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Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

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Re: Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

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Post by buran77 »

caw wrote: post #28
SiVal wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, Walter, what is this "wait 20 mins before it becomes effective"? Did I miss something? Aren't the standard ingredients simply opaque to UV frequencies right out of the bottle/tube?

The standard Coppertone sunscreen says Directions: Apply liberally 15 minutes before sun exposure. Reapply: after 80 minutes of swimming or sweating; immediately after towel drying; at least every 2 hours I’ve always heard this as time to absorb to become waterproof, but I’m not sure if it’s actual skin absorption or the liquid used to convey the sun blocking compounds to dry or evaporate. Either way, apply and then…

When you film it in UV, sunscreen appears completely black from the first drop out of the bottle, meaning it absorbed all UV. The 15 minutes might be for applying or getting absorbed before there's a chance to get wiped off.

This is a good video to highlight this [0], the sunscreen part is in the second half. Probably many more like it.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9BqrSAHbTc

Re: Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

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Post by flywheel »

canada_dry wrote: post #18

> dried up in just a few generations I think a decade from now they'll be analyzing the even more rapid demise of suits and briefcases. I remember when 'casual dress Fridays' started. A leading men's shop took out full page ads in the newspaper extolling the virtue of looking professional vs. casual . They've since gone bankrupt.

The cellphone killed the wristwatch.

Re: Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

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Post by mpclark »

LyndsySimon wrote: post #53
WalterBright wrote: post #45

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> demise of suits and briefcases I still have my Samsonite briefcase my dad got me as a graduation present. Having a hard shell, it is perfect for my laptop, wires, and other junk. I also enjoy being the only person with such a briefcase. A pic of what it looks like: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-SAMSONITE-Gray-Slim-Hard-Sh...

I still want a Zero Halliburton briefcase. It would be wildly impractical for me, but I want it nonetheless.

If it helps, I bought one around 25 years ago. It is a thing of great beauty. But I’ve used it maybe twice, and lugged it through maybe six house moves since then. All a bit pointless.

Re: Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

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Post by LyndsySimon »

mpclark wrote: post #63
LyndsySimon wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still want a Zero Halliburton briefcase. It would be wildly impractical for me, but I want it nonetheless.

If it helps, I bought one around 25 years ago. It is a thing of great beauty. But I’ve used it maybe twice, and lugged it through maybe six house moves since then. All a bit pointless.

The biggest thing that’s stopping me is that I can’t decide if I want to buy one that’s in pristine condition (and never want to use it for fear of damaging it) or one that’s beat up and has tons of imperfections (and feel bad about spending so much money on something that looks like it fell out of the back of a van).

I’ll likely eventually find one cheap at a flea market or estate sale. That, or end up buying a slim modern Pelican case for the same purpose.

Re: Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

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Post by lvturner »

WalterBright wrote: post #46
lvturner wrote: post #31

Frequently wear a baseball cap (that counts as a hat? Right?) on weekends thinning hair, pale skin and a subtropical climate pretty much mandate it - and the extra shade certainly improves the efficiency of my sunglasses! A lot of people use umbrellas here for the same purpose, but with dense crowds, overhead obsticles and tying up a hand... I'd rather wear some form of hat while out and about!

A baseball cap works for the forehead but does nothing for the tops of the ears. A fellow I know had the top quarter of one of his ears sliced off by the dermatologist.

True, but it's much easier to put sunscreen on my ears than on my head (my hair isn't that thin yet!)

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Post by masklinn »

leetrout wrote: post #20
tristor wrote: post #13

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I have about 30 hats, I don't wear a hat every day because I am usually not leaving the house, but when I leave the house I typically wear a hat. That's just how I grew up in the rural Midwest. I know it's dying out and I've had people make comments that I am old man in a young man's body, but nonetheless it's a habit I have. I'm always on the lookout for good hats so if you'd like to share a link to her work I may b…

GB quality and selection of nice baseball caps is shot. I never bought the other styles but the last two times I’ve dropped in it has felt like being in Lids / ToW.

Baseball caps offer limited protection for the head as a whole, especially the ears, though. To say nothing of trucker caps and their mesh crown, which fail to even protect most of the head.

Re: Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

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Post by 082349872349872 »

LyndsySimon wrote: post #53
WalterBright wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> demise of suits and briefcases I still have my Samsonite briefcase my dad got me as a graduation present. Having a hard shell, it is perfect for my laptop, wires, and other junk. I also enjoy being the only person with such a briefcase. A pic of what it looks like: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-SAMSONITE-Gray-Slim-Hard-Sh...

I still want a Zero Halliburton briefcase. It would be wildly impractical for me, but I want it nonetheless.

After watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xz1Ye8I9NY I am tempted to set up a packet-switching network running something like https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549 using Zero Halliburtons (or knockoffs) for framing.

(alas, Concorde packet delivery no longer implemented.)

TEUs for Jumbo Framing?

Re: Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

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Post by StavrosK »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #9

I've come to really appreciate good hats, especially good bush hats (think Crocodile Dundee type cowboy hat) when I'm in the bush. They don't just keep the sun out of your eyes. They keep your head warm when it's cold outside and cool when it's sunny. They keep your head dry when it's wet, but don't end up drenched in sweat.

How do they keep your head cool? Whenever I wear one, my head always ends up drenched, because there's no air.
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