Recent content by Zombie_61

I wish I'd seen this much earlier in the day. I was out running errands anyway and could have worn one of my straw hats. :(

How about Windows 3.1 DOS? :oops:

^ This for me as well. I started out borrowing my Dad's spare safety razor, but I started shaving in my Junior year of high school and all of my male friends kept giving me advice on other ("better") options, and after a few years of trying this and that I eventually landed on shaving gel and a...

What "excuses"? It's a nice hat, you like it, it looks good on you...just wear it! ;)

This goes for me as well. I may have handled a vintage hat a time or two during my time on this planet, but I only started showing a serious interest in brimmed/fur felt hats since 2008 so, to my knowledge, I don't own any that are truly vintage. I do have two hats--one made by Borsalino, the...

During my 21 year career as a delivery driver for two different companies (general auto parts sales, steel and alloy parts processed mostly for the American aerospace industry and the Space Shuttle program here in the U.S.) I was required to cover the same basic areas on the same basic route...

Could be, what with all of the "anti-smoking" sentiments in society these days. It could also be long-time smokers having formed some sort of emotional/psychological attachment to their smoking paraphernalia, or they put those ashtrays away on a shelf somewhere and just forgot about them.

I had, apparently, voted in the poll at the beginning of this thread when it was new. Since then, The Lounge had their software upgraded, members (including myself) lost everything they had posted before that date, and had to pick a new username and start over. That being the case, since all...

Join the club. I started wearing proper hats in 2008, and I'm still trying to learn the proper lingo. :confused:

If I'm remembering correctly her brother and his wife were in their mid- to late-70s and their sons were in their 40s, so neither young nor particularly old (in my opinion). On the other hand, they were all somewhat overweight and they each consumed quite a lot of alcohol (and other "perception...

Here's something I find just plain odd. My late wife had an older sister and two older brothers. The sister moved here to California in the mid-70s with my wife and their parents; the brothers, already having made lives for themselves and their families, remained in the suburbs south of...

I've answered in this thread before, but as I grow older it seems (like most people I imagine) my perspective on life and on several other issues has changed. That said, the advice I'd give to my younger self is...none. Being brutally honest, I'm fairly certain my arrogant younger self would...

Very pleased to hear this. As much as I liked my first Fed IV (my first proper/fur felt hat), the Campdraft became my favorite hat the moment I had shaped it and put it on my head. The color of that first one, Silverbelly, was considerably lighter than I expected, but I got used to it...until...

I think I still have one of my Zippo lighters around here somewhere, but now that I no longer need it there's really no reason I need to know exactly where it is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I had the last pack I opened, and an unopened pack, in my car. Y'know, just in case. The only time I touched them was when I threw 'em both in the trash as I was cleaning out that car so I could use it as part of the down payment on my new truck. That was in January; still haven't had a...