tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632621494446061932024-03-07T22:20:06.456-08:00McMurdo's AdventuresA Diary of a Daily Kilt WearerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-12008806810908111362018-01-25T12:24:00.001-08:002018-01-25T12:24:52.089-08:00Burns Day at the Burns Statue in Allen GardensToday is Burns Day and I was invited to join the St. Andrews Society of Toronto for the annual celebration at the Burns statue in Allen Gardens. This was my first time down there for Burns Day. I was made to feel like family and it was a wonderful time. Afterward we went to Harbord House for lunch and more conversation. It was such a great day and I must thank the St. Andrew's Society for their hospitality.<br />
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It was good to start the year with a night at The Feather's Pub for this months Tartan Tuesday. We decided to do it on the second Tuesday this month to give everyone a break after Christmas and New Year.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-83238845443734372072017-12-26T12:17:00.002-08:002017-12-26T12:17:37.002-08:00Christmas Eve outfit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was the outfit for working at the church on Christmas Eve.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-38679508392764923722017-11-04T13:39:00.001-07:002017-11-04T13:39:25.319-07:00Bespoke kilt suit at Tailored History of Toronto Book Launch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know its been a while but I have still been wearing my kilt just had no internet access for a while due to renovations. In that time we have had a couple of Tartan Tuesdays and a book launch. I thought I would show you the photos from the book launch. It was a great night and I am enjoying the book.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-59755725870382122322017-09-06T13:37:00.000-07:002017-09-06T13:37:04.653-07:00Tartan Tuesday Sept 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last night was another Tartan Tuesday at The Feathers Pub. We are starting to become regulars, upon arrival one of the guys in the pub had to come over and ask lots of questions but he was a nice guy who genuinely wanted to know. He was from Glasgow and is on his way back home today, we had a good chat about loads of subjects and who knows when he is back he may join us. It was a good night and we had some surprises it was good to see Ewan back for example. Next Tartan Tuesday will again be at The Feathers on October 3.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-62853990662552435622017-09-03T21:12:00.003-07:002017-09-04T15:29:47.093-07:00Inverlorne <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We were invited to a very special housewarming/ birthday party today it was a housewarming for Nathan and Nicole as well as Nathan's 40th birthday party. Inverlorne is the house and it is amazing, built in 1878 and in the same family until now, my friends are the 2nd owners, as it had been in the same family until this purchase.<br />
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Last night was our monthly Tartan Tuesday our second at the Feathers Pub. It was another great night with great people, Andy rode his Harley in but changed into his kilt the bathroom.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-74659441627157005532017-07-27T18:46:00.003-07:002017-07-27T19:01:33.979-07:00Tartan Tuesday July 25thWe had a special Tartan Tuesday on the 25th, David and Anna were in from Victoria BC for a wedding and asked us to put on a special kilt night. We always look for reasons to wear our kilts so it was an easy decision. It was such a great night and it was a pleasure to welcome David and Anna and get to know them a bit better, David and I have been on the same forum for about 10 years but this was the first time we had met in real life.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-4795275222200870862017-07-05T16:14:00.002-07:002017-07-05T16:14:50.906-07:00Tartan Tuesday July 4th 2017Last night was our first Tartan Tuesday at The Feathers Pub. We decided that it was important to try out an accessible pub and The Feathers was just wonderful, they provided us with a gluten free menu and the entrance did not have a step and the washrooms were on the first floor. The regulars didn't bat an eye at us, in fact when we got up for the group photo one guy started to mimic a bagpipe to the tune of Flower of Scotland and another came over to ask us where to buy a kilt, all in all a good night at a new place.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-53358310006564686782017-06-13T10:21:00.000-07:002017-06-13T10:21:09.900-07:00A bit of polish.A little while ago I got a horsehair sporran from a friend I wrote a blog about it at the beginning of May. Yesterday I decided to polish the silver cantle to see if I could get rid of the tarnish. Below is a photo, I think it came out rather well, however more work on it is needed.<br /><br /><br /><br />
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This was taken before the rain on Tuesday June 6th. I had planned to wear this outfit to our Tartan Tuesday kilt night, I thought it was appropriate to wear the Royal Naval Association kilt, as it was the 73rd Anniversary of the D-Day landings. I paired it with my Lovat Blue Argyll jacket, Brooks Brothers shirt and Brooks Brothers cashmere tie with my Ministry of Defense cantled sporran, and my Saltire top kilt hose.<br /><br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-62894270855348924842017-05-10T04:44:00.000-07:002017-05-10T07:48:30.761-07:00They're just socks or bullies everywhere.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of days ago I posted this photo on facebook of me in my Scottish Wildcat Tartan kilt suit. I am wearing the tartan suit and heather colour kilt hose. The funny thing about this is that so many members of the group attacked me for wearing pink kilt hose saying things like "Awful" or "nope" even "<span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">That is ugly." and "</span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A bit gay looking but still not as bad as Jack McConnels pin striped kilt"</span></span></span></span></span>. One person compared it to a Utilikilt, I took exception to that as it is a bespoke kilt suit made specifically for me, as such it is at the other end of the spectrum from a utilikilt. He did take the comment down and we were able to use that as a vehicle for discussion and came out of it better in the end.<br />
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What really bothers me about this is that as a regular kilt wearer, full time for 6 years or so, I have confronted my fair share of bullies and others who question what I'm wearing. I would never question what someone else wears. In the end it is none of my business what someone else wears. I would hope as a bunch of kilt wearers when you see someone dressed properly in a bespoke outfit people would come together instead of picking at the person because of their choice of hose colour. Another thought that someone else made is that when someone wears the kilt sloppily on this group they get nothing but likes and compliments, it left us both shaking our heads. The comments got so ugly and unruly that I did consider leaving the group where I posted the photo and might do that anyway.<br /><br />UPDATE:<br />The insults kept coming today so I left the group.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-18441680373789138962017-05-02T21:05:00.001-07:002017-05-02T21:05:49.518-07:00Tartan Tuesday 3rd AnniversaryTonight was our 3rd Anniversary for Tartan Tuesday, it has been wonderful to be a part of and I am very proud of what it has become, thank you all who have showed up some once some often.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-56123654296875928572017-05-01T07:33:00.001-07:002017-05-01T07:33:38.139-07:00A new to me sporran<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago a friend of mine sent a message to me regarding a sporran I might want. He had this sporran from an Estate Sale and as he had a few antique horsehair sporrans he did not need this one. The only real information I have about it is that it is from 1911. I am debuting it tomorrow night for the 3rd Anniversary of Tartan Tuesday.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-68967586911416703892017-04-27T05:14:00.001-07:002017-04-27T07:35:10.968-07:00I woke up this morning to a private message regarding what shoes to wear with a Highland outfit, now the outfit in question is a black tie outfit using a black argyll jacket with silver buttons. The gent asked if he should be using opera shoes. My answer is you should not. Here are a couple of photos of the shoes I would recommend for a Black Tie outfit.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-60777224080744826622017-04-24T07:40:00.001-07:002017-04-24T07:40:58.758-07:00Met another kilt wearer walking down the streetA few weeks ago I was walking down the street on a wonderful spring day. I decided to wear the kilt as it was such a wonderful day. Thomas agreed to pose for a photo to commemorate the meeting. He was in town doing presentations for his work.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-24581929174965514492017-04-20T05:04:00.001-07:002017-04-24T07:32:50.071-07:00Pin for the RNA Tartan<span style="background-color: cadetblue; color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I first got my Royal Naval Association kilt in honour of my Uncle McMurdo (Murdy) I wanted to get a Scottish Agate Anchor Pin. The problem has been that everyone I've seen on eBay has gone over hundreds of dollars completely out of my budget. Recently I decided to look on a different vintage site and found one suitable at a reasonable price. My only problem now was that the seller would only ship to the United States. I was lucky in that another member of xmarks graciously agreed to ship it to Canada for me. Now that I have the pin in place I will take a trip up to Uncle Murdy's final resting place. Thanks to Kilted Cole for all his help, it means the world to me. Without further ado from me, here is the photo.</span><br /></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-68147210096768938222017-04-18T08:30:00.002-07:002017-04-18T09:12:26.656-07:00It's been a whileI thought I should post an update, as I was looking through the blog and did not realize just how long it has been dormant. My last post was about Tartan Tuesday, we are now coming up to our 3rd Anniversary. This photo was from the first anniversary.<br />
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Another big thing is that I designed a tartan for Wildcat Haven, called the Scottish Wildcat Tartan. It has been very well received and we are looking for interest in a fourth run of the tartan, 15% of the proceeds of the sale of the tartan goes to Wildcat Haven to help them with the important work they are doing to try to help the wildcat survive. When we started this project there were estimates of between 30 and 300 Scottish Wildcats left in the wild.<br />
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Here is the tartan design and me in my Scottish Wildcat Tartan Kilt Suit.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-19703731815021410792014-07-04T15:32:00.001-07:002014-07-04T15:34:28.297-07:00Tartan Tuesdays at the Caledonian PubTartan Tuesdays, are the first Tuesday of every month at the Caledonian Pub in Toronto. Last month we had 17 people show up for the fun. Please consider strapping on your kilt and joining us the July edition will be on the 8th due to the Canada Day holiday.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-39927233265769396572013-02-24T05:54:00.000-08:002013-02-24T05:54:58.097-08:00Performing Tam O'Shanter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of Fridays ago I went to an open mike night and performed Tam O`Shanter, to a non Scottish audience. Any other I have performed this piece in public it has been at a Burns night. It was an interesting experience, and the crowd seemed to be suitably impressed that I could remember such a behemoth of a piece. A week later someone came up to me and complimented me, so it must have stuck in the minds of a few. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-55868364154404838392013-02-09T07:38:00.001-08:002013-02-09T07:38:38.880-08:00 20 year AA medallion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just wanted to share with you all the fact that Saturday January 26th was my
20 year AA medallion. It was a wonderful evening full of old and new
friends. I will not soon forget it. I could not have done this without
the help of both those who came before me and the newcomers, so it was
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It was a soggy wet day today in Toronto perfect for kilt wearing, I had
set up to go out to Paupers Pub at Bloor and Bathurst to meet up with a
gent who I had seen down there a few months ago. Last time he was
wearing a kilt and that was why I started talking to him in the first
place. He asked if I was McMurdo and I said I was. Apparently he had
seen my photos on this as well as other forums. Anyway it was a
wonderful day with a new friend we talked about everything under the
sun. Andrew is a great guy and I hope to meet up with him again soon. I
got one photo of us. I do need a haircut but might blame it on the rain.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-27431519330042647732012-09-23T11:00:00.002-07:002012-09-23T11:01:23.006-07:00Toronto Tweed RideYesterday was the <a href="http://tweedridetoronto.com/">Toronto Tweed Ride</a> I participated this year, it was a wonderful time raising money for <a href="http://bikeswithoutborders.org/">Bikes without Borders</a>. There were competitions for best tea cup, most feminine accessory,
dandiest chap etc. I was voted dandiest chap. It really was a wonderful
day, there was a Penny Farthing and even a Velocipede. We stopped for a photo op at Old City Hall, there was a Bride and Groom who got their photo with the Penny Farthing. Here are some
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263262149444606193.post-20305154429023728922009-09-26T18:31:00.000-07:002017-04-20T06:37:31.912-07:00The little details<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zt8JvhxwG8E/Sr7DHK775NI/AAAAAAAAArU/J9cvULokIrE/s1600-h/001002003004_29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zt8JvhxwG8E/Sr7DHK775NI/AAAAAAAAArU/J9cvULokIrE/s400/001002003004_29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385956732343936210" border="0" /></a><br />I was just over at <a href="http://www.xmarksthescot.com/">XMarkstheScot</a>, I'm a mod over there so spend a lot of time. Anyway one of the members brought up pocket squares. I always wear a white pocket square, I find it is a classic look and one of those little details that sets one outfit above another. It has been brought up already about wearing pocket squares that match part of your outfit, for me though I find a white hankie works great. One other thing about hankies, I always or almost always have 3 with me, one for me, one for my wife, and one for my pocket.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05492575573151079403noreply@blogger.com0