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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:17:43 PM EDT
Where I grew up in the Midwest every man wore a cheaply made mesh-backed hat with a big ass panel front. Reagan was president and times were good and a man’s hat usually matched the beer he drank. They were walking billboards for their beer. My dad worked a 9-5 job in a suit and played on a bar-sponsored softball team with his buddies after work. Off came the suit and on went the Miller’s hat. You earned bonus points if your brim was flat in the center and angled on the sides. Beer was cheap and when you worked on a car with your friends it was either a six-pack job or a twelve-pack job. Those were good times.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:19:15 PM EDT
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They were comfortable in hot, humid weather.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:22:40 PM EDT
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Hipster thing now.
That PBR one in particular has been culturally appropriated |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:25:30 PM EDT
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Blatz, Hamms, and Schlitz too
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:26:54 PM EDT
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Marlboro points were more better
“Daddy’s gotta smoke a few more cases so you can get that tent son” |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:28:14 PM EDT
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We always called them trucker hats.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:29:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:31:01 PM EDT
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Oh fuck yeah. I know what this guy is getting for Christmas.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:31:37 PM EDT
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I got that exact PBR one at a bar promo like 3 years ago
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:31:57 PM EDT
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The NRA used to send out those foam and mesh hats with gold leaf on the bill.
A gun show standard for years. |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:34:47 PM EDT
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My dad's weekend attire was one of those hats and Bike coach shorts.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:37:52 PM EDT
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Not beer related,and I know some don't like Columbia stuff, but I got one of these at Cabelas: https://www.columbia.com/columbia-mesh-tree-flag-ball-cap-1837101.html?cgid=accessories-hats&dwvar_1837101_variationColor=257#pgsize=48&start=0
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:38:36 PM EDT
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The NRA used to send out those foam and mesh hats with gold leaf on the bill. A gun show standard for years.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:38:43 PM EDT
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Hipster thing now. That PBR one in particular has been culturally appropriated |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:40:15 PM EDT
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Mine read
Abu Garcia. |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:41:32 PM EDT
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Trucker hats
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:41:50 PM EDT
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Seemed like every trucker in the 80s movies had one on.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:43:20 PM EDT
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LOL
I didn't even know they made fitted baseball caps until the 90's. Ours always had the cheap plastic adjustable straps. 
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:43:57 PM EDT
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Where I grew up in the Midwest every man wore a cheaply made mesh-backed hat with a big ass panel front. Reagan was president and times were good and a man’s hat usually matched the beer he drank. They were walking billboards for their beer. My dad worked a 9-5 job in a suit and played on a bar-sponsored softball team with his buddies after work. Off came the suit and on went the Miller’s hat. You earned bonus points if your brim was flat in the center and angled on the sides. Beer was cheap and when you worked on a car with your friends it was either a six-pack job or a twelve-pack job. Those were good times. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/259519/C655ACA3-9B2E-4F42-8163-BA533DBCDD8D_jpeg-1126586.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/259519/BECA582A-47D8-40B0-82EE-87930CAD3588_jpeg-1126587.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/259519/2344485D-E1D4-4C22-8998-F86D1F89E8E0_jpeg-1126588.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/259519/33DC9136-9CBC-4376-A623-F7066C324E52_jpeg-1126590.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/259519/0A4627F1-1649-4E65-AE09-D376DBE13004_jpeg-1126591.JPG |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:43:58 PM EDT
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I remember those. Mine were all car hats. I remember having a Hooker Headers, Hurst Shifters & Accel hats.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:45:16 PM EDT
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Hated them then and hate them more now.
Why? Ashton Kutcher |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:48:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:51:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:53:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:53:40 PM EDT
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Never called it mesh hat, always trucker hat. I have many from years back.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:55:16 PM EDT
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Never called it mesh hat, always trucker hat. I have many from years back. DIESEL POWER? |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:56:09 PM EDT
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Most people look back on their childhood fondly because they were hopefully oblivious to the issues of the real world.
Interesting threads result |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 9:58:46 PM EDT
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Never called it mesh hat, always trucker hat. I have many from years back.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:00:11 PM EDT
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Ski equipment hats that were a good bit more streamlined for me
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:03:06 PM EDT
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Marlboro points were more better "Daddy's gotta smoke a few more cases so you can get that tent son" |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:04:28 PM EDT
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If I could find a good one, I’d probably wear it now. It’d go well with the mustache I've got going.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:06:01 PM EDT
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I remember a lot of CAT trucker hats back in the 70's and 80's. There were a lot of different variations of it IIRC.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:06:57 PM EDT
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CAT DIESEL POWER? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Never called it mesh hat, always trucker hat. I have many from years back. DIESEL POWER?  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:08:32 PM EDT
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If I could find a good one, I’d probably wear it now. It’d go well with the mustache I've got going. |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:10:43 PM EDT
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He was the son of a truck drivin mother.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:10:48 PM EDT
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I honestly love them.
I think if a company logos hats they should always offer a trucker mesh hat option. |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:11:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:11:31 PM EDT
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Not a trucker hat, but this was my favorite growing up. Grandad gave it to me, and I wore it just about every day. Nobody batted an eye at an 8 year old wearing a chewing tobacco hat.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:14:45 PM EDT
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I remember a lot of CAT trucker hats back in the 70's and 80's. There were a lot of different variations of it IIRC. As we always bought CAT equipment for the family company and there was a Goodyear plant in town back then before they moved it to Mexico |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:18:56 PM EDT
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My dad always wore CAT and Goodyear ones As we always bought CAT equipment for the family company and there was a Goodyear plant in town back then before they moved it to Mexico Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I remember a lot of CAT trucker hats back in the 70's and 80's. There were a lot of different variations of it IIRC. As we always bought CAT equipment for the family company and there was a Goodyear plant in town back then before they moved it to Mexico It was a great era back then. They were as someone mentioned previously, a walking billboard. Men wore the hats of the products they used. |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:21:07 PM EDT
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I had a Schlitz and Gennessee hat when I was like 10 years old my uncle gave me. Wore them all the time.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:23:45 PM EDT
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It became a cool trendy thing to do back in 2004 or 2005, at least here in southern California
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:27:41 PM EDT
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Whaddya mean 80's kid ?
Still get 'em at gun shows and flea markets. EVERYBODY wears them here. WTF are you on about ? 
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:28:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:30:19 PM EDT
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I get the hot, humid climate thing but I still think they look stupid.
They are kinda “in” nowadays for the in crowd. Still don’t get. |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:32:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:33:59 PM EDT
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They’re everywhere in my town and considered “hip “
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:36:51 PM EDT
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I have a few OG ones including a monster truck rally one from 1985 that I attended.
Gotta dig a couple of those out. |
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:37:08 PM EDT
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I get the hot, humid climate thing but I still think they look stupid. They are kinda “in” nowadays for the in crowd. Still don’t get. 
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:37:20 PM EDT
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I used to buy a shitload of hats to give away in the business to contractors and guys in the shop. Amazing how fast those things go.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 10:40:06 PM EDT
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If I could find a good one, I’d probably wear it now. It’d go well with the mustache I've got going. |
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