No local Dungeness Crab due to blue green algae.

Bay Arean

Bay Arean

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Eldritch said:
If you want to embrace the weird cultural dress of your ancestors, go ahead and do it. All men should take pride in their heritage. Adopting someone else's weird cultural nonsense that has nothing to do with your heritage is needy bullshit for people with identity issues.
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I'm taking a moment to heart Eldritch's way with words. :rofl:rofl:rofl

That said, the case can be made for people of Irish heritage to wear the kilt IF they feel like it. The original Scoti came from there anyway and southwestern Scotland is ethnically pretty Iroid. The old kilt is a relic of the tribal dress of the Celts as far as I can tell.. As far as a true Highland kilt wiht all the regalia, I agree that its for the Caledonians. The whole utilikilt seems to only work if you live in Washington state or something. Since there are a lot of tall Germanic-Scandihoovians up that way, the necessary manly physiognomy is present. You don't have to be tall to wear a kilt, but it sure helps for the mythologized image that makes the girls swoon.

As for restraining clothes, I'm with ya, dicer. The best thing that EVER happened is when the young dudes started wearing their shirts out, not tucked in. Very happy to swing that way after a lifetime of tuckin in. And I prefer snap shirts and overshirts. I hate buttoning anymore, too much trouble.

I prefer boots, pull-on or side zipper when possible. If I am wearing laced shoes, I got two foot long shoehorn so I don't have to bend ALLL THAT WAY DOWN THERE to tie em. Ever since the moto accident, when my right leg was so swollen I couldn't bend it, I have loathed the basic act of tying tha laces. A strange abdominal mass (otherwise known as fat) causes some difficulty in that maneuver.

How did we get to clothes from eatin tha crab???sigh. I miss crab already. Ms. BA was going to make cioppino this month for the November birhtdays in the family gathering.
 
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Eldritch

Eldritch

is insensitive
Bay Arean said:
I'm taking a moment to heart Eldritch's way with words. :rofl:rofl:rofl

That said, the case can be made for people of Irish heritage to wear the kilt IF they feel like it. The original Scoti came from there anyway and southwestern Scotland is ethnically pretty Iroid. The old kilt is a relic of the tribal dress of the Celts as far as I can tell.. As far as a true Highland kilt wiht all the regalia, I agree that its for the Caledonians. The whole utilikilt seems to only work if you live in Washington state or something. Since there are a lot of tall Germanic-Scandihoovians up that way, the necessary manly physiognomy is present. You don't have to be tall to wear a kilt, but it sure helps for the mythologized image that makes the girls swoon.

As for restraining clothes, I'm with ya, dicer. The best thing that EVER happened is when the young dudes started wearing their shirts out, not tucked in. Very happy to swing that way after a lifetime of tuckin in. And I prefer snap shirts and overshirts. I hate buttoning anymore, too much trouble.

I prefer boots, pull-on or side zipper when possible. If I am wearing laced shoes, I got two foot long shoehorn so I don't have to bend ALLL THAT WAY DOWN THERE to tie em. Ever since the moto accident, when my right leg was so swollen I couldn't bend it, I have loathed the basic act of tying tha laces. A strange abdominal mass (otherwise known as fat) causes some difficulty in that maneuver.

How did we get to clothes from eatin tha crab???sigh. I miss crab already. Ms. BA was going to make cioppino this month for the November birhtdays in the family gathering.
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:teeth

I'm mainly a pull on boot kind of man, myself. Engineer boots or harness boots mainly.


But a Utilikilt is still a type of skirt. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
 
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DReg350

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Raised Scottish as a kid, played the bagpipe, took highland dance lessons and competed, sister played and still plays the harp, went to Scottish games frequently, and we bred Shetland sheep dogs. At one time we had 21 Shelties, for a short time. Most were puppies and were gone eight weeks later. So much fun. Our Scottish heritage was big part of my life growing up.

Years later, after my Dad retired, he dove into genealogy big time. Turns out we're WAY Irish. The Scottish part was a footnote. :laughing

Never got into the kilt thing, Celtic tattoos or any of that. I may go to Scotland and Ireland one day, but right now I'm enjoying the Mediterranean.
 
Eldritch

Eldritch

is insensitive
DReg350 said:
Raised Scottish as a kid, played the bagpipe, took highland dance lessons and competed, sister played and still plays the harp, went to Scottish games frequently, and we bred Shetland sheep dogs. At one time we had 21 Shelties, for a short time. Most were puppies and were gone eight weeks later. So much fun. Our Scottish heritage was big part of my life growing up.

Years later, after my Dad retired, he dove into genealogy big time. Turns out we're WAY Irish. The Scottish part was a footnote. :laughing

Never got into the kilt thing, Celtic tattoos or any of that. I may go to Scotland and Ireland one day, but right now I'm enjoying the Mediterranean.
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Yeah, I know a lot of REAL Irish and a few Scots. Pretty much none of them are into it. It is mainly a lame American Cultural Appropriation garbage behavior. :laughing
 
Bay Arean

Bay Arean

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Eldritch said:
Yeah, I know a lot of REAL Irish and a few Scots. Pretty much none of them are into it. It is mainly a lame American Cultural Appropriation garbage behavior. :laughing
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I love the music, the whisky and the warpipes but I know exactly what you mean. The case could be made that Americans love Scottish stuff more than the Scots themselves, or at least their dreamy ideas about it. There is an awful lot of projection involved.

The fanciful misappropriation, as you call it, and the mythologizing can be annoying as hell, whether you are a Scot or just a sensible person, informed by real history. People do the same shit with the Irish as well. Enduring the cliches and fake accents can drive one insane espeically around March 17. Good thing there is quality likker involved.

Man, I am gonna miss that crabmeat.
 
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oobus

oobus

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Apparently the sportsman season is open around Coos Bay but they are suggesting you clean/gut before cooking.
Commercial season opens in December.
 
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