Headwear at the hardware and other random encountersA grey fedora sparked a chance encounter on a shopping trip for Bob Irvine. From its lived-in condition, the elderly wearer obviously adored his crown, and as a devotee of fine headwear myself, I could empathise. This was the second sighting of the "fed", and in the same place – the local hardware store. I was standing behind the sartorial superannuitant – my dream career path – and his wife in the queue for the checkouts. "Bugger the arthritic knees – a scary clown threatens to rule the world, with a nuclear arsenal at his short fingertips."

Source: Stuff October 21, 2016 19:07 UTC