another bulk order of kilts for debconf17? Was: New Debian kilts

From	Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	another bulk order of kilts for debconf17? Was: New Debian kilts
Date	2016-08-28 22:30 +0200
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2012, Ryan Kavanagh wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 04:53:47PM +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote:
> > I went to their store and asked and they quoted additional costs of
> > £700 for a *single* made-to-order kilt.

> Ouch! From what I remember when I got my kilt, 700£ is really really
> pricey. I know that North-America is probably on the wrong side of the
> world for most of the people interested in ordering, but I recommend
> Burnett & Struth's[0] as a kilt maker. They're located just north of
> Toronto, Canada. They made my personal kilt (combination of machine and
> hand sewing) out of a very uncommon tartan (I think it had to be custom
> woven since nobody kept it in stock) for about 650–700 CAD (~410–440£),
> tax included. The fabric was heavy weight (16oz I think) at that. On a
> side note, they also made my band kilt, which is 25 years old and still
> looks great apart from wear on the leather buckle straps (easily worn
> 10-15 times a year).

Given that next debconf is in Montreal, may be it would be sensible to
see placing an order for a few quilts with Burnett & Struth's ?

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another bulk order of kilts for debconf17? Was: New Debian kilts Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com> - 2016-08-28 22:30 +0200
  Re: another bulk order of kilts for debconf17? Was: New Debian kilts Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2016-09-01 22:10 +0200
    Re: another bulk order of kilts for debconf17? Was: New Debian kilts Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2016-09-01 23:40 +0200
      Re: another bulk order of kilts for debconf17? Was: New Debian kilts Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org> - 2016-09-02 12:50 +0200
        Re: another bulk order of kilts for debconf17? Was: New Debian kilts Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2016-09-02 16:30 +0200

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