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    Hats In The Car/A Newbie Question

    Well, my 2 3/8 brim works fine in my late model Honda sedan, and I have my eyes on a '41 Oldsmobile. If your hat fits in your car, wear it. Life's too short for me to worry if my airbag's gonna kill me.
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    Post New Hats Here!

    I yam what I yam. Thanks. The missus and I both thought it looked to tall for me, until I took these pics. The mirror doesn't always tell you everything.
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    Post New Hats Here!

    Vintage Shudde Brothers OR Clone I got this vintage Shudde Brothers OR clone on ebay for a very decent price recently. It's tan with a grey ribbon and edging. It arrived open crown in a Kevin McAndrew box, with dirt rings around what looks like an original teardrop bash (it falls very easily...
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    Golden Era Aircraft

    Pan Am Clippers I love the old Pan Am Clippers.
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    Dobbs Savoy

    I went shopping today for my first fedora. A Dobbs Savoy was pretty much all they had in my size and color. It looked pretty good, but I decided to keep searching. Especially when the clerk said it was made of wool felt, not fur felt. Then got home and checked the store's website, which said...
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    Post New Hats Here!

    Will do, when I get it.
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    Post New Hats Here!

    Stetson panama fedora My first hat purchase (other than my old cowboy hat bought many years ago). I won this last night on ebay for a very reasonable price. There's no shot of the sweatband, but it's advertised as a Stetson panama fedora, date unknown. The seller says s/he cleaned it and...
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    Stretching a hat - advice please....

    Can anyone recommend a place in Houston that can do this? Does Miller's do it? I hope so, I only live a few blocks away...
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    Stretching a hat - advice please....

    Is it possible to stretch a hat a full quarter, i.e., 7 to 7 1/4? I have my grandfather's old Resistol, and would like to wear it but it's too small.
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    Public Enemies

    The Indianapolis newspaper website has an interesting slideshow on Dillinger, including pictures of clothing and weapons he owned. Click on "Starfiles: John Dillinger." http://photos.indystar.com/search?type=Gallery&query=john+dillinger
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    Slippers

    There is nothing wrong with powdered wigs. In fact, I think it's high time we all return to wearing waist coats and breeches. And now, I'm off to seek my fortune in the colonies.
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    Pocketwatches

    I recently started wearing suits and ties to my office job, and one of the many advantages I've noticed is I can now carry my grandfather's pocket watch in the inside breast pocket of my jacket. In the past I have also carried it in my hip pocket, with the chain attached to my belt loop. When...
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    Houston, TX tailors

    Can anyone recommend a good tailor in Houston, Texas? I don't know why they have so much trouble, but the tailors at Brooks Brothers in the Galleria can never get the sleeve lengths correct and I'm tired of messing with them. Thanks in advance. (Hope this is the proper thread.)
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    New Amelia Earhart Movie

    NYT Review NYT review. Ouch. “'Amelia' is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). She smokes, she flies and most likely dies." Still, I'll bet it will be a gorgeous film to watch. http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/movies/23amelia.html
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    Have You Ever Met A Movie/TV Star or Celebrity?

    Earlier this year, I got my hair cut in the chair next to one of my favorites, Hal Holbrook. He was in town for his wife Dixie Carter's play at the Alley Theatre here in Houston, and my local barbershop* on 11th in the Heights was recommended to him. Seemed like a nice guy, walking in off the...
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    Madras... too much?

    I was in Brooks Brothers this weekend, and they had what looked like a madras suit. I don't know for sure if it was madras, but it was a summer weight plaid 2-button suit in a pattern similar to the jacket in this pic. It was fantastic. Unfortunately, I can't find it on the BB website.
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    Things You Broke As A Child (You wish now you hadn't)

    My grandfather's 1937 F-hole Martin acoustic guitar. He let me take guitar lessons on it in the 70s, and one day I accidentally scratched the surface with the pick. It felt so good. It felt so right. Before I knew it, I'd scratched quite a bit of graffiti on it. I was 9 or 10 years old...
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    Have You Ever Met A Movie/TV Star or Celebrity?

    I am always the one missing out on celebrity encounters. My best friend got a $100 tip while waiting on ZZ Top in the Las Colinas (TX) Bennigans. My cousin saw Jack Nicholson in a Vail McDonalds in the late 70s/early 80s. My neighbor's stepfather went on an Amazon fishing trip with Hank...
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    Barbeque

    Alas, we have not crossed paths. I never got to know any locals in New Bern outside my friend's orbit of artists/historians/old-house-owner types. But I did buy an Oscar Schmidt acoustic on sale at the music store downtown in '96 or so, which I later sold to a buddy who got it autographed by...
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    Barbeque

    I have eaten takeout from Moore's many a time. A good friend of mine lives in New Bern, and I spent innumerable weekends on his front porch watching the train roll down the middle of Hancock. I love that town.

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