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  1. OldStrummer

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    I think it's been said that courage is acting despite fear. If that's the case, I was brave twice today. We've had our first taste of winter weather today, getting a couple of inches of "wintery mix." I wore my rabbit fur Sterkowski to work today, and it suffered no ill affects from doing...
  2. OldStrummer

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    I'm a guitar player and fan of the instrument. Roy Clark was a multi-talented multi-instrumentalist, and just watching him play was a delight.
  3. OldStrummer

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Somehow you always find the most interesting hats, Mike. I'm pleased to have been the recipient of your former Mallory Eagle, which has been seeing a lot of air time these days!
  4. OldStrummer

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Roy Clark, country guitar virtuoso, 'Hee Haw' star, has died Publicist Jeremy Westby said Clark died Thursday due to complications from pneumonia at home in Tulsa, Okla. Clark was "Hee Haw" host or co-host for its entire 24-year run, with Buck Owens his best known co-host. The country music...
  5. OldStrummer

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    We are getting our first "dusting" of snow today. Well, that's what the forecasters were calling for. It's about three inches of "dusting" and still snowing. Based on the thread I started in Ask a question, get an answer, I decided to wear my rabbit fur handmade Sterkowski today.
  7. OldStrummer

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Thanks, everyone! It appears that I'm right to be concerned about wearing a nice wool hat out in the rain. My Campdraft may be safe, but perhaps the thing to do is like @Short Balding Guy, buy hat covers!
  8. OldStrummer

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Well, I do have an Akubra Campdraft. I've had it out in light rain, but not the drenching downpours we've had here of late. Most of my hats (and these days, my go-to hats are Stetson Fredericks) are wool, and the above post about wool not standing up to the rain is why I'm worried about...
  9. OldStrummer

    Ask a question, get an answer

    Why am I afraid to wear one of my "good" hats in the rain? I've now built up a decent collection of toppers, but when it rains like it's been doing here lately, I'm afraid to wear one out in it! Isn't one of the primary purposes of a hat to protect one's head from the elements? How can I "get...
  10. OldStrummer

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    True story: In the early 1960s as a child of about ten, living in Bangkok, Thailand, I would routinely visit a local store that carried American and British comic books. A dollar back then would go a long way in Thailand, so I would often trek home with a handful of comic books. Marvel was...
  11. OldStrummer

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    R.I.P. Stan. I collected pretty much everything that Lee and Jack "King" Kirby produced. I wish I still had that collection! On a flight last week I watched Deadpool 2. I never saw Lee in his customary cameo. I wondered about that.
  13. OldStrummer

    WTB: Salvador Dalí Bow tie & Cummerbund Set (Nicole Miller?)

    My memory may be playing tricks on me, which can happen as one gets older, I admit. But I swear back in the 1960's or thereabouts, fashion designer Nicole Miller produced a bow tie and cummerbund set which displayed items associated with the artist, Salvador Dalí. I have been looking for...
  14. OldStrummer

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Twelve years ago my late wife and I took a cruise to Jamaica. Being smarter than I, she bought me a hat to protect my skin from the rays of the sun. Today, I am on another cruise, and will be wearing this hat for the duration. I only know that it's a Panama Jack straw, and it's held up for...
  15. OldStrummer

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    I've had three hats in rotation. My two Stetson Fredericks and a Selentino Sterling:
  16. OldStrummer

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Paul Allen, 65, co-founder of Microsoft, owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers, of cancer. Never a fan of Microsoft and Bill Gates, I had enormous respect for Allen's talents. Much like Steve Wozniak was the technical genius behind Apple, Paul Allen was the wizard who wrote...
  17. OldStrummer

    Sears might be going belly up

    I have been tasked with photographing some of the local landmarks. Among them are a Toys 'R' Us and a Sears. I want to shoot them before they get ground into dust.
  19. OldStrummer

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    The other Frederick. In navy. I'm really liking these hats. The fit is great (hard to find a 7-1/4 LO) and the styling fits my sense of propriety. I may get another in dark brown.
  20. OldStrummer

    Formal Evening Wear. Question about the trousers.

    No, there are no cuffs on the trousers of a tuxedo. I have owned tuxedos most of my life and have never seen/had one with cuffs. I also worked in a haberdashery years ago. Trust me on this one. In fact, most tuxedo trousers don't break at the ankle. Held in place by braces, the trousers...
  21. OldStrummer

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    Yup, Autumn has crashed in on us almost uninvited. Temperatures dropped 30° as the remnants of Hurricane Michael passed nearby. It looks like it took with it any lingering summer weather, too. Just the thing! I've been wanting to try out my new Stetson Fredericks. Here's the gray:
  22. OldStrummer

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

    I have no new hats, so I'm not going to post repeats of the same hats I've been wearing. But rest assured, I'm wearing them!
  23. OldStrummer

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This couldn't be more trivial, but it still irks me: There's a guy in my office who never lets the microwave oven count down to zero. He always stops it with seconds left, removes his food and leaves the display showing the remaining seconds rather than the time of day. I think this is kind...

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