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  1. JimWagner

    Felt hats in summer..

    My riding mower isn't so loud that I typically wear ear protection. I do wear ear protection with either of my electric or gas leaf blowers though. Then I wear active shooter's ear muffs or in ear custom molded plugs depending on whether I can accommodate the head band with the hat I'm wearing...
  2. JimWagner

    Felt hats in summer..

    I have a VHS pith helmet as well and wear it for doing yard work like cutting the grass. I agree that it's the coolest of hats and offers great sun protection. Can't quite bring myself to wear it anywhere but my own yard, though :cool2:
  3. JimWagner

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Thanks!
  4. JimWagner

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Today, a Scala Panama. Looking for a high around 97 degrees today.
  5. JimWagner

    Felt hats in summer..

    I have an inexpensive Scala Panama that while it's not an open weave is far cooler in our NC heat and humidity than my best Panama. For that matter I've found almost anything cooler than a really tightly woven Panama. For pure sun protection I prefer my Tilley, but it's strictly an informal...
  7. JimWagner

    Barbeque

    It's about achieving flavors and textures that you can't get from a pan or an oven.
  8. JimWagner

    Barbeque

    I meant to add, that if you're going to split your cooking between your oven and the smoker then I'd suggest you try smoking the meat for an hour or so on the smoker and then finishing it in the oven. That way you'll get proper penetration and a good "smoke ring".
  9. JimWagner

    Barbeque

    I have a cooker pretty much like yours and it really turns out excellent barbeque, be it pork, beef or chicken. It's an all day event to make pulled pork in it, but worth it. Here where I am I'm definitely in the eastern NC hickory smoke and vinegar pepper sauce tradition. Got a long weekend...
  10. JimWagner

    Hmm do you think Brooks Bros. is regretting the Thom Browne fiasco???

    Maybe jeans and tshirts aren't so bad after all.
  11. JimWagner

    Akubra Campdraft

    My CD was large on me, so I used a little of the supplied foam tape to get a better fit. After a couple of weeks wearing it I had to remove the foam tape. The hat has conformed nicely without getting wet. While soaking the hat may speed up the process, I haven't found it to be necessary...
  13. JimWagner

    The fall of the phone

    I've had a cell phone about as long as they've been available. Started out with one mounted in my car. Today I have an Android. But I've never used more than 15-20 of my minutes in a given month. I absolutely hate talking on the phone, be it a cell phone or my land line. I dislike texting...
  14. JimWagner

    Which decade is the worst in terms of style?

    If the right stuff is on the inside then the outside will show it.
  15. JimWagner

    Ask a question, get an answer

    I've not used one of those on a straight razor, but I have stropped knives to a razor edge on mine. I like its width on hunting knives. I use the smooth side for stropping. You can also use the rough side if you put some jeweler's rouge or white buffing compound on first. But if you've...
  16. JimWagner

    Which decade is the worst in terms of style?

    Truly disgusting.:rage:
  17. JimWagner

    Question: Tipping in Restaurants, for Services, ??

    My wife and I eat out 3 or 4 times a week these days. Rarely do we encounter service bad enough to not tip. I usually tip 15-20% depending on whether we actually asked for anything beyond the basics. By beyond the basics I'm talking about asking for something requiring extra effort. For...
  19. JimWagner

    Edumication

    Associates in Business Data Processing (computer programming) and I've been a professional computer geek programmer for the subsequent 39 years. Before that about 2 years of accumulated avionics training in the US Navy and a few years as an electronics tech. The rest of my education is from...
  20. JimWagner

    Instant nausea inducement

  21. JimWagner

    A "New" Kind of Hat...

    That is so wrong. Everyone knows that tin foil is the proper material to block alien mind control.
  22. JimWagner

    Were hats an ''upper middle class'' thing?

    It varied in my family with no particular regard to how my grandparents, my parent's generation, or my own generation earned their livings. My maternal grandfather mostly always wore a fedora type hat and was a machinist. But he also had some long billed fishing hats. My father was a...
  23. JimWagner

    Watch Chains

    I like that side entry left watch pocket. Who sells that shirt?

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