Think the old Akrubra has had it's day.
Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 18:05
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Member - Kim M (VIC)
Doing a bit of packing yesterday, and happen to look across at the old hat sitting on
the bench in the garage. Sad looking thing it is.
A bit off time back we crossed an old wire fence buried in the ground. Given my good luck it finished up wrapped around the lower guts of the car. Buggar!
Got under the car, and started to cut it off. One piece came off like a rocket and tore a three inch cut up the front of the hat.
I was leaning there in the garage, looking at all the cuts, stains and sweat this old hat had gone through.
It's survived wire, a tree fall, dog chewing, a few pub blues fire and just about everything else.
The thought came to me, that a lot of memories are contained in a man's hat.....
Now I have to start all over again.
Regards
Kim
Reply By: Member - barry F (NSW) - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 18:17
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 18:17
Onya Kim. You are right about a lot of memories contained in a man's hat & a new one never seems quiet right until you break it in & it sort of becomes an accepted part of your head & then the day comes & they become as one!!
Don't chuck the old one out, hang it in your shed & as time goes by it will remind you of many times you shared to gether.
I enjoy your many posts on all things, many of which are about days gone by. Maybe you could do one on your favourite hat & the adventures you had in it ? LOL & cheers.
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Reply By: Member - Jack - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 18:50
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 18:50
Sounds to me like it is just about ready to wear now : )
Good yarn tho'. Like losing a close friend. Hope the nest one has as many adventures.
Jack
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Reply By: Member - bushfix - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:02
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:02
pig's arse Kim,
"three inch cut up the front of the hat."
mate my old girl (let me rephrase that) hat has a five inch gash across the brow from the hard yards we have done together. i just can't bring myself to change just yet.
you have to wear them, sleep in them, change tyres in them, kneel down in the hot gravel with them, sit down for smoko on them, drink
water out of them, talk to them, smille at them.......
or is that just me.........ha ha
but then, as you said...
"a lot of memories are contained in a man's hat."
too right.
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Follow Up By: Member - barry F (NSW) - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:12
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:12
AAAhhh. If only Slim Dusty were still around!! He could tell a tale or two about his old felt hat!! Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Glenn G (QLD) - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:12
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:12
Kim
I know how you feel .I have had a couple of hats like that ,been through thick and thin and a lot of good memories contained !SWIMBO could not understand why I was so attached to this recycled rabbit ! hard to throw out the remnants of a hard worn hat !
Cheers
Giffo
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Reply By: Member - Footloose - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:26
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:26
Never mess with a bloke's hat.
It's on the llist below the dog but above the wife :)
Actually the memories are under the hat.
"That there old hat/dog of
mine..." (apologies to Henry Lawson)
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:43
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:43
if you won't take my dog in, you don't take me. He's got a broken leg and wants fixing up just - just as much as - as I do....
and this here old dog, has follered me for - for ten years; through floods and droughts, through fair times and - and hard - mostly hard; and kept me from going mad when I had no mate nor money on the lonely track; and watched over me for weeks when i was drunk.....
yeah....
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Follow Up By: Member - Footloose - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:49
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 19:49
Well done.
What about the Chinaman's ghost, speaking of hats ?
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 20:08
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 20:08
oooih mate, that is a campfire yarn....
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Follow Up By: Member - Kim M (VIC) - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 20:34
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 20:34
Bushfix
Don't start me on Damn Dog.
She knows we're heading off bush. She driving me bloody crazy at the moment.
Any way, if travellers come across a scruffy old fella having a bit of a blue with a dog on the side of the road some where between
Wilcannia,
White Cliffs, or the way up to Tilterweira Station, stop and have a chat.
Regards
Kim
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Follow Up By: Member - Footloose - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 21:37
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 21:37
Campfire yarn alright.
Tap..tap tap...tap tap tap :))))
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Reply By: Waynepd (NSW) - Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 20:12
Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008 at 20:12
Whatever you do don't toss it out.... it should go straight to
the pool room where you can reminisce with mates over a coldy or six.
I only got my first Akubra back in 2005 in
Innamincka Pub. I was sipping on a Pale Ale and it caught my eye, asked to try it on and it sat up there like it belonged. That was it, its become a part of me now. Can't wait to get some years up on it....
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