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Our dad was a ”hat guy'“—coming from an era when all men wore hats; for both work and dress. In his day, hats were a regular part of attire. But, dad was a bit fussy about how, when and where to wear a hat. His rules didn’t really address ball caps which is a whole other thing! Women are exempt from these rules.
A few of Grampa Bill’s hats-off rules for men:
Hat’s come off when sitting for a meal.
In a movie theatre.
In church.
Most times you take your hat off when entering a building. But that rule list can be very vague. The hat always comes off in someone’s house!
You can keep your hat on if your sitting at the counter of a cafe or lounge. It comes off if your in a booth of low-down table.
Tip your hat to a lady, but don’t make a big deal of it.
The hat comes off when the National Anthem is played. Even from a TV in a bar. Also when the flag passes by in a parade.
Hat’s on in a car or truck (headrests these days are a real pain for hat wearers).
By the way, you NEVER, EVER, touch someone else’s hat. Need say nor more.
Story: When we were kids riding in the back seat of the car we could do about anything, wrestle, punch, jump, play games, start fires; just about anything—but if anybody touched the back of dad’s hat…oh boy!!!! Let’s just say it just didn’t happen.
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Coming Next Week
Fish On! - Feature—Getting spring fever? Let’s talk more fishing.
Where’s This Picture?—This will be regular content in these posts.
Book Sharing—Every so often you’ll find a review of a book about Montana.
On Charley’s Mind—Of course Charley always has opinion, analysis, commentary, or random things on his mind.
What else?—Still thinking about it…
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In the Works—A feature detailing a study to re-establish the former North Coast Hiawatha passenger rail line through southern Montana.
