What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Aureliano]

I hope all is OK Manfred... you look serious.

+1

 

[Rodkins]

GREAT HATS TODAY EVERYBODY!!!

Manfred, I hope your wife is doing alright.

Its a beautiful sunny day in Chicago today, so I thought I would break out the Milan straw that I just recently renovated.

Great job, Josh. That looks mighty fine.

 

[Chepstow]

Thank you that you ask Alan, Josh and Ale, yes it is everything ok! The operation was last Thursday
An intestine operation! 20 cm have been removed! He was to long!
She may eat again, and if all goes well she should to the weekend back home.

Serious, yes, an idiot stole me my parking lot

Josh, stunning Milan today!

 

[delectans]

Alan: Another Borsalino precious metal. Looks super.


Ale: Really like this Whippet on you. Something rogue about it. Must be the crease.


Manfred: Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your wife. Nice looking lid today!


Josh: Outstanding job on that Milan. Love the ribbon.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Most everywhere is better tan Syracuse.

 

[alanfgag]

Josh: Outstanding job on that Milan. Love the ribbon.

+1...The ribbon really makes this one, Josh.

The days are getting longer and so are the beards on WHAYWT.

Thanks for the thumbs up today... Borsalino heavy metals rock.

 

[alanfgag]

Most everywhere is better tan Syracuse.

I was going to say something about Batavia then thought better of it. Some of my favorite Lounge hats hail from Batavia.

 

[delectans]

I was going to say something about Batavia then thought better of it. Some of my favorite Lounge hats hail from Batavia.

lol :eyebrows:

By the way, Alan, your Little Big Man is the bomb! :eeek: Astro-Physics instruments are incredible. Veritable works of optical art. It is too bad that they no longer make their 10" Maksutov-Cassegrain.

 

[hatophile]

+1...The ribbon really makes this one, Josh.

The days are getting longer and so are the beards on WHAYWT.

Thanks for the thumbs up today... Borsalino heavy metals rock.

Yes Josh that hat is awesome!

Best wishes to your wife, Manfred!

 

[RBH]

Manfred: Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your wife. Nice looking lid today!

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+ 1 on the recovery!

 

[DJH]

She may eat again, and if all goes well she should to the weekend back home.

Good news that your wife is doing well, Manfred!

 

[99benzman]

Today was my first full day in my Akubra Capricorn. I love this hat!! I did not realize how sexy I am in a hat no wonder girls are looking and smiling as they say hello...

 

[alanfgag]

Good news that your wife is doing well, Manfred!

+1...Speedy recovery!

 

[randooch]

Alan, being able to peer at your astronomical work makes me feel quite fortunate, not unlike a peasant catching a glimpse of the royal coach speeding by. Thanks for posting.

Mt. Wilson is my old stomping ground. My father worked at JPL for decades.

 

[alanfgag]

lol :eyebrows:

By the way, Alan, your Little Big Man is the bomb! :eeek: Astro-Physics instruments are incredible. Veritable works of optical art. It is too bad that they no longer make their 10" Maksutov-Cassegrain.

I agree wholeheartedly. I was fortunate to acquire my Astro-Physics scopes before the waiting list got unmanageable (it currently runs 10 years for some designs). I have 4 scopes, from 92mm to 255mm in aperture. Little Big Man is from a small run of very fast fluorite refractors that were made using glass from Zeiss when they left the amateur instrument business. I'm not sure how I signed up for the 10" mak early enough but I received one of the last ones produced. The lens sets were sourced from the Ukraine. When they came in, Roland was unhappy with the specs and wound up refiguring both the meniscus and the primary mirrors for each. It took five years to finish the 32. By making the mirrors aspheric, he was able to use a very small secondary mirror. The result is a 10" reflector less than a meter long that functions much like a 10" refractor. It is an incredible planetary instrument which is unlikely to be made again.

Sorry for the digression, but do I love these things about as much as I do hats. Here are my four Astro-Physics scopes posing for a family portrait.

 

[alanfgag]

Alan, being able to peer at your astronomical work makes me feel quite fortunate, not unlike a peasant catching a glimpse of the royal coach speeding by. Thanks for posting.

Mt. Wilson is my old stomping ground. My father worked at JPL for decades.

I'm glad to know you enjoy seeing them, Randall - thank you! I had hoped to visit JPL my last trip out there but my contact there was out of town. He said that security is such that you want a friend behind the curtain. Perhaps this next visit. There is a gate near Hale's dormitory on Mt. Wilson (called the monastery, because in the old days, women were not allowed) that leads to a current JPL testing site. It's pretty heavily signed to discourage the random visitor!

ps... with a little luck, the sun image will be tomorrow's Astronomy Picture of the Day. You saw it first on the Fedora Lounge!

 

[Chepstow]

Al, Perry, Rusty, David and Alan, my sincere thanks guys for your recovery wishes, I will forward it!

99benzman, the Capricon was a good choice, he looks really good on your head!

 

[alanfgag]

I'm also happy for the speedy recovery of the downed Fedora Lounge server. My morning coffee was not the same.

 

[buler]

I'm also happy for the speedy recovery of the downed Fedora Lounge server. My morning coffee was not the same.

Always good to see it come back up.

B

 

[Bernie Zack]

Today was my first full day in my Akubra Capricorn. I love this hat!! I did not realize how sexy I am in a hat no wonder girls are looking and smiling as they say hello...

That is a good looking hat. What is the composition? Is it rigid or is it soft?