Just need an excuse to show these

Post by **Mike** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:50 pm

Great pics!

Post by **Michaelson** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:04 pm

His partner is a real cutie!!

Where's HER hat, Dad?

Regards! Michaelson

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:13 pm

very nice. i love pics like those considering i'm a family man myself.

mark seven · Post by **mark seven** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:17 pm

Nice pics PJ!

..ya don't need to have an excuse to show off a great lookin lid around these parts!

WConly · Post by **WConly** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:53 pm

Great stuff here! I really enjoyed this! Thanks....lift for the day! W>

IndyFlyer · Post by **IndyFlyer** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:27 pm

I'm stuck on the night page tonight, those pics brought a smile to the long hours of my Friday. Oh yeah, good pic of your sidekick and your hat, I dig the brim.

J_Weaver · Post by **J_Weaver** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:38 pm

Great pics, man!!!

Texas Raider · Post by **Texas Raider** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:29 am

Alright, who's the jack#$$?!

(or is that a pony,,can't quite tell

)

TR

prairiejones · Post by **prairiejones** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:13 am

Texas Raider wrote:Alright, who's the jack#$$?!

(or is that a pony,,can't quite tell )

TR

It's somewhere in between. It's a mule.

Farnham54 · Post by **Farnham54** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:31 am

And that mule don't like people laughin....see he gets the idea, that maybe you are laughing at him, and that upsets him...so maybe you apologizin' to the mule, like I know you will, will make it better...

Clint Eastwood Sphagetti Westers anyone?

Cheers
Craig

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:11 pm

Those are great photos! You really should make one of those your new avatar.

The hat looks very good, too.

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:26 pm

Forget the hat!! That is a mighty fine mule you have there!!

Seriously, great pics! Those pics of the little ones puts a tear in my eye. All of my kids are grown, but this brings back wistful memories. Fedora

prairiejones · Post by **prairiejones** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:24 pm

Farnham54 wrote:And that mule don't like people laughin....see he gets the idea, that maybe you are laughing at him, and that upsets him...so maybe you apologizin' to the mule, like I know you will, will make it better...

Clint Eastwood Sphagetti Westers anyone?

Cheers
Craig

Especially if you call her a he!!!!

Fedora · Post by **Fedora** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:40 pm

Funny thing about mules-they are sterile. To get one, you have to breed a jack#$$ to a ginny. Hybrids they are.

I have fond memories of my grandpa's old plow mule-Jack. Even after all the farmers got the new fangled tractors, Pawpaw had to keep old Jack and put him out to pasture. When I was 14, Pawpaw taught me how to plow a mule, and as side benefit he said, I would learn to cuss.

(tho' not in his presence) Hollering out "gee" made the mule go one way, hollering "haw" make him go the opposite. Old Jack never learned english, which prompted me to take up cussing.

Gentlemen and mules do not make a good couple. Fedora

prairiejones · Post by **prairiejones** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:03 pm

This mules amazing.
I grew up in the city, but my dad always had a place out in the country. He use to have horses out there, and that's what we rode. As the youngest of four, when I finally joined the Marines and left the coup, they sold the city place and moved to the country one.
He got rid of the horses and got the mule about ten years ago. What a difference. The riding is amazing. She's easy to ride. She has more personality than horses do, IMHO. She's not as skid-dish. My theory is that it's the fact that she is not as in bred as a horse. Sort of like the difference between a mutt and a pure bread.
Anyway, thanks for all of the compliments. I wear my hat so much, that whenever I know I will be doing something in it that you all would appreciate, I take a pic.

IndyMo · Post by **IndyMo** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:55 am

Fedora wrote:Funny thing about mules-they are sterile. To get one, you have to breed a jack#$$ to a ginny. Hybrids they are.

No WAY, they make Hybrid mules now? What will they think of next?

Mo

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:51 am

IndyMo wrote:
Fedora wrote:Funny thing about mules-they are sterile. To get one, you have to breed a jack#$$ to a ginny. Hybrids they are.
No WAY, they make Hybrid mules now? What will they think of next?

Mo

Not sure it has any effect on thir carbon emmissons.

prairiejones · Post by **prairiejones** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:28 am

Had a quick twenty three hours in Chicago this weekend. I received more compliments on the hat in the few hours that I was wearing the suit than I have in the year and a half prior.

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:37 am

Make the second or third one in black and white or sepia toned, and there's nothing in the frame to suggest this wasn't taken in the 30's or 40's! The first one would work if you crop out the cars in the lower left hand corner.

NICELY done!!!

Looking good!

Regards! Michaelson

Nevada Jones · Post by **Nevada Jones** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:41 am

Great pics of you in Chicago. I was there over the summer for three months doing an internship and brought my Adventurebilt. In June, July, and August I wasn't able to wear it ONCE! WAAAAYYYY to humid. It would be perfect with a suit or leather jacket in the city now though.

Anyway, thanks for posting the pics, you look like you stepped straight out of the 30's or 40's!

Regards! Nevada

ttocsic chemical · Post by **ttocsic chemical** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:06 pm

Prairie; Those pics are awsome! The hat definately completes the suit and what a great background. Goes to show you that these hats can go from the farm, to the city, to just 'bout anywhere!

spiridon · Post by **spiridon** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:17 pm

Great shots, great look! I especially like the last two.

Magnum Jones · Post by **Magnum Jones** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:43 am

Great pics!!

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:11 am

My favorate gear shots have always been people in locations other then their own back yard or living room. And these pix prove why!

Awesome!

jeboat · Post by **jeboat** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:35 pm

I have always liked mules. It does seem they have a lot of "personality" but you learn to respect the mules' way, i.e. THEIR way!!!

jeboat

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:43 am

Huh. Could've sworn I'd commented. Wonderful pics, Prairie.

Indiana Max · Post by **Indiana Max** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:01 am

Unbelievable, at first I thought about Chicago, and then I read your descrpition.^^ Wonderful pics

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:08 pm

man that suit fits you nicely prarie....and the hat is the icing on the cake. nice pics. thanks for sharing.

prairiejones · Post by **prairiejones** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:33 pm

This is my Akubra that Fedora re blocked on his Raiders' block. I also have these pics in Steve's HJ Raiders thread.
It is a Federation Regular. I bashed it myself, using the Pagey technique, as always. i did use quite a bit of steam on the brim to get those nice bends. As anyone knows who has a RegFed, they are quite stiff. Using steam really set the brim shape in place. But I did follow my golden rule, no steam on the crown.
Anyway, it is perfect to me now. I must, once again, praise Steve for his fine work. I couldn't be happier. It still isn't as comfortable as my AB, but I love it very much.

blade runner · Post by **blade runner** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:38 pm

I'm pretty much a rookie at this, but that is a nice bash and a great looking hat. Seeing your earlier pictures in a suit reminds me of how I looked around the time when I got married (except for the hat). I'm now balder and fatter, but at least now I have the hat. Too bad I wasted so much time since then (20 years and counting) before I started wearing one. But, hey, it's never too late to become a gearhead, right?

prairiejones · Post by **prairiejones** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:59 pm

Thanks, blade runner. Never too late to get the gear. I waited twenty three years for these hats. Bye the way, freakin' awesome screen name!!!

zeus36 · Post by **zeus36** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:23 am

Guess that I'll be sending my Standard Fed to Fedora now for that reblock as well.

Just need an excuse to show these

Just need an excuse to show these

Nice hat, great mule!