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...apparently I look younger than my 37 years.
Your avatar photo gives you away, though...
...apparently I look younger than my 37 years.
In Portugal no one addresses you a "nice hat" comment or any sort of comment. In my 10 years of hat wearer I still can count with my fingers the number of people that addressed me because of any hat I wore.
You can only judge for the looks someone gives you or that "small laughter" young people let loose.
That was what happened now (again) when I went to the supermarket to get a Jack Daniel's bottle.
I usually get, "Nice cowboy hat!" when wearing my fedora or "Hello, Mr. Jones".
Mike, thanks for your post. An event that features a fellow with a hat steaming station is beyond my experience. Glad I could see it in your recollection.
Alan, you are welcome. The livestock show and rodeo is a very big event here that lasts three weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if there were other hat cleaning stations on the rodeo grounds. I'm only familiar with this one gentleman though. I would imagine he does quite well during the three week event. Lots of dusty western hats at an event like this!
Here is a little history on the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Stock_Show_&_Rodeo
http://www.sarodeo.com
I've gotten quite a few comments from youngsters, age 10-18.I got a very nice compliment from a student the other day. He noticed a few of my desk photos while I was wearing a hat with my kids or out on vacation. He said "it is so cool you wear those old time hats they look awesome!" High praise from a 12 year old
This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I was riding the light rail to work, wearing a brown fedora and a bow tie. I often dress this way and get few looks or comments. But on this day I had a lady walk up to me and say, "Well, that looks nice." I looked around and notice a few other people smiling and nodding toward me. How nice people are today, I thought.
Then I looked around some more. I saw someone dressed as spiderman -- the full outfit from head to toe. I saw assorted other super heroes occupying various parts of the train. Then it dawned on me. ComiCon was underway at the convention center downtown. Everyone thought I was going as Dr. Who.
Now now, he did occasionally wear a Fez. Fezzes are cool. And a Stetson; also cool.lollol
But... The bow-tie Doctor didn't wear a hat!
Now now, he did occasionally wear a Fez. Fezzes are cool. And a Stetson; also cool.