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How do folks react to your hat wearing?

guillaumeb

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When I was attending Portland State University in my late 40's I was continually being mistaken as a professor. (Tweed jackets with suede elbow patches will do that).
Since you'll be dressed in a sports jacket and slacks, you should be viewed as "professorial" rather than a student. You are there to advance your comprehension and knowledge with a far more advanced and stable outlook on life. This is as it should be.

Yeh in some way being mistaken as a professor is kind of what I fear. Ironicall,y if I keep in mind that a hatted man can easily stand out I do usually prefer to stay in the shadow.
Anyways, this should be interesting :)
 

moontheloon

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You're right, I'm no doctor but I do chat with some occasionally on TFL, as well as lawyers, plumbers, factory workers and even a few like me, either current or former law enforcement officers.

Some of us, including me have said things that were inappropriate or the times we look back and thought, I shouldn't have hit the send button. All that I could do is issue an apology to those I may have offended and move on. This place pretty well polices itself and most offending parties will be called out by a fellow member without intervention from the Bartenders.

Many of us have had or have trying lives. Some have shared them on these forums as a way to reach out to others because, outside of the "mostly" friendly confines of the lounge, they may have no other outlet.

I do wish you found more things to be enthusiastic about and maybe over time you'll at least come to appreciate this place a little more. Most of us come here to share what we enjoy with like minded people, when those around us have no interest in our passion for hats and cowboy boots, in my case and to get away from the drudgery that life sometimes is.
I owe you a beer for this ...
 

KarlCrow

One Too Many
Yeh in some way being mistaken as a professor is kind of what I fear. Ironicall,y if I keep in mind that a hatted man can easily stand out I do usually prefer to stay in the shadow.
Anyways, this should be interesting :)
I returned to university, trinity college dublin, for four years aged 38-42, went well, i wore caps and grew a beard. Mostly hung out with younger mature students. I enjoyed it. Hard work at that age but work hard and you'll get the benefit. The hats are simply part of your style.
 

FedOregon

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You're right, I'm no doctor but I do chat with some occasionally on TFL, as well as lawyers, plumbers, factory workers and even a few like me, either current or former law enforcement officers.

Some of us, including me have said things that were inappropriate or the times we look back and thought, I shouldn't have hit the send button. All that I could do is issue an apology to those I may have offended and move on. This place pretty well polices itself and most offending parties will be called out by a fellow member without intervention from the Bartenders.

Many of us have had or have trying lives. Some have shared them on these forums as a way to reach out to others because, outside of the "mostly" friendly confines of the lounge, they may have no other outlet.

I do wish you found more things to be enthusiastic about and maybe over time you'll at least come to appreciate this place a little more. Most of us come here to share what we enjoy with like minded people, when those around us have no interest in our passion for hats and cowboy boots, in my case and to get away from the drudgery that life sometimes is.

I have seen very few examples of this level of class exhibited in online forums, or anywhere else. Respect.
 

Bob Roberts

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milford ct
Yeh in some way being mistaken as a professor is kind of what I fear. Ironicall,y if I keep in mind that a hatted man can easily stand out I do usually prefer to stay in the shadow.
Anyways, this should be interesting :)
Just put on some skinny jeans, wingtips without socks, wear some shorter brim hats and tilt em back on yer head, gauges in yer ears and tats. Yer good to go.
 

sebastian czentner

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193
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Buenos Aires, Argentina.
i've started to wear hats last years i had few reactions, but the few were positive. And the strange things i've started to notice who wear hats, mostly 20-40 years older than me. At Summer in Buenos Aires isn't a strange vista seen someone wearing hats, mostly womens. But in Autumn-Winter is strange to see someone wearing a hat.
 
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Bob Roberts

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For gawds sake, just don't grow a beard or smoke a pipe lookin' like that!
Beards are cool and I used to smoke lots of pipes. I'm thinking of this...
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joli160

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9
My son gave me the first Al Capone remark.
I was in the inner city wearing my Borsa and a trenchcoat waiting for a pedestrian crossing when a car stopped to let me cross and I got a sincere compliment on my outfit from the lady driver. That was kind of her and gave me a smile.
Usually I am very much of minding my own business but when I see somebody wearing a nice hat I can't help myself but say something nice. Always received in good nature and never received a rude reply.
 

Nolucker

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A month or so ago, I was standing on a street corner somewhere in the West Village in N.Y., and fellow comes over to me and says "excuse me, but I have never in my life seen a man look so good in a hat". Of course, I thanked him, I felt complimented, but in some strange way that I can't put my finger over on, it felt weird. The hat, btw, was a Stratoliner clone in pecan, made by Mike Miller. Probably my favourite fedora.
 

Bob Roberts

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milford ct
A month or so ago, I was standing on a street corner somewhere in the West Village in N.Y., and fellow comes over to me and says "excuse me, but I have never in my life seen a man look so good in a hat". Of course, I thanked him, I felt complimented, but in some strange way that I can't put my finger over on, it felt weird. The hat, btw, was a Stratoliner clone in pecan, made by Mike Miller. Probably my favourite fedora.
Can't blame a man for trying.
 
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Location
Albany Oregon
You're right, I'm no doctor but I do chat with some occasionally on TFL, as well as lawyers, plumbers, factory workers and even a few like me, either current or former law enforcement officers.

Some of us, including me have said things that were inappropriate or the times we look back and thought, I shouldn't have hit the send button. All that I could do is issue an apology to those I may have offended and move on. This place pretty well polices itself and most offending parties will be called out by a fellow member without intervention from the Bartenders.

Many of us have had or have trying lives. Some have shared them on these forums as a way to reach out to others because, outside of the "mostly" friendly confines of the lounge, they may have no other outlet.

I do wish you found more things to be enthusiastic about and maybe over time you'll at least come to appreciate this place a little more. Most of us come here to share what we enjoy with like minded people, when those around us have no interest in our passion for hats and cowboy boots, in my case and to get away from the drudgery that life sometimes is.
+1
 

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