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Post by gato on Aug 4, 2020 8:43:25 GMT -5
In these curious times I guess job scarcity has led to a lot more guys selling newspapers. At least that's my take-away from the popularity of the "newsboy" hats cropping up in my 'hood. www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Fashion-Classic-Herringbone-Newsboy/dp/B0103JEN9G?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_1Or is it a fashion statement? I resisted the gravitational pull of the Indiana Jones hat, and would've felt foolish trying to capture the US Marshal Raylan Givens mystique, because I would have been "all hat, no cattle," without a .45 Glock in my paddle holster. I flirted briefly with the Darth Vader cape back in the day, but it was always getting tangled up in the seat belt of my patrol car. Are any of y'all avid "hatters" or more?
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Post by stratcat ♠ on Aug 4, 2020 9:26:24 GMT -5
Andy Capp hat.
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Post by Ryder on Aug 4, 2020 9:42:39 GMT -5
I’m thinking fashion!
i like cowboy hats. I have a couple but don’t wear them often, mostly in the winter. I’m not a cowboy, never have been, and never will be, but I like the hats...especially the pinch front hats.
i have a straw hat for yard mowing because the sun gets to my ears and I don’t want skin cancer.
Most of the time though I wear a baseball hat.
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Post by Seldom Seen on Aug 4, 2020 9:59:07 GMT -5
I have a slew of ball caps and a couple of straw cowboy hats. I use beanies or tookes in the winter.
My wife was a “can chaser“ so, on occasion, I wear my Wranglers stacked on cowboy boots for that authentic western look.
She loves it.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Aug 4, 2020 10:01:53 GMT -5
I used to wear one of these when I was younger, I thought it looked good. Gave them up when I got older and was afraid of looking like Andy Capp.
I think you should have to use the accent that goes with whatever hat you wear. For a newsboy cap, its kind of like early 1900's gangster talk, like the movie Newsies.
For a baseball hat you get to talk normally but you have to grab your crotch a lot.
These days, I rarely wear a hat, if I do its a baseball style cap. It also means I didn't feel like/have time to brush my hair that morning.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Aug 4, 2020 11:24:59 GMT -5
For a baseball hat you get to talk normally but you have to grab your crotch a lot. And spit -- disgusting habit.
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Post by swampyankee on Aug 4, 2020 11:34:53 GMT -5
My wife is trying to protect me from the sun, with an ever-increasingly ridiculous looking assortment of hats. 2 of them blew overboard while sailing, so the latest is a Coolibar bonnet-looking thing with a neck-curtain. But normally I have taken to wearing an assortment of ballcaps (although I don't play ball), or my Mucros tweed flat cap, although I am neither Irish nor flat.
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Post by Taildragger on Aug 4, 2020 11:40:29 GMT -5
Ball caps (A.K.A. "Redneck Toupee", mostly. Have also had a couple of those newsy hats for many years. I think of them a "1920s" or "Great Depression" hats because they were popular back then. First one I had was a hand-me-down from my father.
Have a "rancher-style" cowboy hat that I picked up and re-blocked in Utah about 1980 while making the rounds of the national parks in the desert southwest. It looks more like a "Gus McCray" hat now. Also have a derby that I sometimes wear around Xmas time for some reason. Mostly to entertain the grand daughter, I guess.
And a nice fedora.
I think maybe hats become more of "a thing" for guys who start losing their hair early (mid-20s for me).
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Aug 4, 2020 12:04:43 GMT -5
I was never much of a hat guy in my younger day. When the dome got thin enough to get burned I started wearing ball caps. When I got melanoma on my right temple I needed to switch to something a bit more shady, so I mostly wear a Tilly Outback.
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Post by professor on Aug 4, 2020 12:58:40 GMT -5
Not a big hat fan, but skin cancer convinced me to wear something, mostly variations on baseball hats. I have one of those sun contraptions like swampyankeee for kayaking, sometimes worn in conjunction with a UV mask. I keep meaning to grab one of those straw cowboy hats for mowing the lawn- there's always a display at the grocery store this time of year. I also have one of those tweed caps as mentioned, but I think it looks too affected- doesn't go with jeans, t-shirt.
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Post by ninworks on Aug 4, 2020 13:06:33 GMT -5
I wear a baseball hat occasionally. Usually when I need to go to the store and my hair is a rat's nest. I wear one of those gaudy straw hats from Tractor Supply when I'm working in the yard just to keep the sun off my face. Mostly while mowing 3 acres of yard. Sweat band, ugly straw hat, ear muffs for keeping the noise of the mower out, tee shirt, shorts, and flip flops. Not a pretty sight. If the fashion police ever drove by I would be incarcerated in an instant. It's a good thing I live in a rural part of the county.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Aug 4, 2020 14:19:05 GMT -5
For a baseball hat you get to talk normally but you have to grab your crotch a lot. And spit -- disgusting habit. That’s no longer allowed.
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Post by Seldom Seen on Aug 4, 2020 16:51:37 GMT -5
When wearing a baseball cap in summer I always carry a bandana. If I need extra protection I drape it diamond style (corner forward) over my head and then wear the cap over it. Darn effective.
One spring while riding side x sides with friends I had to make an emergency return to camp wearing my yellow bandana in such fashion. My campmates told me they couldn't figure out who that blonde was driving my machine.
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