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My Hat Collection. It's Not Big. But It Means A Lot To Me

My Hat Collection. It's Not Big. But It Means A Lot To Me

The Digital Sunday Paper

When I was a young wharthog, I had lots of hair. I wore it long and took good care of it. But as I grew older, and my headtop acrage started to recede I became concerned about protecting my forehead from potential solar devastation and so began acquiring hats.

Today, there are very few days when I don't, at the very least, have a hat with me. As a result of this penchant, I have acquired, over the years, a bit of a collection, which I am happy to share with you today.

This is my favourite hat. It designates my country of origin. | know that wherever | travel, this hat will be well received and I will be able to go about my business without much in the way of hassles. This, of course, is my Jays hat. | got it for Christmas last year, as did my grandson, Rowan. This hat is worn at lot, especially now as the Jays are battling hard for a Wild Card slot in the American league. | do all I can to help, like a good fan. This is the hat that was given to me by one of my former clients. They are an industrial staffing company, who got the shit kicked out of them in the recession of 2008. Up to then they had some very big plans that were dashed by forces beyond their control. This is a hat my wife got me. Orange County Choppers. They had one of the early reality TV series called American Chopper, which we used to watch. They built great custom made bikes for busi- nesses and rich people. Just recently they declared bankruptcy. Guess people don't see choppers as status symbols any more. This is a hat from a printer | used to use when | was doing a lot of print stuff. They moved downtown and | ended up doing way more digital stuff than print. Nice guys though. | don’t wear this hat at all, because | find it a bit uncomfortable. This is my summer hat. | bought it at Walmart. It's very light and comfortable Especially in all the crappy heat and humidity we have been having lately. | like this hat so much | actually bought two of them This is the only fedora type hat | have. | use it mainly when | am grooming the foliage on the estate. It's not good for riding because the brim flops around a lot and picks up a lot of wind. | had another hat like this but it was too tight so | gave it to my grandson. He loves it This is my Entourage hat. This is a re- ally high quality chapeau that my wife bought on a trip to New York with my sister. | like this hat, but for some reason it keeps getting misplaced. | had a hell of a time finding it. This is a visor. | went through a period where | had two or three of these. And wore them a lot. These days, not so much. What can you say about a visor? | do like the longer brim. But even Phil Mickelson got tired of his. This is a hat my wife bought me a couple winters ago when it was bitchin’ cold most every day. | mainly wear it for shoveling and blowing snow. It's not great on my bike because it keep sliding down and partially blocks my vision. Kind of a pain. This is hat that my wife brought me back from a trip she took to Vancouver and Vancouver Island to visit her friend Cath Paget...who now lives In Nova Scotia. | wear this hat a lot because it's advertising the Haida Indians, which is a lot better than Nike or whatever. And last but not least, this is my dad's leather “Andy Capp” cap. After he passed away 8 years ago now, we were cleaning up his possessions and all decided to take one thing. | picked this because it actual- ly fit me perfectly and every time | see it, touch, it or put it on, | think of my dad who | miss every day.So there you go. This is the only collection that I actually have. I probably won't add much to it going forward but you never know. Anyway hope you enjoyed my hat collection as much as I do. Have a great Sunday

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Jim Murray

7 years ago #9

#6
Froilan Perez...Oh God...that would be weird. My wife is always bitching about hats all over the place as it is.

Jim Murray

7 years ago #8

#10
Thanks Michael Dowling

Jim Murray

7 years ago #7

#8
Excactly Don. But I only wear the fedora around the yard. The toothick goes best with the Andy Capp cap.

Jim Murray

7 years ago #6

#9
Ren\u00e9e Cormier. It's not worth a whole piece. I have chewed on toothpick ever since I quit smoking. Back in the 1970s. Also I have a condition known as RTic Syndrome, which is a mild form of Tourettes, and one of the ticks is teeth grinding. So the tooth pick is a buffer between my top and bottom teeth. Not very romantic. but there you have it.

don kerr

7 years ago #5

Follow the toothpick. Must be bad form to display the pick when wearing the fedora!

Harvey Lloyd

7 years ago #4

Interesting post on hats. The most interesting part was your facial expressions and how they changed with each hat. This would be a great inkblot sample for Sigmund Freud to analyze. Gave me a laugh. Also brought up some questions, does the man carry the hat?.......or the hat the man?

don kerr

7 years ago #3

What a delightful piece Jim Jim Murray. I used to have a larger collection including a really cool Greg Norman 'Shark' fedora type chapeau. Unfortunately, it and most of my others (along with my vast collection of Hawaiian shirts) were binned last time we moved. I will keep my orange LR2 hat forever though. While the car (Land Rover LR2 - described by a British friend as a 'heap of British rubbish') may be suffering the hat keeps on keepin' on. Loved this!

Lisa Gallagher

7 years ago #2

Jim Murray, you sure are a hat guy, love it! My husband has the 'snow shoveling' hat- it looks just like yours and he says it keeps him very warm. I think my favorite hat is your Andy Cap!! This was cool, you look good in each hat you wear :-))

Phil Friedman

7 years ago #1

Classic Jim Murray. I hope the whippersnappers among us will take note of how a pro tells us who he really is. Please post this in All Business. I would do it myself, but we are following a guideline there to have only the original authors post, so they will be available for conversation and interaction. Kudos, on this one, Jim. Big time!

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