Ed Rasimus wrote in message . ..

Actually in 23 years in the tactical community I never wore an
ascot--not even once. I did have a scarf in several squadrons, but it
was simply draped around the neck (and not outside the collar)--added
a dashing, devil-may-care touch when talking up the
fighter-pilot-groupies at the club after a hard day of flaring.

Ditto, and I hated them with a passion! Especially the fancy
synthetic ones that were hot and/or itchy - which is why I usually
"forgot" mine, or had it cut down to a one-inch strip that I wore
outside the collar. I hated the feel of that fake, useless "scarf"
around my neck. Worse than a tie!

I always thought that if we were going to wear scarves, make them out
of terrycloth so they could be used for something, like cleaning your
visor or glasses.

I did find a good use for them, however - tied to my luggage they make
for a quick ID at the airport baggage carousel...

And why couldn't we wear nice, useful squadron ballcaps (that would
actually be functional hats) instead of those stupid c*unt caps that
always ended up with a fold in the middle from being stuffed into a
flightsuit pocket, then needed an oilchange! When I was on the PACAF
Gunsmoke team in 83 we had a bunch of caps made up for all the air and
ground crew, and they were SO much better than those idiotic caps.

Grrrr...

Kirk