Modern Vespa

The Vespa has such a classic look, I had to have one. Every year at the local motorcycle show, I would go to the Vespa exhibit booth and sit on every Vespa. When the 300 came out I went to my local dealer (Scooterville). They had a Dradon Red GTS300 Super - I bought late in the riding season and got it home before the snow hit. I was in heaven just looking at in my garage.

In the same classic look, many of you have a favorite hat. Show me your look.

Bob Copeland
Frostbite Falls Minnesota

Tilley "Mash Up" Hat. This is the older version -- I've tried to buy a second one, but the newer ones just aren't as good and don't have as much height.

I've worn this for years, lost it several times, and recovered it each time. I now have an Apple AirTag in the hidden pocket, which reminds me when I leave it behind somewhere.

Is that one of the ones which was eatened by an elephant and retrieved from the dung heap?

Hah. I hadn't heard this story. Yes, same brand, though I have a different model -- the "AirFlo", I think.

I have a zillion photos of me in different hats, but lately this one get the most use.

The only trouble is I can only wear it when the smashing lights are on.

For cold/windy days...

I have a feeling this is going to be an "old guys wearing hats" thread.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I was hooked on "Major Crimes" for a while so bought myself a Louis Provensa-ish white bucket hat.

I wanted to get a green bucket hat a la Vera, but couldn't find one.

Surely there's something out there.

https://www.etsy.com/market/vera_stanhope_hat

Off topic, but your comment reminded me about a recent local comic strip in 'Fingerpori'- series

A rough Finnish-English translation:

An officer tapping the keyboard: 'Police is asking for the public's assistance, to identify a middle-aged male.'

The caller: ' Usually they have a beard and they listen to pop music'.

Did you happen to have a bit part in Fargo?

I've owned this hat for 25 years. It's been with me in over 90 countries. It's big enough to cover my ears and shade my eyes, but it's foldable and it doesn't blow off or flop up in a high wind. It also doubles as a sweatband.

Wore this for 19 hours today. Well, mostly yesterday but two hours very early this morning too.

I have three favourites.

Stetson 'travel hat' for the sunny days. It's 10+ years old, seen better days, but still in a good shape.

A fur hat. Nice for the walks below -25C (-13F).

A wool beanie by Vai-ko. This one is super warm, douple wool layers, actually doable for those sub -25C walks too. And gets less bad looks than my fur hat....

Obviously!

Just my Minnesota roots showing through. 😂

Playing at the now defunct Satellite. I've had that Gibson since I was 16.

Hey DiBiasio, you are looking as though there's an arachnid crawling around in that hat or you've just done a bag snatch off a sweet old lady👵 who couldn't chase you cos her false leg🦵 fell off then as she hit the deck🤾‍♂️ her glass eye popped out 🧿 and went down a drain.
Just cant work out if you're having a bad 🕷 flashback or its a look of guilt

I am, as they say, 'a man of many hats', and it's impossible to choose a favorite, mostly because my favorite is whatever I'm wearing at the time, but 'normally', and perhaps something of a disappointment to some for it's lack of my almost trademark eccentricity, I must admit that 90% of the time I wear a very plain, generic, non-imprinted, non-mesh, $4 ball cap from Wal-Mart. Preferably black, and invariably embellished with a smattering of cat fuzz.

Do you know how difficult it is to buy a baseball ball/trucker cap with nothing printed or embroidered on it?

Znomit please tell us this is not some form of fetish you were involved in and that you was on a long distance cycle ride

Those things aren't mutually exclusive.

On behalf of those wearing hats in our pics (JBacklund, DiBiasio, myself),
thank you to everyone for coming to our thread.

-25C walks NOOoooo shaking just reading that temperature.

The one in the story was the "ElePhlo" model.

Indeed!

One of mine is on my avatar.

This is my snake-handling hat, apparently.

Hahahahaha Buggsy,

You think the worst of me man! I was at the Getty Museum last month @ an exhibit featuring a countryman of yours, William Blake. That bag is not ill-gotten gains but a gift I'd bought for my father.

Footnote: now that I think of it, everything in that museum is essentially ill-gotten gains. This exhibit was on loan however. 1st time in the states.

Here is one of many favorite hats that I own and wear:

Chris From CLE

PS: Yes this actually did turn into an old man in a hat topic.

This was my favorite hat of all time. The picture is from my retirement party.

so no helmet pics?

My wife said "you can't wear that except to Yellow Springs!"
So, of course, I wear it everywhere.
Get compliments from young women, and inebriated middle aged women.

O.S.

I usually have some kind of boonie hat when I'm out and about. Easy to roll up and store when not in use.

This one is my favorite cold weather hat. Wife bought it from Patagonia close to 20 years ago.

Nice hat. What are you flying?

I ferried an RV4 from Port Angeles to Santa Paula for my friend that just bought it. Terrible weather, lots of rain and cold. Got stuck overnight in Grant's Pass. Cool trip though!

I had to google an RV4. Looks like a fun airplane.

This one has an O-320 with a 3 blade constant speed MT prop and does 190 mph at 10,500 burning 7.3 gallons an hour. It's easy to fly too!

Bluside, This is a killer pic of you! Dig your hat too!