That hat had been comfortable for about 30 years. I think my Dad got a good deal, seems like he paid the glorious sum of $4 for it when I was 12.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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