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    What is your favorite aircraft of all time?

    This is a test
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    I'm American
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Firstly, I did not post my "belief as to the meaning," I posted what a hat store owner told me. I think a big problem with these forums and comment sections is that people are always misquoting each other, and accusing each other of saying things they haven't actually said. This is what you...
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    Please don't make the mistake of assuming that when I said I don't care, that means I don't care about anything on this forum. I was responding to one specific comment made to me personally. What that one person had to say I didn't, personally, care about. COME ON! You can't really think...
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    What is that Color?

    Again, sorry for assuming you were American. Yes, it is nerve wracking. You're having the same prob I had. And, I'm not a reenactor but I don't know why you couldn't wear it. Interesting note: I joined the Army--switched to Air Force--in the late 70s, just before they switched to the light...
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    An Intro to Hat Terminology: A Fedora Lounge Guide

    I'm no longer commenting on this thread. Thank you.
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    It doesn't help me at all. I don't really care. I was just passing on some information to someone else. That's what a hat shop owner told me, about 20years ago. Honestly, I understand a lot of you folks are real fans and experts on hats, but I really don't care that much.
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    An Intro to Hat Terminology: A Fedora Lounge Guide

    I'm no longer commenting on this tread. Thank you.
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    Re-branding Pearl Harbor anniversary for a new generation

    I just meant whether a movie is good or not is a matter of personal opinion. Geez!
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    G&F M-422A two different technologies or fake?

    That's more or less what I was thinking. There were a lot of different manufacturers making the same things, and the had slightly different ways of doing things. And like you just mentioned, things changed from time to time.
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    1947 USAF - service cap info

    I just remembered, the real name for "scrambled eggs " is fretting.
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    An Intro to Hat Terminology: A Fedora Lounge Guide

    Geez, no offense, seriously, but it seems to me that terminology is exactly what the problem is. The word "stiff" means hard, ridged, or not flexible. My hats are "stiff" because I had them lacquered, but they're not so still that the brims are unbendable. And when you say soft, do you really...
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    An Intro to Hat Terminology: A Fedora Lounge Guide

    If you're responding to my question about the definition and origin of the word "fedora," I appreciate your help. However, when you say, "A fedora, by definition, is a soft felt hat . . ." that's a very broad, nearly all-incisive definition. A Homburg is a soft felt hat, as are many women's...
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    1947 USAF - service cap info

    That's a really great point about cap braids, which I now remember is called "fretting." I for one, don't know hardly anything about uniforms before WWII.
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    I once asked a hat store owner what für blend meant, and he said it WAS a mixture of fur and wool. It looks like something an Amish guy would wear. I think it's a blank--which is just what I call them. It just hasn't been shaped yet. I remember going into a hat shop when I was a kid in the...
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    1947 USAF - service cap info

    I remember now. What I was looking for was what the "scrambled eggs" were actually called. It's fretting.
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    1947 USAF - service cap info

    There are also lightning bolt in there--sparks, farts, and darts--lightning bolts, clouds, and arrows.
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    1947 USAF - service cap info

    I remember ! It's called "fretting."
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    What is that Color?

    I used to feel the same way. It always drove me crazy when my "khaki" shirts or trousers looked really green in certain light. I even wrote to Dickies uniform company. They told me their khakis did have a green tint to them also. My new khaki field jacket looks tan sometimes, but looks...
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    1947 USAF - service cap info

    Thanks.

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