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    I thought I should suggest this after thinking back on your topper idea. Using 3/4" plywood that I had around (I wouldn't suggest plywood -- too heavy) I expirimented with gluing and clamping it into rectangular blocks of wood and making hat blocks from them. To rough out my shapes I used a...
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    Putting in a sweatband without a reed

    I'm bumping this old thread in hope that things have changed since 2014. I have a nice Selco and a Mallory that I would prefer not to alter with deeded sweats. However, even allowing for serving copious hours of time, I doubt my ability to perform satisfactory work hand stitching so I would like...
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    I own a very dog eared copy.
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    Acting classes.
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    I've seen that guys ad. His prices seemed pretty righteous. Update me when they arrive.
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    Well, my solvent drum arrived. I was so excited about the diameter that I didn't think through the other dimensions. I might have to build another shed. Maybe I should start a gas bath business. Postage probably wouldn't make it worthwhile for you all to farm work to me though.
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    Thanks. That's what I needed. Start looking around for woven straw hats at the thrift store. I mainly am aiming at blocks in multiple sizes with a 51 or 52 profile. In women's hats there are actually quite a few out there, usually with 3 or 3 1/2" downslopind brims. I'm going to experiment...
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    Good marching story. I was probably soured on liturgy in my Lutheran upbringing when I basically recited it by rote and the content didn't sink in, lest I might not have gone down the atheist path. In movies I sometimes see the elegant cathedrals and robed choirs, so I understand the draw. I...
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    Ok. Back on topic (the other stuff can move to PMs). I have worked out a way of making blocks that I believe holds a lot of promise. I plan to do a tutorial as I put it into practice, which is on hold until I dig out of the mess I have around home. I do have some blocks I made before working out...
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    , I'm in with both feet, Rick. I actually walked away from a lot of other things, some used in their season very abusively, over the years. The liquor remained. I was a functioning drunk for quite a while. I wish I had faced it and quit years ago instead of having to go down where I never...
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    I understand the Orange/Green distinction. Beg pardon. Do you march in your bowler? I was agnostic by 19 and considered myself an atheist at 25. The Hound of Heaven pounced on me, almost against my will it seemed, at 33. We ran the gamut of modern Evangelical, some more Liberal Presbyterian, a...
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    You're killing me. Of course I liked mine very light on the coffee. The smell as my wife brewed it was nice and sufficed. With a name like belfastboy .... well .... if you get four Irishmen together you can always find a fifth. ;-)
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    Couldn't give up the BBQ spareribs? (Note the question, bartender)
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    I think maybe tilted back is supposed to exude a sense of young innocence. That might be why Newman wears his that way at the card table. :-)
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    Also, a little steam, maybe pressing it with the tip of a steam iron, should tame that bow.
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    Just preface it with a question Randy. Something like, did anyone else see this? 86 proof!
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    Welcome, friend. How you wear it is a matter of personal preference. At one time everybody dapper wore their hat cocked, tilted slightly to the side. Mickey Rooney was his straw boaters tilted back but others flat on their head. A lot of people like their fedoras down in front over the eyes...
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    And don't worry about preachin', B. My first experience of the Tremens was the first Sunday of the year. My vision and hearing were both off. We take the Supper sitting in the pews and I spilled half of the little plastic cup of "the blood" all over the knees of my khakis because my hand was...
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    Thanks for sharing, brothers.
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