1964, Florence NJ, I’m driving my buddy’s ’57 270 HP Corvette. I’m on a 4 lane highway and I see this little sports car up at the red light. I pull up next to him. He’s wearing one of those caps. His girlfriend is wearing a scarf on her head. Both cars with the tops down. He looks over and nods. I nod back. Look on the side of the car, IDK what it is. Says “ELAN”.
Light turns green and that fucker is GONE! NO burning rubber, just gone. I finally catch him in 3rd gear. I motion for him to pull over. We both pull over. Turns out it’s a Lotus Elan. Little 4 cylinder sportscar.
I was impressed.
had a chance to buy a lotus cheap back in the day. big problem though- I didn’t fit in the damn car. it looked cool as anything too.
AKA- “Cocksucker hat”” courtesy of early ’70’s Motocross Action magazine.
I sense that a lot of people would agree that you going bald is an improvement.
have a friend who is bald and he does say they are warm.
I still have a ton of hair thanks to mom’s side of things.
but I have often thought about getting one of them
I’ve been bald since I graduated High School @ 17+, as was my Dad, as happened to my son: genetic, I think in my dad’s line.
I refuse to wear one of those, or a baseball cap: I look like an anal pore; even the wife agrees! but when the skin doc said, “With your Czechoslovak/German skin you’re growing all sorts of cancers on top and you have to keep your head covered…
I found a couple of “cowboy” hats: one winter felt Stetson, one summer straw.
Work perfectly: even the doc is impressed and I’m happier with far fewer surgeries and nitrogen freeze-offs.
I’ve got plenty of hair, but with my German ancestry, I’ve been having pieces cut and frozen off me for 40 years. Maybe my occupation had something to do with it. Naahhh, probably not.
Oh, it’s one of those hats you see on hipster snobs who only drink shitty IPAs, shave their heads, and drive Volkswagen jettas.
Just get a rastaman dreadlocks wig. You never have to wash it.
I’m told that I’m going bald because I wear a ball cap & pull my hair back under it. I don’t know but nobody else in my family is going or has gone bald.
I am bald on top and I just shaved the rest close so it is all bald. It is easier to take care of so I do not have to do much. I then will wear a cap during the sunlight to keep from getting a sunburn.
My sons are in their mid to late 30s but take after their mom so they are not loosing hair. My Father-in-Law had his hair until he died when he was 80.
Bald on top, mostly. 1/4 German. Boonie in the summer and knit cap all winter.
But I don’t see anybody at all, on a regular basis. except the fedex guy and one nearest neighbor. I don’t know about skin problems, it just feels like the sun cooks my brain. Always did wear a hat. Even had one of those caps from a girl, but that didn’t last long.
It’s good to be Irish. My Dad wore one well. I’m not there yet, maybe some day.
I wear this style of hat because DILLIGAF, That’s what I call them.
Those of us Bustednuckles readers who aren’t bald, next time you’re at the barber, ask if you can collect the floor sweepings. Then send them off so that Phil and Cederq can run their hands through the package, remembering the olden days of their youth, misspent though it was!
I wear one.
My wife prefers how I look wearing. No More Ballcaps for me.
As long as she likes it, I don’t care what strangers think.
1964, Florence NJ, I’m driving my buddy’s ’57 270 HP Corvette. I’m on a 4 lane highway and I see this little sports car up at the red light. I pull up next to him. He’s wearing one of those caps. His girlfriend is wearing a scarf on her head. Both cars with the tops down. He looks over and nods. I nod back. Look on the side of the car, IDK what it is. Says “ELAN”.
Light turns green and that fucker is GONE! NO burning rubber, just gone. I finally catch him in 3rd gear. I motion for him to pull over. We both pull over. Turns out it’s a Lotus Elan. Little 4 cylinder sportscar.
I was impressed.
had a chance to buy a lotus cheap back in the day. big problem though- I didn’t fit in the damn car. it looked cool as anything too.
AKA- “Cocksucker hat”” courtesy of early ’70’s Motocross Action magazine.
I sense that a lot of people would agree that you going bald is an improvement.
have a friend who is bald and he does say they are warm.
I still have a ton of hair thanks to mom’s side of things.
but I have often thought about getting one of them
I’ve been bald since I graduated High School @ 17+, as was my Dad, as happened to my son: genetic, I think in my dad’s line.
I refuse to wear one of those, or a baseball cap: I look like an anal pore; even the wife agrees! but when the skin doc said, “With your Czechoslovak/German skin you’re growing all sorts of cancers on top and you have to keep your head covered…
I found a couple of “cowboy” hats: one winter felt Stetson, one summer straw.
Work perfectly: even the doc is impressed and I’m happier with far fewer surgeries and nitrogen freeze-offs.
I’ve got plenty of hair, but with my German ancestry, I’ve been having pieces cut and frozen off me for 40 years. Maybe my occupation had something to do with it. Naahhh, probably not.
Oh, it’s one of those hats you see on hipster snobs who only drink shitty IPAs, shave their heads, and drive Volkswagen jettas.
Just get a rastaman dreadlocks wig. You never have to wash it.
https://www.amazon.com/Dreadlock-Jamaican-Costume-Dreadlocks-Hippie/dp/B07RMDTV7N/ref=asc_df_B07RMDTV7N?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80882941400134&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584482468249890&psc=1
I’m told that I’m going bald because I wear a ball cap & pull my hair back under it. I don’t know but nobody else in my family is going or has gone bald.
I am bald on top and I just shaved the rest close so it is all bald. It is easier to take care of so I do not have to do much. I then will wear a cap during the sunlight to keep from getting a sunburn.
My sons are in their mid to late 30s but take after their mom so they are not loosing hair. My Father-in-Law had his hair until he died when he was 80.
Bald on top, mostly. 1/4 German. Boonie in the summer and knit cap all winter.
But I don’t see anybody at all, on a regular basis. except the fedex guy and one nearest neighbor. I don’t know about skin problems, it just feels like the sun cooks my brain. Always did wear a hat. Even had one of those caps from a girl, but that didn’t last long.
It’s good to be Irish. My Dad wore one well. I’m not there yet, maybe some day.
I wear this style of hat because DILLIGAF, That’s what I call them.
Those of us Bustednuckles readers who aren’t bald, next time you’re at the barber, ask if you can collect the floor sweepings. Then send them off so that Phil and Cederq can run their hands through the package, remembering the olden days of their youth, misspent though it was!
I wear one.
My wife prefers how I look wearing. No More Ballcaps for me.
As long as she likes it, I don’t care what strangers think.
“If the wife ain’t happy…”