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We had our fancy dress ball on Saturday, the Robert Burns Banquet. All over the world, on this night, the Scottish diaspora gathers to celebrate Burns, the Bard of Scotland. There were recitations of his poems and songs. After dinner there was a pipe band and Scottish dancers. Later on, a Celtic-ish folk Duo.
I wear my formal kilt outfit - my Prince Charlie jacket with tails. It was weird, though. Right when we got there, Cindy told me that my bow tie had come undone. I don't tie it from a loose tie, it's on a strap that goes around my neck, and it had come unclipped. Later on, the hook on my belt broke, and it started falling off. Around that same time, during the performances, I dropped my flash unit. It was fine except a piece of trim came off. But it was weird.
It only got up to 2° yesterday. Fortunately it wasn't a long walk to the car. Today it was 12°. We were supposed to have our little ceremony at the Robert Burns monument. We always meet there for some more Burns (we always sing "Auld Lang Syne) and then retire to a nearby pub for refreshments. Because of the cold we decided to skip the monument and just meet at the pub. The woman who normally bring her scones wasn't able to come, so we had kringle. Not as many people as usual, but had nice talks with a few of them.
On the way down, I saw four cars spun out on the freeway. One of them *just* happened. When I got downtown it didn't seem very cold until I turned a corner and was walking into the wind. Holy cow. We have a rule that we wouldn't stay out there for more minutes than the temperature. I think we could have done twelve minutes, but not in that wind!
I wear my formal kilt outfit - my Prince Charlie jacket with tails. It was weird, though. Right when we got there, Cindy told me that my bow tie had come undone. I don't tie it from a loose tie, it's on a strap that goes around my neck, and it had come unclipped. Later on, the hook on my belt broke, and it started falling off. Around that same time, during the performances, I dropped my flash unit. It was fine except a piece of trim came off. But it was weird.
It only got up to 2° yesterday. Fortunately it wasn't a long walk to the car. Today it was 12°. We were supposed to have our little ceremony at the Robert Burns monument. We always meet there for some more Burns (we always sing "Auld Lang Syne) and then retire to a nearby pub for refreshments. Because of the cold we decided to skip the monument and just meet at the pub. The woman who normally bring her scones wasn't able to come, so we had kringle. Not as many people as usual, but had nice talks with a few of them.
On the way down, I saw four cars spun out on the freeway. One of them *just* happened. When I got downtown it didn't seem very cold until I turned a corner and was walking into the wind. Holy cow. We have a rule that we wouldn't stay out there for more minutes than the temperature. I think we could have done twelve minutes, but not in that wind!
