Adventurebilt Hats Testimonials and Photos

namebrand · Post by **namebrand** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:26 pm

I am the guy that built Fedora's site and I am currently making a testimonial and photos section for the site and wanted to collect testimonials and photos for it. If anyone would like to add their photos and/or testimonials to the site please email them to me.

What I require is:
Name
Address (this is just to give people an idea of where in the world the hats are, I plan to display City, State/Prov, and country, but if you are uncomfortable with displaying that much info, State/Prov and Country would be good too)
Testimonial
Up to 2 photos (if you have a personal photo album of your Adventurebilt hat I can also include a link to it)

You can post just photos, or just a testimonial, or both.

Email them to john @ name-brand.net (remove the spaces).

Once I get a few I will make the section live so everyone can see and add the testimonials as they come.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:54 pm

Come on guys. I would love to have your pic up. I have seen some really good ones. I think that I have permisson to use Hemingway's and The Binkmeister's. If you two do not have them, I saved em' and will email them to Namebrand. He is a great guy to do this. I appreciate you feller!! Fedora

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:00 pm

Yep, Fedora, you have permission to use the pics I sent you. (Does this give me a discount on my next AdventureBilt?

) I'll work on a testimonial soon.

bink

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:04 pm

I'll pose one for you once the weather warms up, Steve. Though, man, you can't beat Bink's pix, really.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:20 pm

Thanks guys. They don't have to be from exotic locales. I will be happy with pics of you sitting around a picnic table, sipping a brew, or iced tea.

On the testamonials, I really don't care one way of the other. Just pics will suffice. I don't want it to be a selling tool, just a place to show everyone you and your AB. Axthe testamonial if you wish. I would rather have just the pics. Plus, I can only make a limited number of hats. A testamonial might push me over the edge of keeping up. I am serious. I am afraid, I am not set up to do any volume And, I do not want to be. This is a passion and hobby of mine, nothing more. regards, Fedora

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:23 pm

best hobbyist ever!

namebrand · Post by **namebrand** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:30 pm

Fedora is right, if I didn't make it clear in my first post you don't HAVE to have a testimonial, you can just submit a couple photos if you want.

Thanks for the kind words Fedora, I am glad to help you out.

Edit: Typo

Neolithic · Post by **Neolithic** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:52 pm

I'm off to a wildlife reserve on the weekend, I'll try and get some photos with some more Kangaroos!

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:00 pm

I'm going to LA tomorrow and torn as whether to bring my Adventurebilt or not. I don't want it wrecked or stolen. ...but it might make for good photos. *angst!*

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:02 pm

Fedora and namebrand,
You absolutely have my permission to post my pictures. I am proud to have them posted up there. If you need me to send some more or anything else, I would be more than happy.
Thanks and all the best,
HJ

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:13 pm

namebrand,
I sent you an email. If you do not receive it, please let me know.
Best,
HJ

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:53 pm

As soon as I get some better pics of me in my Adventurebilt, you can bet that I will send them off to you for use on your site asap!

Oh and Snakewhip, no one will steal your hat in LA if you keep it on your head. A lot of the stories about LA are greatly exaggerated, unless you're in the ghetto. However, I doubt you're going to go to the ghetto. Just keep your eyes open and your wits about you, and your hat will be fine. Keep it on your head, or your lap if you're out eating someplace.

Regards,
Strider

Indycraze71 · Post by **Indycraze71** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:49 pm

Can use anything I have posted here for your site Fedora...I'll get to work on my testimonial! Brett

Falstaff · Post by **Falstaff** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:55 pm

Just as soon as I can get some photos of my hat, I'd be honored to have you use them.

Shiva · Post by **Shiva** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:06 am

Fedora, did you get the pictures that Art Fawcett took of mine at his shop? You have permission to use those and I would love to see how they came out.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:43 am

Steve, go ahead and forward those pics onto Namebrand. If you need me to resend them, I can do that. If I write a testimonial, it'd be short and sweet. Promise!

bink

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:12 pm

I got yours sent Bink, but lost the ones Hemingway sent me when my pc crashed. Do you still have yours to send Hemingway? Fedora

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:51 pm

Absolutely,
I sent links to name-brand yesterday to my Fotki site. I told him he could just take them from there: http://public.fotki.com/HemingwayJones/ ... _shot.html -Anything he wanted. If he has a problem downloading them, or something, please let me know and I will send them to him as jpegs or whatever format he needs.
I also wrote a nice pithy testimonial extolling the virtures of the Adventurebilt! He should be all set. Thanks for including me.

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:10 am

Shiva wrote:Fedora, did you get the pictures that Art Fawcett took of mine at his shop? You have permission to use those and I would love to see how they came out.

You sent your hat to Art? Re-block?

Regards,

Neolithic · Post by **Neolithic** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:00 am

The Adventurebilts rock. I sat on mine again and took a photo this arvo- turned it into my avatar- seem to be getting a nice reverse taper.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:50 am

thanks for the info guys.

Shiva · Post by **Shiva** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:12 pm

Strider,
I did have Art reblock my Adventurebilt because I had messed with it so much. Turned out beautifully and I wear it every day and don't mess with it anymore. Arts shop is very close to me so I just dropped by with it. He has helped me with several hats now but I am sad to say that he is retiring and moving away soon. The good news is that he plans to keep his hat shop open for mail order and internet sales after he moves but his vintage clothing shop is going to be liquidated when he moves.

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:29 pm

Shiva wrote:

I did have Art reblock my Adventurebilt because I had messed with it so much.

I am so happy that you rebloacked that hat! Though you should have sent it to Fedora. I know that Art is a consummate professional, but to get that Raiders block right, it has to go to Fedora.
Anyway, I am glad you reblocked it and I am glad you're happy.

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:21 pm

I see the Testimonial page is up. It looks great! There are some excellent photos and comments on there.

Post by **Michaelson** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:57 pm

What's the web address again? (Steve, you're going to have to add a link in your signature to get folks to your site.) Regards. Michaelson

indybill · Post by **indybill** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:35 pm

Here you go

http://www.adventurebilthats.com/

Post by **Michaelson** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:35 pm

Thank you! Regards. Michaelson

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:53 pm

Hey, Hemingway, they've got pics of guys who look just like us! Oh, waitaminute.... 8-[

bink

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:23 pm

On the testimonial page, the pictures say that you can click on them to enlarge the picture. I could not get this feature to work. The window with the larger picture never appeared. Did this work for anyone else?

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:21 pm

I experienced that, too.

Regards,
Strider

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:55 pm

bink wrote:

Hey, Hemingway, they've got pics of guys who look just like us! Oh, waitaminute....
bink

You know, pal, you are right! But they have different names... Hmmm. I don't recall licensing my image to anyone.

namebrand · Post by **namebrand** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:02 am

Bufflehead Jones wrote:On the testimonial page, the pictures say that you can click on them to enlarge the picture. I could not get this feature to work. The window with the larger picture never appeared. Did this work for anyone else?

Do you have a pop-up blocker or javascript disabled? It uses javascript pop-up windows for the larger images.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:02 pm

I have a pop up blocker on this new XP software. How does one disable it? I can't seem to find it under "settings"

Thanks, Fedora

Modern Jones · Post by **Modern Jones** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:47 pm

Fedora wrote:I have a pop up blocker on this new XP software. How does one disable it? I can't seem to find it under "settings" Thanks, Fedora

If you're using Internet Explorer... go to the top menus:

Tools->Pop-Up Blocker->Turn off Pop-Up Blocker

Course, it's always a good idea to turn it back on!

When a pop-up happens you can click on the yellow banner at the top of the window and allow it to the "White List" or "Allowed".

Skip

Kris · Post by **Kris** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:44 pm

I use Mozilla Firefox, I disabled the popups for the site, and yet, ti stil is NOT working

Mola Ram · Post by **Mola Ram** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:12 pm

I dont have pop up blocker and i am also experienceing this issue.
Steve the site looks great, im really glad that things are working out well for you.
Adam

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:43 pm

Whew! I thought it was just that I don't know a dang thing about computers.

namebrand · Post by **namebrand** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:47 am

Ah, thanks for pointing it out guys. There was an error in the code, should be working fine now.

I apologize for any inconveniences this might have caused.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:53 pm

Yep, mine is working great!! Fedora

Colby · Post by **Colby** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:50 am

On the testimonial page if you could make the scrollbar color match the color of the rest of the page like a brownish it would look much nicer and natural.

namebrand · Post by **namebrand** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:25 am

I had thought about changing the colour of the scroll bar, but it would only work in IE and I try to make my sites as close to cross browser compatible as possible.

VP · Post by VP » Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:41 am

Yeah, scrollbar coloring works only in Internet Explorer and it is not approved by W3C.

You could also validate the source.

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:51 pm

Steve, you're welcome to use these pix if you like:

yeah, a few weeks late, but what can you do?

Harry Shearer, me in the Adventurebilt, and Michael Palin.

I have more of a similar nature coming soon.

Indiana Texas-girl · Post by **Indiana Texas-girl** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:26 am

Wow, that Queen pic is fabulous! The hat color looks great there!

How did you meet those two guys? Story background please.

What did they think of your Indygear?

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:01 am

Thanks, I sent it to Namebrand. regards, Steve

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:49 pm

Indiana Texas-girl wrote:How did you meet those two guys? Story background please. What did they think of your Indygear?

They made no comments about the hat, but one lady working there said they must've been excited to meet Indiana Jones - a playful jab.

As for the story, such as it is, it's here in another thread.

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:25 pm

Here's how the lovely ladies of Hollywood wear an Adventurebilt (at 2am after many drinks, but just before going to Roscoe's chicken and Waffles):

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:38 pm

Uh, not being from the West Coast, is she indicating she wants two more drinks, the time of morning, or how many of YOU she sees at the moment?

Regards. Michaelson

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:41 pm

uhhhhh. yes?

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:43 pm

Thought so.

Regards. Michaelson