Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/30
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At 23:46 29/12/1996 -0500, Marc wrote:
>>Excuse me. I'm of the age (46) where we Don't Wear Hats unless in the
>>military or the like. What in the blazes is a 'Tilley hat'?
Jae replied:
>Otherwise known as "spot the american tourist hat" to those of us
>from the other side of the pond. ;
>
>Sturdy and practical they may be and always to be found advertised
>in the back of grey power magazines but they look silly on anyone.
>"J"
>
I think I have seen this "American Tourist Hat", and I agree on the silly=
look.
Consider a traditional "beret basque", a wide model, like the one used by
the "chasseurs alpins" (French Army mountain units). You can pull them to
either side, as a shade, or backwards to have your face free. In the 19th
century the berets were also used as "shutters".=20
I still use a beret I got from a guerilla soldier I met in Argentine many
years ago. They are even more rugged than Leicas...
Oddmund =20
- ----------------------------------------
garvik@i-t.fr - Paris, France
La terre est la m=E8re de tous les peuples
et tous les peuples devraient avoir des=20
droits =E9gaux sur elle.
=20
Joseph [Hinmaton Yalatkit] (1830-1904)
Chef Nez Perc=E9 =09