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This afternoon I dropped my grandfather's flat cap off at Salmagundi in Jamaica Plain for repair. The proprietor expects to be able to patch it and replace the reinforcement inside the upper portion of cloth, which turns out not to be the same as the visor. It dates from the 1950's and was made by one particular company in New Jersey, although my grandfather could have bought it anywhere. I should get it back in two to three weeks. In the meantime I have no hat and it is very disorienting, not to mention—in the current weather—cold. I will have to figure out something. My broad-brimmed straw hat of the last eight years finally gave up the ghost last winter when Autolycus used it as a bed. There was no way for the duct tape to survive that much fur.

(I had a nice time walking around Centre Street with derspatchel. We will have to come back for the bookstore on Green Street some non-Sunday when it doesn't close at six o'clock.)

In the meantime, I have learned the reason that sharp flashes of pain have been startling up my left arm from the elbow at frequent intervals since I woke up on Friday: I have somehow strained or inflamed the biceps tendon. I am back to my old friend Ace bandage and regular application of cold and heat. I keep finding parts of my body I didn't know I could break. I have new books, though, and I don't need two working elbows to read them.

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I seem to have done same with a tendon in my neck. Heat and cold, you say? I'm on it. Thanks for the tip.

I'm so glad you're getting the hat repaired!

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Do you know if the shop often gets 1950s hats brought in for repair, or are you on your way to becoming a legend?

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Do you know if the shop often gets 1950s hats brought in for repair, or are you on your way to becoming a legend?

I am afraid they once restored a hat from the Civil War, so I am not a legend, but the proprietor was still pretty impressed to see it.

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I think you'll still be a legend.

I was mighty impressed the proprietor could identify the hat's origin from the tag, which to my recollection didn't have "New Jersey" written on it. If indeed the tag did have that then it's slightly less impressive, but the fellow really knew his stuff all around.

[sovay]

I think you'll still be a legend.

Mow.

If indeed the tag did have that then it's slightly less impressive, but the fellow really knew his stuff all around.

It had the very faded company logo on it, which he seemed to place at a glance. I was impressed. I am very happy that hat shops still exist which engage in this kind of repair and restoration.

[sovay]

I seem to have done same with a tendon in my neck. Heat and cold, you say? I'm on it. Thanks for the tip.

You're welcome. Also, yikes. Feel better soon.

I'm so glad you're getting the hat repaired!

Thank you!