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From: Savageduck on 21 Jan 2010 16:51 On 2010-01-21 13:18:16 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: ----------------------<Le Snip>------------------------ > I usually wear a beat-up, no logo, baseball-type cap. Last week we > were out on Park Avenue (an up-scale shopping area in Winter Park) and > we stopped in the Orvis store. My wife, who hates my cap, saw a Tilly > hat on the rack and put it on me. It wasn't bad, but I saw the $72 > price tag and balked. If I was as cool looking as this guy, I might > have considered it: An old OD boonie hat can be found at most surplus or Army-Navy stores for $10-$15. The soft brim is much more forgiving when you bring your camera up to your eye. I find that head gear with a more rigid brim can get pushed askew or off your head. Then you look even dorkier fumbling for the hat without dropping the camera. Even with a baseball type cap this can be a problem (and I have several of the no logo types, all battered and filthy) I find myself reversing the peak to facilitate shooting. So when I need good Sun protection while out with the camera I favor the boonie hat. BTW it is easy to roll up and stick in a bag or pocket. For the other kind of shooting my preferences are the baseball type cap for pistol, and the soft brimmed boonie hat for rifle. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Pete on 21 Jan 2010 16:55 tony cooper wrote: > Too many of the posters here are wound too tight; their knickers are, > anyway. Cheers Tony. Where is the cheerleader that Peter mentioned for the title (obviously not suffering from knickers wound too tight)? No reply required! Pete
From: Peter on 21 Jan 2010 16:50 "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:8afhl5hc1btg959cs8h0jpkqgofi35fa5a(a)4ax.com... > > We were down on Park Avenue to exchange a blouse I'd purchased for my > wife. I have no idea of women's sizes, so when I shop I just grab any > size of something I like and expect her to exchange it for the right > size. > > Someone complimented me in a post on being married for 46 years. The > trick is, when buying a gift like this, to pick a size that is > obviously going to be too small. > Strongly disagree. Since we just passed our 49th, I am qualified on the subject. I never buy her clothing, unless we are together. Last week I was on the computer and she asked me what I was looking up. I told her "Omar the tent maker, so you can find that new coat you were looking for." I had two full days of peace and quiet because she wasn't talking to me. -- Peter
From: Peter on 21 Jan 2010 17:04 "Pete" <available.on.request(a)aserver.com> wrote in message news:jR36n.78641$gm2.14974(a)newsfe18.ams2... > My weapon of choice for coping with everyday life is humour: that is a > minority strategy. Just a fact. > Not so sure that humor, (despite your misspelling,) is not a widely used strategy of coping with the vicissitudes of life. An example of how I did things: Many years ago I worked for the government. A directive came down that when we needed forms we could not get them at the public forms window, they had to be requisitioned. Immediately upon receiving that memo, I wrote an urgent memo to my manager, in response. I said in essence that since we had no forms to requisition forms, I would be unable to do any work until we received the proper forms. Within an hour the original memo was revoked. -- Peter
From: Russell D. on 21 Jan 2010 18:15
On 01/21/2010 02:50 PM, Peter wrote: > "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:8afhl5hc1btg959cs8h0jpkqgofi35fa5a(a)4ax.com... > >> >> We were down on Park Avenue to exchange a blouse I'd purchased for my >> wife. I have no idea of women's sizes, so when I shop I just grab any >> size of something I like and expect her to exchange it for the right >> size. >> >> Someone complimented me in a post on being married for 46 years. The >> trick is, when buying a gift like this, to pick a size that is >> obviously going to be too small. >> > > Strongly disagree. Since we just passed our 49th, I am qualified on the > subject. > I never buy her clothing, unless we are together. Last week I was on the > computer and she asked me what I was looking up. I told her "Omar the > tent maker, so you can find that new coat you were looking for." I had > two full days of peace and quiet because she wasn't talking to me. > :-) |