What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Bob Roberts]

Outstanding, Bob. Need myself another navy blue.

Thx Bama. Nice alternative to browns n greys.

 

[hatsRme]

It rains from the night, hard and ceaseless. Fifty years ago it was a disaster!
In a short pause I take a walk thinking of that water apocalypse

Tanaro Alessandria hat in light grey

Borsalino made it probably during the fifties

It belong to the several "second brand" Borsalino used to cover the medium end market

It is a nice hat well bloicked with medium finishing good for a rainy day

This day remember me those of fifty years ago when a huge flood cover half Italy
It was a very sad period, I was a teenager and I have vivid memories of the flood
When talking about the flood of November 1966 commonly means that between 3 and 4 interested the city Florence. In fact the fall of 1966 was particularly severe in different areas of the national territory, with persistent rains that started as early as October, peaked in those two days. The regions most affected were those in the North-East (Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) and the Centre (Tuscany, and more limited Emilia-Romagna and Umbria), where extensive flooding took place and numerous landslides. In the northern regions the dead were 87 in 9 provinces (6 in Bolzano, 26 in Trento, 26 in Belluno, 2 in Treviso, 3 in Venice, 5 in Vicenza, 14 Udine, Pordenone and 4 to 1 in Brescia). The displaced were over 42,000, of which 25,800 in Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia in 15,800, 800 in Emilia-Romagna and over 400 in Trentino-Alto Adige. In the Po Valley and in the Veneto plain were inundated at least 137 square kilometers of land, and damages were reported in at least 209 municipalities. Only in Province of Belluno they were damaged or destroyed 4,300 buildings, 528 bridges and 1,346 streets. In Venice, November 4, 1966 high water reached the level of 194 cm, this day never again equaled. The most significant damage occurred otherwise in Tuscany, where the Ombrone River flooded the Grossetano causing thousands of displaced people. In the basin of the River Arno, in just 24 hours, several rain gauges recorded values close to or greater than 200mm of rain, usually corresponding to the media throughout the month of November. Numerous rivers went in full or overflowed, the roads was interrupted at several points by landslides.In the region they were counted 47 dead, hundreds injured and 46,000 displaced people and homeless. In Florence, the Arno flood came on the morning of November 4. The waters topped the shoulders of the riversides and covered the historic districts, reaching in some places up to 5 meters in height and forming a lake of about 40 sq km in area. In cities the dead were 17, just as many in the surrounding areas. The material damage was serious: in the end turned out damaged or destroyed 9,752 shops, 8,548 shops, 248 hotels, 600 production plants, 13,943 houses, thousands of cars. The event left more than 30,000 unemployed people. The extent of damage fù aggravated by the loss of the artistic and cultural heritage. The water and mud, loads of fuel oil collected from several citizens tanks, reached the Uffizi Gallery, the National Library, Santa Croce, the Baptistery of San Giovanni, the Archaeological museum and the Bargello, the National Library. Many masterpieces were damaged, among them the crucifix by Cimabue, the paintings of Botticelli, Paolo Uccello and Vasari, along with other 1,500 works of art and 1,300,000 volumes of the National Library.The emotional impact of the devastation flicked a general mobilization: several parts were collected funds and thousands of young people came from all over the world to make their contribution to the salvation of works of art and books, literally snatching them from the water and oily from the mud. And thanks to them was much recovered, but still, after more than forty years after the flood, are still to be restored paintings (about 140, such as the Last Supper by Giorgio Vasari), frescoes (350) and tons of vestments . Then there are the volumes of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (including old books, miscellaneous dated and modern, and theses, is expected to exceed 70,000 units) and the funds of the State Archives (documents that occupy about 2.5 kilometers of shelves) , the records of the Institute of the Innocents (1600) and those at the Opera del Duomo (there are 300), the testimonies of the Jewish Museum (15,000 volumes) and the artifacts of the Archeologico (packed on three shelves). The cost of damage caused by flooding in November 1966 (which caused a total of more than 130 dead, nearly 400 injured and at least 78,000 displaced people and the homeless) was estimated at about 1,000 billion lire, of which slightly less than half (400 billion lire) due to flooding of the Arno in Florence. Over the next ten years the state has spent 10,299.5 billion lire, the highest expenditure figure to remedy the damage caused by a geological event in Italy. From 1970 to 2012, the excise on fuel portion that relates to the flood of Florence brought into the state coffers 4.8 billion euros.

Beautiful hat, totally first class!!
I also remember the flood, Dan. Although I was a bit younger, (about 12) I was old and conscious enough to recall our teacher's sadness about the Last Supper, as well as so many others. NOT a good anniversary, but one to never forget.

 

[hatsRme]

Again... Thanks to all for the kind wishes. I'm pretty well mended. Now... It's time to start working off some of the damned pounds I put on during the convalescence. Yippee.

Since Saturday is a traditional day of relaxation I'm going with one of my more informal hats. A 1950s C&K homburg sold through the Finchley Establishment in Chicago. With obligatory tie dye (of course).

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A happy and fun day to you all.

STUNNING Hommy, Matt! Thank goodness you're back, sir!! NOW we'll see some hats... and another smile.

 

[hatsRme]

Morning y'all
Full lesson schedule today and the VS takes the journey

SWEET one, Moon!!

 

[hatsRme]

RM Williams for disassembling a parts vehicle today.
Much to Mrs 1M1s dismay, this may be a viable endeavor.
Anyone need some IH Scout parts? [emoji14]

It's a gray day here, too, Harv. Classic color!!

I remember when my pediatrician got his '61 Scout, so to be able to make housecalls in any weather. Then, later that year discontinued housecalls. THOSE were the days!!

Follow up side note: he just retired last year, at 90. Stills consults, though!

 

[hatsRme]

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Today, I'm wearing this wonderful Antonin France navy blue Homburg. It's from about the late 1940's. I bought it along with 4 other great hats from FL member Daniele Tanto. I was only planning on buying two, but he had so many great hats, I just couldn't resist. He's a fantastic guy to deal with. Very patient and knowledgeable. Thanks Daniele

GORGEOUS lid, Steve!! I thought it looked familiar...!

 

[hatsRme]

Great RM Harv! That's a big "no deal" on the Scout, trying to unload one myself!

Yesterday

Muflone Borsalino Ta/Ludora

Today

vintage Stratoliner of similar light brown hues

Right back on track, Tommy! Bodacious Borsa, Bud!! And the eye is back!!!!

 

[Frunobulax]

Gus Miller in Bone for Saturday errands.

Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[hatsRme]

Another cool morning warm afternoon day. Dobbs Wool, yeah yeah I know, traveler.
P1210374 - Copy by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Dobbs Wool Felt Traveler Hat by Michael A2012, on Flickr
P1210372 - Copy by Michael A2012, on Flickr
And some heavy wool Norwegian Army cargo pants. Trying to get up for a bike ride to the grocery, but it's not been a successful conversation with myself so far.
11-5-2016 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr

Hope you all are having a great Saturday.

Michael

With yesterday's (?) regal red blazer, and today's golden yellow fleece, you have the best, most eye-popping fashion palette possible!

 

[hatsRme]

Navy Blue Borsalino Alessandria. Early 1990's.

WHOA!! Another beautiful Blue Borsa, boys!!

 

[hatsRme]

Gus Miller in Bone for Saturday errands.

Fine and Fuzzy, Frun!!

 

[hatsRme]

Sticking in the StylePark today...

 

[Bob Roberts]

WHOA!! Another beautiful Blue Borsa, boys!!

Thank you Charlie.

 

[Rogera]

Started the day off with an early morning ear lowering in my 3X Stetson

And later doing a little cool weather grilling in the Fed.

Hope everyone has a great day!

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[moehawk]

Hey all!
'Burgs and dyes...not quite as popular of a combo here in the Emerald Triangle as burgers and fries. Perhaps next election I will try to get something on the ballot to make it the official ET uniform...
Modern 90'sish Cavanaugh and a dye made by real 60's hippies.

Once again, welcome back mmbarnes!
Everyone have a groovy day!

 

[Joao Encarnado]

great Resistol Beaver, Joao

Thank you

 

[Chamuco]

Darwin Panama on a sunny saturday

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[mmbarnes]

Morning y'all
Full lesson schedule today and the VS takes the journey

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I love that hat.

 

[Chamuco]

Been out of the loop for a while... Minor car crash which caused a major injury (go figure!) followed by back surgery and a pain in the butt recovery. But who's complaining [emoji6]. Looking forward to getting back into the Lounge groove. Hope that all are well.

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Wearing the old Stetson Vita-Felt Premier today. Peace

Matt

Darn...bad to hear about the accident and injury, good to hear you are better Matt...

Best wishes may you have a total and fast recovery, you might try some mezcal, as it says;

Para todo mal, mezcal.
Para todo bien, tambien.

For any thing that's bad, mezcal.
For any thing that's good, too.

Mexican hug, soft this time because of the back issues.

All the best mt friend

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[Chamuco]

It rains from the night, hard and ceaseless. Fifty years ago it was a disaster!
In a short pause I take a walk thinking of that water apocalypse

Tanaro Alessandria hat in light grey

Borsalino made it probably during the fifties

It belong to the several "second brand" Borsalino used to cover the medium end market

It is a nice hat well bloicked with medium finishing good for a rainy day

This day remember me those of fifty years ago when a huge flood cover half Italy
It was a very sad period, I was a teenager and I have vivid memories of the flood
When talking about the flood of November 1966 commonly means that between 3 and 4 interested the city Florence. In fact the fall of 1966 was particularly severe in different areas of the national territory, with persistent rains that started as early as October, peaked in those two days. The regions most affected were those in the North-East (Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) and the Centre (Tuscany, and more limited Emilia-Romagna and Umbria), where extensive flooding took place and numerous landslides. In the northern regions the dead were 87 in 9 provinces (6 in Bolzano, 26 in Trento, 26 in Belluno, 2 in Treviso, 3 in Venice, 5 in Vicenza, 14 Udine, Pordenone and 4 to 1 in Brescia). The displaced were over 42,000, of which 25,800 in Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia in 15,800, 800 in Emilia-Romagna and over 400 in Trentino-Alto Adige. In the Po Valley and in the Veneto plain were inundated at least 137 square kilometers of land, and damages were reported in at least 209 municipalities. Only in Province of Belluno they were damaged or destroyed 4,300 buildings, 528 bridges and 1,346 streets. In Venice, November 4, 1966 high water reached the level of 194 cm, this day never again equaled. The most significant damage occurred otherwise in Tuscany, where the Ombrone River flooded the Grossetano causing thousands of displaced people. In the basin of the River Arno, in just 24 hours, several rain gauges recorded values close to or greater than 200mm of rain, usually corresponding to the media throughout the month of November. Numerous rivers went in full or overflowed, the roads was interrupted at several points by landslides.In the region they were counted 47 dead, hundreds injured and 46,000 displaced people and homeless. In Florence, the Arno flood came on the morning of November 4. The waters topped the shoulders of the riversides and covered the historic districts, reaching in some places up to 5 meters in height and forming a lake of about 40 sq km in area. In cities the dead were 17, just as many in the surrounding areas. The material damage was serious: in the end turned out damaged or destroyed 9,752 shops, 8,548 shops, 248 hotels, 600 production plants, 13,943 houses, thousands of cars. The event left more than 30,000 unemployed people. The extent of damage fù aggravated by the loss of the artistic and cultural heritage. The water and mud, loads of fuel oil collected from several citizens tanks, reached the Uffizi Gallery, the National Library, Santa Croce, the Baptistery of San Giovanni, the Archaeological museum and the Bargello, the National Library. Many masterpieces were damaged, among them the crucifix by Cimabue, the paintings of Botticelli, Paolo Uccello and Vasari, along with other 1,500 works of art and 1,300,000 volumes of the National Library.The emotional impact of the devastation flicked a general mobilization: several parts were collected funds and thousands of young people came from all over the world to make their contribution to the salvation of works of art and books, literally snatching them from the water and oily from the mud. And thanks to them was much recovered, but still, after more than forty years after the flood, are still to be restored paintings (about 140, such as the Last Supper by Giorgio Vasari), frescoes (350) and tons of vestments . Then there are the volumes of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (including old books, miscellaneous dated and modern, and theses, is expected to exceed 70,000 units) and the funds of the State Archives (documents that occupy about 2.5 kilometers of shelves) , the records of the Institute of the Innocents (1600) and those at the Opera del Duomo (there are 300), the testimonies of the Jewish Museum (15,000 volumes) and the artifacts of the Archeologico (packed on three shelves). The cost of damage caused by flooding in November 1966 (which caused a total of more than 130 dead, nearly 400 injured and at least 78,000 displaced people and the homeless) was estimated at about 1,000 billion lire, of which slightly less than half (400 billion lire) due to flooding of the Arno in Florence. Over the next ten years the state has spent 10,299.5 billion lire, the highest expenditure figure to remedy the damage caused by a geological event in Italy. From 1970 to 2012, the excise on fuel portion that relates to the flood of Florence brought into the state coffers 4.8 billion euros.

Crazy weather, we also have an unusual amount of rain and floods.

Hope it all ends well.

Take care !!

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