NP [this time for sure!!!] Bilocations

[Dave Monroe]

On 1/25/08, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1/25/08, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> an oversized black felt hat

wideawake hat
AKA "Quaker Hat" - worn between @1720 - 1817; Victoria Wren's uncle
from Australia with wideawake hat, 72; "God wore a wideawake hat" 73;
the Gaucho in, 161; "a drunken soldier in a wideawake hat who carried
a Mauser" 262

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/v/alpha/w.html

73/72 - God wore a wideawake hat
A Wideawake Hat is a men's hat resembling those worn by the Quakers
that settled parts of the United States. They are usually made from
black or brown felt and have a fairly wide brim that is upturned
slightly (maybe 15 degrees) from the base of the hat on the left and
right sides, while being pretty flat on the front and back with a
fairly blunt top (as opposed to the well rounded top of a bowler).
Usually there is also a fairly tall black hatband around the base,
just above the brim.

http://v.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_3