Recent content by DblCoronaMS

The dog ate it.

Hello again. I can't believe my last login was 2011. Anyway, I'm happy to be back among friends.

Here I am wearing my Adventurer with my good friend Gordon West at the Dayton Hamvention, the largest amateur radio convention in the world. Gordon is arguable the world's best known ham radio educator. This was taken May '08

We didn't have any late night creature feature hosts growing up near Oklahoma City but in New Orleans there was a guy on Saturday nights that EVERYONE watched! The kids would get home early from their dates to watch Dr. Morgus. He was in other cities as well but shot the show in New Orleans...

I mentioned in my original post that the hat was a little loose. Bashing it tightened it up a bit and it fits perfectly now. This is going to be a great hat!

Just sitting here at the computer with the hat on my head for the last hour or so I can already tell that the hat and I are going to be very good friends!

Ok... here it is dry bashed.

Thanks guys. I'll bash it tonight after work. I didn't want to fool with it last night bacause I was dog tired. I had only gotten an hour or so of sleep the night before and didn't have the patience then. I'll put some sort of IJ crease in it. I'm not interested in a screen accurate hat...

It's just a tiny bit loose but nothing a little water and shrinkage won't cure. With a felt pad under the front of the sweat it's just about perfect so I don't think I'll need to send it back for a smaller size. Here it is fresh out of the box and untouched. The color is a beautiful...

Should be here tomorrow, St Patrick's Day. :D

Here are some pics of my son Tyler's first airplane ride. The plane is a friend's restored '58 Piper Apache with the Navajo mods package. I learned to fly in another of his planes but hadn't been in a small plane in 10 years or so. I took off and flew around the pattern a bit before handing...

... an Akubra Adventurer from DM.

Sad news indeed.

I'm a broadcaster. I've been on the radio in some form or fashion for most of 30 years, starting right out of high school. Currently I'm in commercial copy writing and production for a group of 7 stations in New Orleans.

Hmmm... and my size...