Quote Originally Posted by thescot View Post
Anyone my age probably has parents who grew up poor; it was the Great Depression after all. . . and we would "go downtown" wearing our best coats and ties if not suits, . . . and attend to our affairs while wearing very smart snap brim hats. (I was about 5 or 6 when this started.). . .
I too got my first snap-brim hat at the age of five, a hand-me-down, of course. I remember my father making a big point of always snapping the front of the brim down "or else you'll look like some yahoo who doesn't even know his own name." I sneaked off out of his sight, turned the brim up, and was vastly disappointed that I could still remember my name.

No, I don't want to be five again, but the memory amuses me.

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