Sightings "in the wild"

[skirted_in_SF]

From experience, I do not necessarily regard that as a hardship; rather, it provides a nice bright line between the working hours and the times when one is off the clock. This is especially useful if one is not as happy at his job as he could be.

Boy, you hit that nail on the head.

I did see a man in a full kilt outfit on my walk back to work from the dentist last Tuesday morning. He was just stepping in the front door of the local Scottish goods store. The one that displays kilted mannequins in the window.

[skirtyscot]

Reading this has actually brought an incident to mind which I had actually dismissed.
On a skirted outing, I saw three guys in kilts. We're in Scotland, hence the dismissal ... Does this count?

Nah, too easy!

[Raakone]

I saw not one, but TWO different guys in kilts yesterday. One of them was at WB Games Studios were I was temporarily on contract (but the projects, I cannot say..."what you play in the lab shall stay in the lab"), he was wearing a black pleated kilt and a matching upper garment, looked awesome, also had an interesting belt.

And then, in another building, I saw a man in a grey kilt, purple shirt, red tie. Looked quite good.

A reminder, I'm in Montreal if you're curious.

[skirted_in_SF]

And then, in another building, I saw a man in a grey kilt, purple shirt, red tie. Looked quite good.

Purple shirt, red tie - sounds like Carl Grey kilt, not so much though.

[STEVIE]

Tonight, what looked like a UK in our local hospital, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Young guy, no self consciousness. Unfortunately circumstances ruled out a conversation but I will likely be a regular visitor for a while, a repeat sighting may be on the cards.
Steve.

[Charlie]

Wife and I were at the Bath ceilidh last Saturday night. There were six men in kilts - two traditional tartan, one Amerikilt (I think), one Union kilt (me), one homemade kilt (I know the guy who made it) and the caller was wearing a Utilikilt.
My wife commented that there were almost as many men in skirts as women in skirts
Charlie

[Sarongman]

Dammit! I missed it! Barbara and I were in Tenterfield (over the border in New South Wales) on Tuesday and B. commented on a nice shirt that a man getting into a car across the street then she said "Oh, and he's wearing a skirt too.) Ilooked up just as he shut the car door. It was a white small SUV that could have been an X trail, but can't be certain on that point. Anyone here ready to own up?

[Kirbstone]

Nope. Not me. I was the other side of the World on that day, and I don't drive an SUV.

T.

[Derek Plattis]

Nope. Not me. I was the other side of the World on that day, and I don't drive an SUV.

T.

What's an SUV? - It wasn't me either anyway.

[Uncle Al]

What's an SUV? - It wasn't me either anyway.

Sport Utility Vehicle
An all-around, multi-purpose vehicle.

A GMC Yukon or Chevrolet Suburban are examples of an SUV.



I have a '97 Chevy Suburban(with 200,000 miles on the odometer) and can
carry 8 people at one time or take out the rear seat, lay the middle seats down
and carry 4' X 8' sheets of plywood and assorted tools as required.

Uncle Al

[Derek Plattis]

Oh! - Thanks Uncle Al!

I have a 4x4 off road 2 litre turbo hatchback which may be a smaller but similar idea. (It only carries 5 people or 2 with the back seat down and smaller sheets of plywood)

Derek

[Kirbstone]

....& I still drive an old Merc. E-class Estate which has a roof low enough to facilitate putting those 8x4 sheets on the roof, self-levelling suspension to cope with serious loads, has nearly 242.000 miles up and still goes like a Swiss Chronometer.

Merc + large boat trailer.jpg

Passengers No. 6 & 7 in the little rear-facing seats in the back regularly request Grandad to operate the tailgate wiper so they can see the following traffic.....because it's always raining in Ireland!

You could easily get a large Hammond into that fine Chevvy, Uncle Al.

T.

[knickerless]

I must admit I had never hear heard of an SUV before either.

[crfriend]

I must admit I had never hear heard of an SUV before either.

I quite wish I hadn't, either, but here in the US of A it seems that slightly more than one in every two vehicles sold is an SUV or "truck" of some sort which makes visibility on the road for those of us who actually drive cars rather difficult.

An alternate definition of the acronym "SUV" is Stupid Urban Vehicle. They may have their place in the hinterlands, but as single-passenger commuter vehicles they are just perhaps the most wasteful things going. This comes from a guy who for 20 years drove minivans -- vehicles into which I have put two six-foot-tall racks of computer gear into the back and closed the hatch and even with that load got 30+ MPG on the highway -- in the 1990s. Things have only got worse since then. The "monster truck" that Al put up may get, perhaps, 20 MPG on a good day. But, since there's no such thing as global warming, all is fine.

It is worth noting that I have no problem with such vehicles when used as intended -- a work vehicles when carting of heavy articles or towing of same is required on a very frequent basis. What I dislike about them is when they're used by a single yuppie to go to and from the office on plowed roads. When I drove my minivans, I used them very frequently as cargo-carriers in the furtherance of my computer-collecting. Nowadays, if I need that capacity, I'll rent one.

[Kirbstone]

Another English apellation for such large 4x4s often without towbars fitted is 'Chelsea Tractors'. There's also talk of applying 'designer mud' to them !

Over here the Yummie Mummies congregate in swish outlets at coffee time while their charges are safely at nursery or infants' school and park their BMW X5s & similar conspicuously outside.
...Meanwhile Hubby has parked their little hatchback at the station & commuted off to pay the mortgage.

T.