My New Hat

[Ian McColgin]

I stopped by Mystic on Monday to buy a new hat. The old one was seriously rasty and getting to be more and more trouble to keep repairing.

Stopped in that gift store and asked the clerk, "Have you still the hats like this one? She looked at the adornment on my head and said, "Certainly not."

Fortunatly, I looked for myself and found lots of nice new Quaker Marine "Transatlantic Roll-Up Yacht Caps" - Union Made in the USA. Just that when new the bill is blue and it would take a discerning eye to see the blue in my old cap.

Made my usual modifications - working chin strap, quoit to hold the top's shape and the peace symbol that's replaced the last of the old sov hammer and cyckle pin I had from a visit to the Evil Empire back in the early '70s.

Nothing makes a fellow feel perky like a new hat and a freshly trimmed beard.

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[Ian McColgin]

I stopped by Mystic on Monday to buy a new hat. The old one was seriously rasty and getting to be more and more trouble to keep repairing.

Stopped in that gift store and asked the clerk, "Have you still the hats like this one? She looked at the adornment on my head and said, "Certainly not."

Fortunatly, I looked for myself and found lots of nice new Quaker Marine "Transatlantic Roll-Up Yacht Caps" - Union Made in the USA. Just that when new the bill is blue and it would take a discerning eye to see the blue in my old cap.

Made my usual modifications - working chin strap, quoit to hold the top's shape and the peace symbol that's replaced the last of the old sov hammer and cyckle pin I had from a visit to the Evil Empire back in the early '70s.

Nothing makes a fellow feel perky like a new hat and a freshly trimmed beard.

[ 10-14-2004, 10:22 AM: Message edited by: Ian McColgin ]

[Ian McColgin]

I stopped by Mystic on Monday to buy a new hat. The old one was seriously rasty and getting to be more and more trouble to keep repairing.

Stopped in that gift store and asked the clerk, "Have you still the hats like this one? She looked at the adornment on my head and said, "Certainly not."

Fortunatly, I looked for myself and found lots of nice new Quaker Marine "Transatlantic Roll-Up Yacht Caps" - Union Made in the USA. Just that when new the bill is blue and it would take a discerning eye to see the blue in my old cap.

Made my usual modifications - working chin strap, quoit to hold the top's shape and the peace symbol that's replaced the last of the old sov hammer and cyckle pin I had from a visit to the Evil Empire back in the early '70s.

Nothing makes a fellow feel perky like a new hat and a freshly trimmed beard.

[ 10-14-2004, 10:22 AM: Message edited by: Ian McColgin ]

[Bruce Hooke]

[Bruce Hooke]

[Bruce Hooke]

[NormMessinger]

Aw! You will for ever be in the old one in my mind's eye. Ya really need to keel haul the new one so you don't shock your friends too much.

[NormMessinger]

Aw! You will for ever be in the old one in my mind's eye. Ya really need to keel haul the new one so you don't shock your friends too much.

[NormMessinger]

Aw! You will for ever be in the old one in my mind's eye. Ya really need to keel haul the new one so you don't shock your friends too much.

[Ian McColgin]

My most cowboy uncle - face like burnished saddle leather, ear bit off, ring finger shot off, all around tough guy - faced breaking in new jeans with courage. He felt that people who bleach and wash and drag over stones and all that before wearing the new jeans were soft. Real cowboys break in their jeans like they break in a good horse - by taking the time to really be together.

I'm just taking that approach to my new hat even though it's startled a few folk around here.

[Ian McColgin]

My most cowboy uncle - face like burnished saddle leather, ear bit off, ring finger shot off, all around tough guy - faced breaking in new jeans with courage. He felt that people who bleach and wash and drag over stones and all that before wearing the new jeans were soft. Real cowboys break in their jeans like they break in a good horse - by taking the time to really be together.

I'm just taking that approach to my new hat even though it's startled a few folk around here.

[Ian McColgin]

My most cowboy uncle - face like burnished saddle leather, ear bit off, ring finger shot off, all around tough guy - faced breaking in new jeans with courage. He felt that people who bleach and wash and drag over stones and all that before wearing the new jeans were soft. Real cowboys break in their jeans like they break in a good horse - by taking the time to really be together.

I'm just taking that approach to my new hat even though it's startled a few folk around here.

[Alan D. Hyde]

Ian, that hammer and sickle emblem is an ill subject for jest.

It represents a totalitarian regime with more than 100,000,000 innocent victims (See The Black Book of Communism).

Would you wear a swastika in fun?

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Ian, that hammer and sickle emblem is an ill subject for jest.

It represents a totalitarian regime with more than 100,000,000 innocent victims (See The Black Book of Communism).

Would you wear a swastika in fun?

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Ian, that hammer and sickle emblem is an ill subject for jest.

It represents a totalitarian regime with more than 100,000,000 innocent victims (See The Black Book of Communism).

Would you wear a swastika in fun?

Alan

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Dis da one Ian



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[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Dis da one Ian



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[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Dis da one Ian



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[Ian McColgin]

That's the one, except that mine is the white cap top with blue bill and band. And, of course, modified with working chinstrap being most important.

Alan's remark raises interesting points. Dad was Captain of the first (PanAm) US flag commercial flight into Moscow so from my teen years on we had kicking around the home items such as Red Army belts and really wonderful mink winter caps and the costume jewelry pins. I never thought of them as sinister the way I take Nazi regelia on contemporary racist punks.

I think it's because despite the intensive interrogation I took at the hands of some Russian officers in East Berlin, I always knew that history was on our side in that one. Also I'd had some of my education from an exiled Menchevic, read Koestler, and all that. I fancied I understood the betrayal of idealism that happened to the religiously communist just as it happened to Graham Greene's christians.

The only of my high school chums who was really into Nazi gear - this was way before punks and was more like leather and pistol fetishism - went on to a career in our Central Intelligence Agency.

Stalin's hands are about as bloody as Hitler's, but Stalin did not own the red star the way Hitler owned the swastika and Stalin's murderous paranoia was not racist in the way Hitler was. So I happen, for what I admit are not good reasons, to have never been as offended by soviet stuff as I am by Nazi stuff.

Be that as it may, I'm quite happy to have been, for the last half decade or so, sporting a tasteful peace badge on my hat.

[Ian McColgin]

That's the one, except that mine is the white cap top with blue bill and band. And, of course, modified with working chinstrap being most important.

Alan's remark raises interesting points. Dad was Captain of the first (PanAm) US flag commercial flight into Moscow so from my teen years on we had kicking around the home items such as Red Army belts and really wonderful mink winter caps and the costume jewelry pins. I never thought of them as sinister the way I take Nazi regelia on contemporary racist punks.

I think it's because despite the intensive interrogation I took at the hands of some Russian officers in East Berlin, I always knew that history was on our side in that one. Also I'd had some of my education from an exiled Menchevic, read Koestler, and all that. I fancied I understood the betrayal of idealism that happened to the religiously communist just as it happened to Graham Greene's christians.

The only of my high school chums who was really into Nazi gear - this was way before punks and was more like leather and pistol fetishism - went on to a career in our Central Intelligence Agency.

Stalin's hands are about as bloody as Hitler's, but Stalin did not own the red star the way Hitler owned the swastika and Stalin's murderous paranoia was not racist in the way Hitler was. So I happen, for what I admit are not good reasons, to have never been as offended by soviet stuff as I am by Nazi stuff.

Be that as it may, I'm quite happy to have been, for the last half decade or so, sporting a tasteful peace badge on my hat.

[Ian McColgin]

That's the one, except that mine is the white cap top with blue bill and band. And, of course, modified with working chinstrap being most important.

Alan's remark raises interesting points. Dad was Captain of the first (PanAm) US flag commercial flight into Moscow so from my teen years on we had kicking around the home items such as Red Army belts and really wonderful mink winter caps and the costume jewelry pins. I never thought of them as sinister the way I take Nazi regelia on contemporary racist punks.

I think it's because despite the intensive interrogation I took at the hands of some Russian officers in East Berlin, I always knew that history was on our side in that one. Also I'd had some of my education from an exiled Menchevic, read Koestler, and all that. I fancied I understood the betrayal of idealism that happened to the religiously communist just as it happened to Graham Greene's christians.

The only of my high school chums who was really into Nazi gear - this was way before punks and was more like leather and pistol fetishism - went on to a career in our Central Intelligence Agency.

Stalin's hands are about as bloody as Hitler's, but Stalin did not own the red star the way Hitler owned the swastika and Stalin's murderous paranoia was not racist in the way Hitler was. So I happen, for what I admit are not good reasons, to have never been as offended by soviet stuff as I am by Nazi stuff.

Be that as it may, I'm quite happy to have been, for the last half decade or so, sporting a tasteful peace badge on my hat.

[paladin]

My old hat wuz from a trip to Athens...and when someone pinched it in a Greek Restaraunt in Alexandria, Virginia, I had to go back to Athens to get a new one........at least for the one I wear ashore....my really serious boat hat is an autographed Alex Tilley.......or the one I wear at the boatyard is labelled "Tana Mari" on the back compliments of our sponsors.......

[ 10-08-2004, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: paladin ]

[paladin]

My old hat wuz from a trip to Athens...and when someone pinched it in a Greek Restaraunt in Alexandria, Virginia, I had to go back to Athens to get a new one........at least for the one I wear ashore....my really serious boat hat is an autographed Alex Tilley.......or the one I wear at the boatyard is labelled "Tana Mari" on the back compliments of our sponsors.......

[ 10-08-2004, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: paladin ]

[paladin]

My old hat wuz from a trip to Athens...and when someone pinched it in a Greek Restaraunt in Alexandria, Virginia, I had to go back to Athens to get a new one........at least for the one I wear ashore....my really serious boat hat is an autographed Alex Tilley.......or the one I wear at the boatyard is labelled "Tana Mari" on the back compliments of our sponsors.......

[ 10-08-2004, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: paladin ]

[Alan D. Hyde]

Lenin's hands were bloody, too.

And those of his and Stalin's successors.

The communists are no less despicable than the nazis, perhaps moreso, since the communists lasted longer and hurt and killed more people.

Those who pretend otherwise, like Warren Beatty, or the current glamorizers of Che, are accessories after the fact to their crimes.

And, one cannot endorse a cause without promoting it.

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Lenin's hands were bloody, too.

And those of his and Stalin's successors.

The communists are no less despicable than the nazis, perhaps moreso, since the communists lasted longer and hurt and killed more people.

Those who pretend otherwise, like Warren Beatty, or the current glamorizers of Che, are accessories after the fact to their crimes.

And, one cannot endorse a cause without promoting it.

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Lenin's hands were bloody, too.

And those of his and Stalin's successors.

The communists are no less despicable than the nazis, perhaps moreso, since the communists lasted longer and hurt and killed more people.

Those who pretend otherwise, like Warren Beatty, or the current glamorizers of Che, are accessories after the fact to their crimes.

And, one cannot endorse a cause without promoting it.

Alan

[Tom Galyen]

May I reccomend a WoodenBoat Ball cap with your boats name embroidered on the back. I am currently awaiting my second one as the first is getting so groaty that I may be asked to leave my favorite low class greasy spoon soon because of it.

Also if you want a really cool yachting cap may I reccomend the "Cape Breton" Cap from Nauticalia. I also have one which I only wear in winter as it is so warm. It it heavy wool with a quilted interior. I have had one for about 5 years and again it is getting quite groaty and may need replacement this winter season.

I also have a Tilly hat for sailing and recommend it highly. I have yet to lose it in high winds because of the two cords that hold it to my oversized head.

[Tom Galyen]

May I reccomend a WoodenBoat Ball cap with your boats name embroidered on the back. I am currently awaiting my second one as the first is getting so groaty that I may be asked to leave my favorite low class greasy spoon soon because of it.

Also if you want a really cool yachting cap may I reccomend the "Cape Breton" Cap from Nauticalia. I also have one which I only wear in winter as it is so warm. It it heavy wool with a quilted interior. I have had one for about 5 years and again it is getting quite groaty and may need replacement this winter season.

I also have a Tilly hat for sailing and recommend it highly. I have yet to lose it in high winds because of the two cords that hold it to my oversized head.

[Tom Galyen]

May I reccomend a WoodenBoat Ball cap with your boats name embroidered on the back. I am currently awaiting my second one as the first is getting so groaty that I may be asked to leave my favorite low class greasy spoon soon because of it.

Also if you want a really cool yachting cap may I reccomend the "Cape Breton" Cap from Nauticalia. I also have one which I only wear in winter as it is so warm. It it heavy wool with a quilted interior. I have had one for about 5 years and again it is getting quite groaty and may need replacement this winter season.

I also have a Tilly hat for sailing and recommend it highly. I have yet to lose it in high winds because of the two cords that hold it to my oversized head.

[NormMessinger]

Every body needs a Wooden Boat cap with their boat name on the back:



Front row: Prairie Islander
Middle Row: Alpha D, Skankin Away, Neriad,Awe Shucks, Golden Girl
Back row: Little Islander

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[NormMessinger]

Every body needs a Wooden Boat cap with their boat name on the back:



Front row: Prairie Islander
Middle Row: Alpha D, Skankin Away, Neriad,Awe Shucks, Golden Girl
Back row: Little Islander

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[NormMessinger]

Every body needs a Wooden Boat cap with their boat name on the back:



Front row: Prairie Islander
Middle Row: Alpha D, Skankin Away, Neriad,Awe Shucks, Golden Girl
Back row: Little Islander

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[yorgie]

Norm,I nominate you as grandneighbour of the year.Could you move next door to me,I have a boat that needs your enthousiasm!

[yorgie]

Norm,I nominate you as grandneighbour of the year.Could you move next door to me,I have a boat that needs your enthousiasm!

[yorgie]

Norm,I nominate you as grandneighbour of the year.Could you move next door to me,I have a boat that needs your enthousiasm!

[BillyBudd]

Must complain about your hat preference, Ian, based on reality of the various angles of the sun. Your hat must be an indoor hat, say something to slosh about the saloon with, aliding up to the ladies, keeping thick cigar smoke from your eyes? I'm on a search for a hat with a long bill for serious sun shade. (Papa Hemingway had one, I think.) Any sort of pin is fine by me. There's enough vinegar out there so just do yer thing. Currently sporting gift pin: Maine sardine encased in acrylic with pin. Head points foreward as a directional aid, actually.

[BillyBudd]

Must complain about your hat preference, Ian, based on reality of the various angles of the sun. Your hat must be an indoor hat, say something to slosh about the saloon with, aliding up to the ladies, keeping thick cigar smoke from your eyes? I'm on a search for a hat with a long bill for serious sun shade. (Papa Hemingway had one, I think.) Any sort of pin is fine by me. There's enough vinegar out there so just do yer thing. Currently sporting gift pin: Maine sardine encased in acrylic with pin. Head points foreward as a directional aid, actually.

[BillyBudd]

Must complain about your hat preference, Ian, based on reality of the various angles of the sun. Your hat must be an indoor hat, say something to slosh about the saloon with, aliding up to the ladies, keeping thick cigar smoke from your eyes? I'm on a search for a hat with a long bill for serious sun shade. (Papa Hemingway had one, I think.) Any sort of pin is fine by me. There's enough vinegar out there so just do yer thing. Currently sporting gift pin: Maine sardine encased in acrylic with pin. Head points foreward as a directional aid, actually.

[Ian McColgin]

I agree that hats with big bills are quite wonderful for motor boaters on a sunny day, especially if they do not live much in the wind.

As a sailor, I have to look up now and then. I find it convenient to do that with my eyes rather than tilt my whole head, thus aiming the bill where it's even more likely to catch the wind.

Another problem with the larger billed cap is when you go aloft the silly thing hangs up on a spreader or jack line or whatever.

The bigger billed hat is a meance when one's wrapped around the bowsprit legs jammed in the apex of the whisker stays and crossed against the bobstay while you wrestle the jib down bewteen refreshing plunges into the green and briney.

The traditional sailor's or fisherman's cap has just enough brim to cut the glare but no more. Add a functional chin strap and it will stay on your head better than Indiana Jones' fedora.

But thank you for pointing out that my hat is quite nice back in a nice safe saloon as well.

[Ian McColgin]

I agree that hats with big bills are quite wonderful for motor boaters on a sunny day, especially if they do not live much in the wind.

As a sailor, I have to look up now and then. I find it convenient to do that with my eyes rather than tilt my whole head, thus aiming the bill where it's even more likely to catch the wind.

Another problem with the larger billed cap is when you go aloft the silly thing hangs up on a spreader or jack line or whatever.

The bigger billed hat is a meance when one's wrapped around the bowsprit legs jammed in the apex of the whisker stays and crossed against the bobstay while you wrestle the jib down bewteen refreshing plunges into the green and briney.

The traditional sailor's or fisherman's cap has just enough brim to cut the glare but no more. Add a functional chin strap and it will stay on your head better than Indiana Jones' fedora.

But thank you for pointing out that my hat is quite nice back in a nice safe saloon as well.

[Ian McColgin]

I agree that hats with big bills are quite wonderful for motor boaters on a sunny day, especially if they do not live much in the wind.

As a sailor, I have to look up now and then. I find it convenient to do that with my eyes rather than tilt my whole head, thus aiming the bill where it's even more likely to catch the wind.

Another problem with the larger billed cap is when you go aloft the silly thing hangs up on a spreader or jack line or whatever.

The bigger billed hat is a meance when one's wrapped around the bowsprit legs jammed in the apex of the whisker stays and crossed against the bobstay while you wrestle the jib down bewteen refreshing plunges into the green and briney.

The traditional sailor's or fisherman's cap has just enough brim to cut the glare but no more. Add a functional chin strap and it will stay on your head better than Indiana Jones' fedora.

But thank you for pointing out that my hat is quite nice back in a nice safe saloon as well.