Archive for October, 2007

In The Field

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October 29th, 2007

Now that winter is here, we also see the end of our Events Vending Season.
As most of you are probably aware, for the last 7 years, a significant part of Utilikilts exposure has come from attending festivals and selling kilts from our booth. Highland games, Irish festivals, tattoo conventions, music festivals, gay pride events, con [...]

UKOTM - November 2007

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October 19th, 2007

Introducing The Utilikiltarian Of The Month: Bill Trankle

Bill Trankle does his best “American Gothic” impression

The classic “Guinness at night” shirt

How old are ya…?
37
Where are you based?
Indianapolis, Indiana
Where were you born?
Honolulu, Hawaii
What do you do to pay the bills?
Organic Chemist in R&D at a pharmaceutical company
What kilts do you own?
2 Originals - let’s face it, they [...]

The Last Page

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October 19th, 2007

The Last Page…
Where you might find any sort of nonsense, rumors, slanderous blatherings, or other things we decide to stick in here. You have been warned…

To close out this wintery cold edition of The Utilikiltarian Newsletter is Jason Mansfield, who has something to say to those people who think kilts and winter don’t mix…

Scratch & Dent

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October 19th, 2007

The Scratch & Dent List
It’s true… making kilts is an exacting business, and we have incredibly high standards. So when something comes off the production line that is less-than-perfect, we discount it and stick it on the Scratch & Dent rack.
Sometimes we also get kilts that people trade in, and the amount of use they [...]

Utilikiltarians

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October 19th, 2007

UK’er of The Month

Bill Trankle

Our Utilikiltarian of the Month for November is chemist Bill Trankle. Read his story - and see the pictures! - of his aortic valve surgery in our interview with him. He deserves his “Survivor” model utility kilt for having come through this ordeal with his sense of humor in tact! Read [...]

News

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October 19th, 2007

News from the Sales Front
As we move in to the winter season, Sales is working away on some AMAZING improvements to the Utilikilts Flagship Store, Events is working on retooling the whole program, and our telephone sales people are settling in to their new location in the Administration/Production building.
We have all found that an essential [...]

November 2007 Newsletter

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October 19th, 2007

Richmond Highland Games - Richmond, VA - October 27-28

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October 12th, 2007

[ October 27, 2007 to October 28, 2007. ]

UtiliKris

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October 5th, 2007

UtiliKris, LLC
Chris Wiedeman
18 E 4th St. #302
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
513.348.6056
http://www.myspace.com/utilikris

Give us an overview of your business…
UtiliKris, LLC is a Handyman Service in Cincinnati, Ohio, owned and operated by Chris Wiedeman. UtiliKris does all aspects of home and business repairs including small additions. (The only exceptions being roofing and heating/air conditioning.) The sole craftsman [...]