Thread: lets find a hat for carl

Originally Posted by Sailor

Things are relative. I have a good mate/friend/ystävä (Finnish) who lived there (Melbourne) for almost 10 years, first working for Nokia and then got his own business. Then he came back here (that is a thing nobody still really understands) and got not-so-nice (although everything is relative) and overbearing wife. We call such creatures as cabin frights.
There were many things he told about Australia but cold climate was never one of these.

Perhaps cold didn't come up, or maybe Finns are immune to cold.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I thought he already has one????


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Wow didn't know Carl was a ranga, that opens up a whole new world of ridicule :-)

Melbourne winter can be extremely cold and yet only be around 1-2c, the problem is, we have high moisture levels compared to places that snow.
I have been to many places around the world with snow and sub zero temps and find it far more comfortable than a typical Melbourne winter.
I also have a friend from Finland living in Melbourne and she complains constantly how cold it gets here.

Originally Posted by ratbag

Melbourne winter can be extremely cold and yet only be around 1-2c, the problem is, we have high moisture levels compared to places that snow.
I have been to many places around the world with snow and sub zero temps and find it far more comfortable than a typical Melbourne winter.
I also have a friend from Finland living in Melbourne and she complains constantly how cold it gets here.

Things are relative and depends on the wind as well. For me, the 'cold' is something between -10 C (14 F) and -20 C (4 F) depending on a wind (and here in the coastline it always winds straight either from the north pole or Poland). And the 'hot' means something more than 20 C (68 F). At 25 C (77 F) i'll take my coat and leave...

Originally Posted by Sailor

Things are relative and depends on the wind as well. For me, the 'cold' is something between -10 C (14 F) and -20 C (4 F) depending on a wind (and here in the coastline it always winds straight either from the north pole or Poland). And the 'hot' means something more than 20 C (68 F). At 25 C (77 F) i'll take my coat and leave...

I have a lot of respect for the Finns, this comes from seeing many crazy photos on the net of Finns doing all sorts of outdoor activities in extreme cold with nothing more than casual clothing on.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

What did you make it from, almost looks like leather

If the cow was still kickin' what who gave up a bit of her hide for that hat, she'd up and boot you in the goolies I reckon!


Mick

Originally Posted by ratbag

But Carl is an Aussie, he should be wearing an Akubra

I had an Akubra with a Stetson label inside. Best of both worlds.

That just made the label wrong, not the hat .


Mick

Originally Posted by Sailor

Maybe this would solve the problem for both hat and coat.

Get some matching pants and run through the woods with that on. I dare ya !

So... having read this thread there seem to be some keywords to take into consideration in choosing a hat for Carl.
~ grey. Australia. daughter. winter. warm. ~

I think this one fits the criteria nicely