The Hat Confessional Thread

[FurFeltFedora]

No Douglas, it is not silly. Not at all.

 

[Tango Yankee]

1. Sometimes I don't tell my wife when I get a "new" hat...

2. Sometimes I don't tell you guys, either!

3. I had plans 1 1/2-2 years ago to get serious about teaching myself about hat restoration and making (even stopped in and talked to Gus about whether he'd be interested in an apprentice) but a slide back into depression took the wind out of my sails. Now that I'm working and feeling a lot better I don't seem to have the time! :eusa_doh:

4. The depression never touched my interest in acquiring hats, though--I believe it's called "retail therapy." lol

5. I like some stingy-brimmed hats I've come across, but they mostly don't like me.

6. I've tried spreading the hat-wearing addiction to others, but so far my strongest convert has been my nephew. I'm told he wears his hats everywhere! He even showed up at his graduation party (from Ohio University) yesterday wearing one. :eusa_clap

7. I've been known to use a vacuum with a brush attachment on really dusty/dirty hats.

Regards,
Tom

 

[hatflick1]

I watch most movies on TCM to see the hats.
I wear an old, beat up Stetson fedora to the beach or hiking.
I wear a vintage fedora with almost anything. I think most look great with a white t-shirt and faded jeans.
Two of my favorite hats in my limited collection are weathered western style numbers I picked up along my travels in New Mexico and Idaho.
I am also a sucker for the WWII hbt fatigue caps worn by the GI's and Marines in the Pacific theater. I own a duffel bag full of them.
If I wore a small size, like a 7 1/8, I'd be broke because that's the size of the really classic fedoras on eBay.

 

[Aureliano]

Just discovered that I really hate when hats are called lids.

 

[duggap]

Just discovered that I really hate when hats are called lids.

Well don't flip your hat over it.

 

[Aureliano]

Ha!

 

[jimmy the lid]

Just discovered that I really hate when hats are called lids.

Come on now, Aureliano, yield to the dark side -- lid'le by lid'le...

Cheers,
JtL

 

[handlebar bart]

Come on now, Aureliano, yield to the dark side -- lid'le by lid'le...

Cheers,
JtL

jimmy the hat?

 

[Aureliano]

Oh no Jimmy! I knew I was going to hear it from you!
Call me reactionary, I just like hat. Or sombrero in Spanish. But I must say and bite my tongue just this once: man you have a superb collection of... Of... of lids! Cheers,:eusa_clap

 

[jimmy the lid]

Oh no Jimmy! I knew I was going to hear it from you!
Call me reactionary, I just like hat. Or sombrero in Spanish. But I must say and bite my tongue just this once: man you have a superb collection of... Of... of lids! Cheers,:eusa_clap

God bless you, Aureliano -- I knew you could do it!!!

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Aureliano]

Jimmy the sombrero?

 

[jimmy the lid]

jimmy the hat?

OUCH!!!

Cheers,
JtL

 

[jimmy the lid]

Jimmy the sombrero?

Double OUCH!!!

Yours truly,

Jimmy the Chapeau

 

[Aureliano]

Double OUCH!!!

Yours truly,

Jimmy the Chapeau

I love the good humor!
Hey how about in the language of my grandfolks?
Jimmy the cappello! I actually love it!lol

 

[handlebar bart]

The German Jimmy would be Jimmy the Hut

 

[jimmy the lid]

You gents will forgive me if I happen to be having an identity crisis right now...

Cheers,
JtL...or JtS...or JtC...or JtH...

 

[handlebar bart]

You gents will forgive me if I happen to be having an identity crisis right now...

Cheers,
JtL...or JtS...or JtC...or JtH...

lol lol lol don't I know it...........Handlebar Bart?

 

[Aureliano]

You gents will forgive me if I happen to be having an identity crisis right now...

Cheers,
JtL...or JtS...or JtC...or JtH...

oh no! What have I done!? What have I started!

 

[carter]

If memory serves

Jimmy the Fedora
BUT NEVER
Jimmy the Cap

 

[CRH]

Jimmy the Fedora
BUT NEVER
Jimmy the Cap

Jesus Christ!

All this talk about lids is making me sweaty. It reminds me of my Mother slamming the lid down on the box that I was raised in. It's like when my Dad used to throw his lid across the street for the dog to fetch 'cause he knew I'd follow the dog into traffic.....

Let a dead man sleep will ya fellas!

No respect... I get no respect........