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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 10:14:57 JST AI6YR Ben

   Hmm, apparently hat sizing makes ZERO SENSE https://www.barmahhats.com.au/sizeguide

   #hats

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     oheso (oheso@ieji.de)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 10:14:55 JST oheso

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     • W6KME

     @W6KME @ai6yr Didn't Wodehouse write a short story about a delivery boy mixing up two gents' hats, and the gents kept wearing the wrong size because they refused to believe the haberdasher had made a mistake.

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 10:14:57 JST AI6YR Ben

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     HOW MANY DIFFERENT KIND OF INCHES DO WE HAVE IN THE WORLD?!?! Are inches smaller in the UK than in the US?!?! ARE FRENCH INCHES SMALLER?!?!?
     #hats

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     W6KME (w6kme@mastodon.radio)'s status on Saturday, 30-Aug-2025 10:14:57 JST W6KME

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     @ai6yr I think it's like clothes and shoes...numbers only have limited meaning and only within a single brand. I have hats-that fit well- from 7 1/4 to 7 5/8. That's a HUGE range, if you're not familiar with hat sizes.

     My head measures 58.5 cm, but it's more oval than round, so I need a 60 or 61. So even that number isn't very useful. Like shoes, you just have to try hats until you find one that fits.

     Most brands lack QC finely grained enough to commit to an actual measurement in cm.

     Steve's Place repeated this.