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- Thread starter D M C
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I usually run with 3 or 4 at a time. When they wear out I throw one away and put another in rotation. A few I got from places like Fenway or Daytona get tucked into one corner of the hat shelf worn out or not. Oddly enough some of the best fitting caps I own come from a college I never attended. My wife's grandfather was such a big donor they have a day of celebration for him every year during a football game. We go up into the president's box for the game and a catered meal and college officials are there handing out shirts and caps to the family members and other invited guests. It's a snooty way to see a football game for a team I care nothing about. I wear the hats all the time though. People stop me and say "Hey I went to school there. What year did you graduate?" I simply say "All I did was marry Big Jim's granddaughter." (Fake name for privacy.) the immediately know who I'm talking about and assume I'm filthy rich. Honestly, he was a good man though.
Still. Great hats.
I have a Cleveland Indians ball cap that my late father-in-law gave me. It is only one of two fitted ball caps that I own and it is the only one made of wool. It has a couple of small moth holes in it. I treasure that cap and will never part with it, despite the increasingly frowned upon depiction of Chief Wahoo on it.I usually run with 3 or 4 at a time. When they wear out I throw one away and put another in rotation. A few I got from places like Fenway or Daytona get tucked into one corner of the hat shelf worn out or not. Oddly enough some of the best fitting caps I own come from a college I never attended. My wife's grandfather was such a big donor they have a day of celebration for him every year during a football game. We go up into the president's box for the game and a catered meal and college officials are there handing out shirts and caps to the family members and other invited guests. It's a snooty way to see a football game for a team I care nothing about. I wear the hats all the time though. People stop me and say "Hey I went to school there. What year did you graduate?" I simply say "All I did was marry Big Jim's granddaughter." (Fake name for privacy.) the immediately know who I'm talking about and assume I'm filthy rich. Honestly, he was a good man though.
Still. Great hats.
Coincidentally, the other fitted ball cap I have is from my home-town AAA affiliate of the Indians, the Columbus Clippers. It doesn't have the sentimental value of my Tribe cap, but it's pretty cool.
I follow this rule for most things especially clothes: if I don't wear/use it for more than 6-months then I dispose of it.
But there are exceptions to this rule: suits, dress shoes, tools, movies, etc. I am known to purge but yet to regret the things I dispose of; in fact I only regret spending money on obtaining those items.
But there are exceptions to this rule: suits, dress shoes, tools, movies, etc. I am known to purge but yet to regret the things I dispose of; in fact I only regret spending money on obtaining those items.
slobake
resident ... something
Got rid of my last suit several years ago. Went on a clean out binge on Saturday, got rid of all my ties except two. One is a Jerry Garcia tie, I will probably never wear it but my wife gave it to me and I like it.
Got rid of most of my greasy, paint covered, holey jeans as well. I only need two pairs of old jeans for dirty work. Also got rid of lots of XL shirts and Sweaters, they are too big for me now.
Took a very large box of clothes to the Salvation Army.
Got rid of most of my greasy, paint covered, holey jeans as well. I only need two pairs of old jeans for dirty work. Also got rid of lots of XL shirts and Sweaters, they are too big for me now.
Took a very large box of clothes to the Salvation Army.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
We get rid of stuff fairly regularly. I have a suit because I have to wear one every so often, and a couple sport coats I wear to church. Other than that, it's just what I wear every day. I have sweatshirts for a while. Then my wife takes them after they are "broken in." So, I never have a surplus of those, and even if I did, it wouldn't last very long. She wears three or four of them at a time in the winter.
I not only can't pull the look off anymore, I can't even pull my leather jackets on any more.
Ties. I don't own any, I don't know how to tie them, and most importantly, I don't believe in them. I also don't own a suit, but I don't have any hardline philosophical stance on suits.
I not only can't pull the look off anymore, I can't even pull my leather jackets on any more.
Well, there's that too!
Nothing says sexy mutha more than a leather jacket and a beer gut!
More of a pasta gut really, but hey.Well, there's that too!
Am I the only person left in the universe that likes wearing a suit and tie?
I wouldn't mind wearing a suit and tie occasionally if I got back into decent enough shape to look good in one. It'll be a while.
But I absolutely hate having to wear them for regular things like work - if my company suddenly went back to the old dress code, I think I would just retire...
I dressed that way for years. It was my "uniform" at work until I retired a few months ago. My wife liked buying shirts and ties for me. I have about 100 ties to get rid of, although I wIll keep a few of my favorites.
On a side note, I was in Ft. Worth over the Christmas weekend. I would have given you a shout, but it was too hectic. Perhaps I will get to hear you play next time I am up that way.
I don't dislike wearing, I just don't do it. I put on my clothes when I get up and take them off when I go to bed. Wearing a suit & tie requires a change of clothes for other activities.
I actually do, I just don't like the restricted movement when I conduct. I got to the point where I would just take the jacket off by 2nd period and leave it off. I actually look good in a suit and tie, rocking a vintage fedora (at least my wife says so). I've tried a larger size and athletic cut, but they don't hang on me right. My tux on the other hand fits me perfectly. However, it was a custom job and I don't want to spend that much getting suits made to fit right. That's gear money.
I do. Partly because I've never had to, partly because it's one of the few areas of a traditional man's business wardrobe that is socially accepted to be colorful/artistic/interesting.
