# How to pack a hat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pack-a-hat/550608>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 18, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pack-a-hat/550608 "2010-08-18T11:31:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Uncertain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Uncertain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncertain)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pack-a-hat/550608/21 "2010-08-21T15:36:43Z")

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There’s more than one way.

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**Author:** ![AmunRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AmunRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmunRa)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pack-a-hat/550608/22 "2010-08-21T23:37:16Z")

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> [@Raguleader](#):
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> I may have failed to mention that I will be living overseas for the next four years - also a big of a long time to rent a hat.

Bit of a hijack, but isn’t the Air Force sending you to Korea? They really send you guys for four years? Army tours there are usually only one.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pack-a-hat/550608/23 "2010-08-22T05:47:51Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> If you’ve got a THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR HAT, why don’t you just leave it at home?  
> Or in a climate-controlled mini-storage warehouse, in the middle of a 20 x 20’ rental unit, empty except for the pedestal, perhaps an Ionic column, with a manikin head perched upon it.
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> Wouldn’t you be more relaxed on your trip if you weren’t worrying about your hat?

I like that hat. It’s _very_ difficult to find a size 8 hat, which means the selection usually stinks. This was custom made for me – a gift from my wife – and I wear it a lot.

And why would I spend the trip worrying about it?

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**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pack-a-hat/550608/24 "2010-08-22T08:06:24Z")

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> [@AmunRa](#):
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> > [@Raguleader](#):
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> > I may have failed to mention that I will be living overseas for the next four years - also a big of a long time to rent a hat.
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> Bit of a hijack, but isn’t the Air Force sending you to Korea? They really send you guys for four years? Army tours there are usually only one.

Year in Korea, plus three years in Japan.😃

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**Author:** ![AmunRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AmunRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmunRa)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pack-a-hat/550608/25 "2010-08-22T17:42:31Z")

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Ah, the Army would never do something that sensible.

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