Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-19 Thread Loren Faeth
- Original Message - From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat? i bought some cheap chinese clearance

Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-19 Thread Loren Faeth
Subject: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat? i bought some cheap chinese clearance hats mail order. my head measures about 59 1/2 cm and it seems from my adventure at the western store messing with cowboy hats that a 7 1/2 works best for me in a nice stiff stetson

Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-19 Thread Bill R
: Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat? Just get a fatter head! At 09:41 PM 6/18/2008, you wrote: yeah, that's my thought, except i'm not that confident the hat won't fall apart. might be worth a shot though. On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-19 Thread Gary Hurst
- From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat? i bought some cheap chinese clearance hats mail order. my head

Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-19 Thread R A Bennell
PM Subject: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat? i bought some cheap chinese clearance hats mail order. my head measures about 59 1/2 cm and it seems from my adventure at the western store messing with cowboy hats that a 7 1/2 works best for me in a nice stiff stetson

[MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-18 Thread Gary Hurst
i bought some cheap chinese clearance hats mail order. my head measures about 59 1/2 cm and it seems from my adventure at the western store messing with cowboy hats that a 7 1/2 works best for me in a nice stiff stetson. this would make me an XL on the charts, so i order 3 very cheap chinese

Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-18 Thread Wilton Strickland
How 'bout wetting it, then heat it. Wilton - Original Message - From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat? i bought

Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-18 Thread Gary Hurst
PROTECTED] To: Banned List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat? i bought some cheap chinese clearance hats mail order. my head measures about 59 1/2 cm and it seems from my

Re: [MBZ] anyone know how to shrink straw hat?

2008-06-18 Thread Rich Thomas
The best way would be to soak it (the hat not your head, though that might expandyour head some to fit the hat) and then leave it sit in the sun to dry. The other approach would be to become a politician, then you would have to stretch all the hats to fit your head. --R Gary Hurst wrote: i