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#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Nov 14, 2012

Great puzzle. I so glad he got a good meal for a change. He deserved a break.

Guy deserves a break today. So, he can get out (tonight) and follow the getaway, at McNeil's -- they'll do it all to him.

(No, McDonald is *not* my middle name!)

Thx Norma,yes he did.lol.:)

Rofl John,or should I say "oldtimer"

I hear John wore togas for real ;/

Rofl Tom.:)

Buncha old coots ;)

i resent coots, youngster :P

Well, Tom, I might have created a toga as a costume once, but I've never worn one otherwise. I do have a kilt, though. Ignore that young whippersnapper who probably couldn't recognize a coot if she saw one - she'll grow up eventually. (I keep telling people that I'll grow up eventually too).

now, i'm with ya john LOL

Kristen,show some respect for your elders,you young whipper snapper you. Just joking. I bet your getting all hot imagining John in his kilt,lol. I hope he doesn't wear socks with sandals,while wearing his kilt.

John,I don't have a kilt,but sometimes I wear Niki's catholic school girl plaid skirt,of course she has it on at the same time,lol.:)

With a name like Macdonald, of course you would have a kilt. Bagpipes?

Norma, my wife has tried to get me to learn for years. She finally gave up and started trying to get our son to learn - with equal lack of success (although he *does* collect bagpipe music on CDs). The kilt is a Macdonald tartan, but I don't know if it is the right Macdonald for my ancestry (it's been at least 5 or 6 generations before me living in Canada and then one generation in Ireland before you get back to Scotland, so I haven't kept track of just where in Scotland they came from) - there are four different Macdonald clans and we just picked the tartan that looked nicest. Each clan has a dress tartan, a work (or hunting) tartan, and some of the clans have ancient and modern versions as well.

However, I have the kilt more because I've done a lot of International folk dancing; my name was just an excuse. I also have a pair of Liederhosen, and some Mexican clothes, and various odds and ends of other ethnicities, and I am not at German/Austrian, or Mexican. (I made an authentic-looking rabbi for a show once. I'm not Jewish either, but I looked more the part than the Jewish member of the group.)

Al, I don't think my wife could get into her Catholic school kilt if she still had it - they stopped requiring them after grade school - and I'm sure that I couldn't fit it. However, she would have thrown it out long ago. I guess that Nikki has kept her slim trim girlish figure.

Even though my dad's family name does not sound Scottish, there are roots from Scotland and then to Ireland. My married name also has it's roots in Scotland, and is associated with the river Dee. I agree with you that if I were to pick out a kilt I would pick out one that, to me, had the prettiest colors.

One of the most spine tingling movie moments for me was when I watched the movie Gunga Din and when it seemed all was lost and the handkerchiefs were coming out, the sound of bagpipes could be heard in the distance and rescue was at hand.

Thank you for sharing your family history. I did a small amount of folk dancing but was from a small town and there was no opportunity to pursue it.

Thanks, Al! I was hoping someone would call me a whippersnapper. :)

I nearly learned the bagpipes one year, but opted for the Scottish drums instead (my son was 2 at the time, so I couldn't commit to learn the bagpipes properly). I turned out to be so good that the Kalamazoo Pipe Band wanted me to keep taking classes so I could join them. I thank my twin brother for that, because he used to play drums in school.

No John,since Niki had Destyny she lost her girlish figure,but when we first started dating just over 4 yrs ago,she would wear the plaid skirt for me. She was 28 yrs old then. I was in a bowling league then,and I brought her to the bowling alley on league night to show her off to my buddies. She wore the plaid skirt and a white blouse tied in a knot just above her belly button which has a tattoo there. Everyone thought she was 16 and wanted to report me,lol. I sent her to the bar to get beer and they wouldn't serve her at first. She had to show her I.D. :)

YW Kristen.:)

Cool stories everyone.:)

bowling anyone?

Getting carded reminds of a time when my wife and her sister went into a bar. They got asked for ID, and burst out laughing. "I'm 35 and my sister here is ten years older than me!" They got served without showing ID - I guess the bartender figured that anyone who was pretending to be old enough to be served would never try to claim being so much older.

Fun puzzle, Aldege. Love the description-story.

John, I just want to know - did the bartender get a good tip that night? "-)

T, I don't know but he probably did. It's been long enough that Chris might not remember any more.

Thx Teresa.:)

Finally a good meal!!!

LOL Jota.:)

As I was headed into a shopping mall today, a Salvation Amy bell-ringer addressed me as "young lady." Seeing as I'm 58, I thanked her profusely as I dropped a fiver in her bucket!

you are very sweet, young lady ;-)

Obviously, sensei, you don't know the real me! :D

oh...i was just trying to get a 5'er outta u :)

Sensei, for you,...nah, this is a family site. ;)

oh... you wanna start another family!

At 58, don't think that's possible, sensei.

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