The 7 year itch

[Art Fawcett]

ME? I'm not crazy...and neither am I!!

 

[deelovely]

ME? I'm not crazy...and neither am I!!

lol lol lol

 

[Jerekson]

Oh God, what have I done...?

 

[BrotherBob]

This just in..

This weekend, I made the purchese and am now the proud owner of a modest herd (100+/-) of Free Range Nutria, which I have grazing and mating like SOBs out on Kanapaha Prairie. Their pelt is almost the quality of mink, and a Nutria hat will last a lifetime.

If that market dries up, they make good eatin' when barbecued on Game Day.

They are much superior to tapirs, which have "odor" issues.

 

[tonyb]

I believe that in daily used hats, tapering DID occur but the hats were worn, as meant to be, and thrown away in the normal process of living. The ones that survive today were not worn as much or taken better care of ( like the unappreciated Christmas tie) and thus were saved from the abuse.

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you for pointing out what should be obvious to anyone who brings a tad of common sense to his study of the matter.
Wanna know why that vintage hat you just bought off eBay for a couple hundred bucks is in nearly good-as-new condition? Might it be that it was left in storage, not used at all, for just about all of its 50 or 60 or 70 years?
Nah, that can't be it. That explanation is altogether too prosaic. What we need is some magical thinking!
Old hats are absolutely bulletproof! You can water your horse with 'em! You can wear 'em in all kinds of weather, grab 'em by the crown, store 'em in the leaky trunk of your '78 Buick. It's all good, as the kids say these days.

 

[fatwoul]

This weekend, I made the purchese and am now the proud owner of a modest herd (100+/-) of Free Range Nutria...

Pictures please!

I don't mean pictures of you killing and skinning the nutria. That can wait for FL: Director's Cut. I'd just like to see your herd.

 

[astaire]

Yeah, not like those sane, level headed hat makers of
today, who need to buy an entire cattle ranch in another
state in order to make custom fedoras.

Yeah, I have heard of this guy. He must have killed all the cattles and replaced them with nutria.lol

 

[feltfan]

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you for pointing out what should be obvious to anyone who brings a tad of common sense to his study of the matter.

Er, except that I already pointed out the falacy there:

I, and many here, have vintage hats that were worn a lot
for many years. I have a couple of Cavanaghs whose
Cavanagh Edge is so worn you can see the stitch divots.
I have plenty of other beat old classic hats. No taper.

I'd trade those beat up Cavanaghs for anything out of a
factory today. And almost anything from a hand made bench.
For the felt quality alone, even beat up from decades of wear.

Yeah, hats that were placed on a shelf should be in fine shape.
But hats that were worn for decades still didn't taper like
today's Stetson will in a single shower. The hats of the Golden
Era might have tapered some, but not like what we see today-
in most cases, their shape is still presentable. My most beat
Cavanagh, shown here in a fisheye lens (and a rather unflattering
likeness, I might add), still holds a better shape than anything
you can put under water with a new factory label:

 

[tonyb]

Er, except that I already pointed out the falacy there:



I'd trade those beat up Cavanaghs for anything out of a
factory today. And almost anything from a hand made bench.
For the felt quality alone, even beat up from decades of wear.

Yeah, hats that were placed on a shelf should be in fine shape.
But hats that were worn for decades still didn't taper like
today's Stetson will in a single shower. The hats of the Golden
Era might have tapered some, but not like what we see today-
in most cases, their shape is still presentable. My most beat
Cavanagh, shown here in a fisheye lens (and a rather unflattering
likeness, I might add), still holds a better shape than anything
you can put under water with a new factory label:

Please don't suggest I said something I didn't.
There's no fallacy in my statement, no matter what you "pointed out." Nowhere did I say that modern factory-produced hats are made as well as vintage ones. That's why I rarely buy modern factory-made hats. I was merely saying that old hats do indeed wear out, certainly not as quickly as most newer ones do, but anyone who thinks his like-new vintage hat will remain that way if he subjects it to hard use is in for a rude awakening.

 

[BrotherBob]

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

"Nutria are apt to breed in any month of the year in North America. One male usually has 2 or 3 mates which share the same burrow. Female nutria mature at about 5 1/2 months of age, and female nutria usually have two litters per year. Many females breed within two days after giving birth to a litter."

Dr. Luther Mung explaining the sexual habits of Nutria to Florida State Univ. coeds. Notice that Nutria sometimes actually have pet ferrets.

Several of my males enjoying a leisurely brunch of swampwort.

Nutria skin hats come only in brown. The tail is sometimes left intact for style.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Brother Bob, I love your sense of humor. You can yank several chains at one time!!! lol

 

[BrotherBob]

What do you mean?

Dr. Mung was infatuated as a youth by the way that the Kanapaha Indians used the entire nutria, resulting in vast herds of as many as 200,000, much as the plains Indians utilized the Bison. Dr. Mung is now the 5th highest paid state employee.

Picture circa 1998, Tallahassee Republican Democrat

TOP 5 SALARIES - STATE OF FLORIDA

1- Bobby Bowden, Florida State football coach, $2,023,689.15.

2-George O'Leary, University of Central Florida football coach, $1 million.

3-Leonard Hamilton, Florida State basketball coach, $765,464.

4-Dr. William Friedman, University of Florida brain surgeon, $678,638.97.

5-Dr. Luther Mung, Florida State University, $678,638.96.

 

[J.T.Marcus]

lol