Hungary, Galicia in Spain, Breton in France, the Basque country - oh, and Northumbria, of course, as well as Ireland, Scotland, Canada....... Wee bit out of touch there, Ippy! Try coming to Glasgow during the Celtic Connections festival in January - you'll see there's a whole lot more to piping than a massed band (which is a relatively recent invention anyway) Here's a Wiki link showing the various instruments and their use today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bagpipes
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« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2017, 09:17:24 AM »
Er.... The pipes in various forms, are flourishing in several parts of Italy, Hungary, Galicia in Spain, Breton in France, the Basque country - oh, and Northumbria, of course, as well as Ireland, Scotland, Canada....... Wee bit out of touch there, Ippy! Try coming to Glasgow during the Celtic Connections festival in January - you'll see there's a whole lot more to piping than a massed band (which is a relatively recent invention anyway) Here's a Wiki link showing the various instruments and their use today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bagpipes

AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

ippy