Thursday, April 18, 2013

Two questions....

It's come to this:  I've spent a fair amount of my life outdoors.  Some of it was supervising my guys building homes, some of it was mowing my $#%^* yard, and some of it was swimming or simply catching some rays.  And now it's all come back to bite me.  Skin cancer.

Last November I had a couple of spots successfully removed.  Now I'm told I must wear a hat every day.  I have a collection of baseball caps I rotate wearing, and those are fine, but some days I want to look a little more upscale, you know?




That's why I've been thinking about getting something like this.  ^


The look came to me after I saw this ad in a magazine of Sean Connery selling fancy duffel bags.  I thought, "Hey, I've got a duffel bag.  If I just had a Panama hat people wouldn't be able to tell us apart.  I might even get moved up to the head of the line at the Dairy Queen!"

Now here's my first question:  If I wear a Panama hat am I likely to get beat up a lot?  Be honest.

And my second question:  How do you keep a hat on your head when it's windy?  Believe me, the "Windy City" has nothing on Dallas.  

I know it can be done because I see drugstore cowboys around here wearing hats all the time.  Are they glued on with that stuff not-very-well-endowed women use to keep their strapless evening gowns from falling off?  Is it available OTC? 

I'm not gonna spend the money to buy one if the consensus is I can't pull it off.  So what do you think?

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On a completely different topic, check out THIS video of Bubba Watson's* hovercraft golf cart.  I don't play golf....it bores me....but if I had one of these I'd....make one helluva good golf chauffeur.  (You thought I was gonna say I'd learn to play golf, didn't you?  Haha!)

Hang on.  It's almost the weekend.  ;)

S

*I'm guessing he's a famous pro golfer?  


14 comments:

  1. Scott
    I am in the same boat. My doctor says don't sit near an open window with out a hat on. I have a lot of hats now. I have lost two to the wind and several to leaving them some where. You know the old phrase "Hold on to your hat" so do that in the wind.

    Getting old is not for sissies but go for it anyway.
    Larry

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    1. I guess we'll both just have to deal with it.

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  2. These stay on in the wind, the brim flaps a bit but it does not blow away...Aussie bush hats! But you do tend to say "Gooday" a lot

    http://www.barmahhats.com.au/

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    1. Big time thanks, Joe. They had one that perfectly fit the bill and I ordered it...from Australia.

      G'day....DOH.... ;)

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  3. Don't you live in Texas? I thought y'all had cowboy hats. Maybe one of them ten gallon hats. Or you could get one of those newsboy type hats. Or something. I'm not much of an expert on the subject since my head is too big and fat to fit most hats.

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    1. PT...yes, there are lots of cowboy hats around, but no, I don't play the cowboy game. The Panama type hat seems like the best compromise.

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  4. I think you'd look great in a Panama hat. Just the thing for taking a spin in a golfing hovercraft.

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    1. I hope I can wear one as well as you do Steve, :)

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  5. I love the hat! But for windy days maybe you need to tie it under your chin :)

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  6. Love the hat, you'd definitely look like Sean Connery in it. No idea about the wind issue, though.

    OK - gotta go, I need to tell a friend of mine about the hover craft. She lives in one of those 55+ communities and those people drive their golf carts all over the place. She needs to know about this!

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    1. Oh...and you do know that you have to share a picture with us once your hat arrives from Australia, right?

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