We're suppose to wash them ...??

Only if my wife is in the equation.

Funny you should say that. I've got an old Tilly-style hat (an old
Oshkosh hat, actually) that I use at the hotel when I mow the lawn.
(3 hours on a riding lawn mower, in Iowa summer sun.)

After 4 summers Mary insisted on washing it. I, of course, hadn't
noticed anything, but she just rolled her eyes and said it was gross
beyond belief.

It shrank, of course, but one good lawn mowing session produced enough
sweat to let it stretch back out.

And I've now got my 16-year-old son mowing the lawn, so no more
troubles!

:-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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