Hatless

[T Jones]

The wife and myself, both hatless from way back in the day. About 48 years ago....

 

[alanfgag]

 

[Fallentaxi]

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I have to say wow. Just beautiful.

 

[T Jones]

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Grandpa's little buddy. There's nothing like grandbabies.

 

[T Jones]

Definitely not as cute as Alan's grandbaby, but still kinda cute, (at least that's what my Mom told me, and who am I to argue with my Mom). This is me with my Mom about 38-40 years ago.

 

[hambone71]

Back around Christmas, maybe Thanksgiving, 2023.

 

[T Jones]

February, 14, 1974. Our wedding day. It'll be our 50th in two days.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

February, 14, 1974. Our wedding day. It'll be our 50th in two days.

Congratulations TJ.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Lovely to see so many familiar faces without hats! Thanks to @Blare for pointing my attention to this thread!

These days I am almost never without a hat on my head, but when it’s off you can still see the last vestiges of my now woefully-thin mohawk.

Not nearly as radical as it was in my youth, but I was known for my hawk decades before I was ever known for my hats and it will always be the secret me that I keep tucked under the lid.

 

[T Jones]

Congratulations TJ.

Thank you HJ!

 

[DonR]

A transition for us. Our last day on Grenada on our boat after 17 years on board, and moving back to landlubbers in order to have more time with family and grandkids.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

A transition for us. Our last day on Grenada on our boat after 17 years on board, and moving back to landlubbers in order to have more time with family and grandkids.

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Oh man, that will be a bitter-sweet transition! I would make the same move for family but you know the water will still call you, right? All the best in your new situation, Don!

 

[DonR]

Oh man, that will be a bitter-sweet transition! I would make the same move for family but you know the water will still call you, right? All the best in your new situation, Don!

Thanks Nathan. It has been. We surely miss the ocean and going up down the Eastern Caribbean, but we are also enjoying where we are and having access to family.

 

[The Lost Cowboy]

Thanks Nathan. It has been. We surely miss the ocean and going up down the Eastern Caribbean, but we are also enjoying where we are and having access to family.

Not to mention room for more hats, no doubt?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Artistic rendition

 

[GHT]

Artistic rendition

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And a very good rendition it is too, Jack. Back in my younger days, I also had a beard.

I grew it in my twenties after asking a doctor about a mole removal. It was in a prominent place on the right side of my face. The doctor said that although it wasn't proven, there were indications that mole removal could lead to the growth of cancerous cells. She added, "why don't you grow a beard?" "Because I had never thought about a beard," I replied and we both laughed.

 

[TimmyV]

Here I am with my great grandbaby a few years ago

 

[VoodooSan]

Never knew this page existed before today!

21 years ago.....

2010, during my mandatory "I've just retired" scruff phase

 

[GHT]

Never knew this page existed before today!

21 years ago.....

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2010, during my mandatory "I've just retired" scruff phase

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Great shirt Mark, you've upstaged me! Your scruff phase quip made me smile. The beard is not at all scruffy, but it did prompt a reminisce.
Back in my much younger days I had to have a medical examination, the company that I worked for at the time, insisted upon it. After the doctor had completed his poking and proding and was quite happy that I wasn't an ear or eye missing, he asked if there was anything I would like to tell him.
"Can this be removed?" I asked, pointing to the mole on my face. "It can," he said, "but I would advise you to leave well alone," he then added, "grow a beard." So I did.
The years flew by and come middle-age, wisps of grey hair started sprouting in the beard.
"Grey!" "Old people go grey! The beard came off, I would rather have the mole.
Vain? Who me?

 

[jeffgarf]

Wow! What a fantastic thread. Seeing everyone here, I feel I should honor it by posting my first photos here. First with my grandson, hatless. (as hatless as I get) of course.



And then in hat, younger and with my wife, originally from Buffalo, in honor of our OP.