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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: The demise of the Hat #56413 02/13/02 02:33 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Fun website, Sparteye! Faldage would be too modest to admit it, so I will take the plunge and speak for him: he *always removes his hat when coming indoors. Musta been that good Navy training. like wow and consuelo said! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demise of the Hat #56414 02/13/02 04:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 good Navy training Ain' got no hat on you don' gots to salute. In fack you cain't salute do you ain' got no hat on. An you kin salute witcher lef han an yer right han is encumberd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demise of the Hat #56415 02/13/02 05:04 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA BTW, Geoff - although I join with you in deploring the sartorial sloppiness of the baseball cap, I can't agree with you that it is not "a proper hat" I should have defined terms a bit better, RC. I think of a hat as having a full brim, whereas a cap has only a bill. So, if one wants to emulate a duck or a platypus, on which a bill belongs, one wears a baseball cap; if one wants to be stylish, however, one wears a properhat! This distinction exists in other languages as well, so I don't think I'm just talking through my hat. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demise of the Hat #56416 02/13/02 05:18 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I think of a hat as having a full brim, whereas a cap has only a bill. Which is the only place you need it; anywhere else it's just an impediment. If you're shooting vertical format pictures you can turn your cap around and get it out of the way of the camera, bringing it back to shade your eyes when you are done shooting. It's looking good versus being able to function properly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hair today, gone tomorrow #56417 02/13/02 05:18 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 and riddles.. whats under your hat and over your head? (works best with kids.. and doesn't work at all with some adults.. especially males!) The human body, when exposed to cold, conserves heat by diminishing blood flow to the exposed skin -- but for obvious reasons does not diminish blood flow to the head. Thus a great deal of heat would be lost from the head, and the species, though in general rather hairless, has evolved to retain insulating hair atop the head. Unfortunately, some of us have lost much of that insulation as we age! Oh, for the day when hats were fashionably acceptable! [shivering -e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demise of the Hat #56418 02/13/02 05:26 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Oh no, faldage, a proper hat is just the thing for pictures, a nice big brim acts to frame to your face, and block out messy background details..(and others!) secondly, a full brim, will shade your neck, and ears and protect your neck from sun burn. (or rain!) and lets not forget to mark 11/6 (US Style, Nov 6th) on our calendars as irrationality day.. in honor of the mad hatter. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demise of the Hat #56419 02/13/02 05:45 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 just the thing for pictures Depending on which side of the camera you're on. Nov 6th Or June 11th depending on which side of the Pond you're on. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demise of the Hat #56420 02/13/02 08:33 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA talking through my hat There's another one! Thanks Geoff! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #56421 02/14/02 08:20 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The things you find #56422 02/14/02 08:39 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Max - let's ignore Angel - I too have the same problem. We had to wear straw boaters to school - and mine was the second largest (52cm? 54cm? I forget) of an assortment of 1,500 of the darn things! If I do find a hat that fits 'north-south', there's usually a half inch gap between my temples and the inner brim! It's also a bugger getting spectacles that fit. I'd lurv to have a trendy pair of Oakleys or somesuch, but the squeeze on my temples is too much to bear! 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