When I was in Texas (against my will 
) I noticed that most men, by far, wore hats. But not one restaraunt had a hat check girl. Hmmm.
Peace,
mangeorge
Hats or caps? I’m in Texas and see very few hats. It’s not uncommon to see a lot of men in a restaurant wearing caps, though. I consider it rude, but it’s apparently acceptable.
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I know it is rude to wear a hat indoors (although a surprising number of people don’t realize this). However, I don’t know why this is rude. It is one of those points of etiquette that I know but do not understand.[/hijack]
[T]he people who wear them don’t care what you think anyway. In fact, that’s why they wear them.
Well hello, Yogi!
The big concert hall at my Alma Mater, built around the turn of the last century, had these cool wire things built on the underside of the seats that would hold your topper while you listened to the music.
What I miss are those hats-that-you-were-SUPPOSED-to-wear-indoors, back during the end of the Victorian age and through the Edwardian one. I’d like to get a skullcap (not a yarmulke, a skullcap) or possibly a Fez, to wear while I lounge about in my dressing gown, reading the Evening Transcript and smoking Turkish cigarettes.
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He’s probably talking about cowboy hats. Outside of the big cities, I’d say he’s right.
Aaahhh. Forgot about cowboy hats. Since I moved away from Ft. Worth, I don’t see very many. Very abundant around the stock yards.
I’ve got a skullcap, it’s red and yellow and black, so it wouldn’t go well with a smoking jacket (at least not any I’ve seen). I wear it all the time and you wouldn’t believe the number of morons who say, “I didn’t know you were Jewish!”
LazarusLong42 wrote:
Since I started wearing hats years ago, I’ve been trying observe the conventions set down in an age long ago, that have become more or less obsolete since hats have waned in popularity, but I’ve come to realize that nobody really cares much. I still take my hat off when I’m not going anywhere anytime soon, but I do it out of a self-imposed notion of propriety, not one that society cares about anymore.
tevya wrote:
I’ve been told that it suggests you’re going somewhere, instead of intending to stick around for a while. But that would presuppose that you wouldn’t wear the hat indoors in the first place. So I don’t know.
I was in Arlington, near Dallas.
Cowbow hats and pickups, esp. the Dodge pickup/Mac truck.
Peace,
mangeorge
I really wish hats and gloves would come back into style. I LOVE vintage clothing, and the hats women used to wear-the big straw picture hats and the Merry Widows…sigh
Terry, The Hat Lady.
http://www.thehatlady.com/
Enjoy. Love the audio. 
Peace,
mangeorge (Sadistic putz. :putz: )
Terry, The Hat Lady.
http://www.thehatlady.com/
Enjoy. Love the audio.
Peace,
mangeorge (Sadistic putz.)
I think you missed the point of the bad looking hats thing.
The whole idea is for a new ‘younger’ generation of people willing to go to any ridiculous lengths to seperate themselves from, well, your generation. In a culture that worships youth they gotta keep coming up with things that oldsters won’t co opt to look younger. This explains the return of bellbottoms and platform shoes. Hey, I’m as hip as the next person but I won’t go back there. Been there, done that, still destoying the photos. This also goes a long way to explaining body piercing, you just won’t see 40 yr olds mimicing this fashion. Kids today, they’re pretty smart I say.
Actually, bell bottoms, or flairs can be very well, flattering.
They make my hips look smaller!