[at-l] Bandanna Quest

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 03:09 PM 10/27/2005 -0700, Ms Nira Duvan wrote:
>You know Mags, you're making me nervous.  Here I am a
>little newbie looking up to you to help me on my quest
>to hike the AT, looking to your advice on high-tech
>gear, and yet it takes you the better part of an
>afternoon and trips to multiple stores to find your
>hankie?
>
>Should I be worried here?
>
>Chim Chim
>--- Paul Magnanti <pmags@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes..yes..I can get them online., But I shouldn't
> > have
> > to place a toll free phone call and give a credit
> > card
> > number to buy a piece of cotton fabric. C'est la
> > vie.
> >
> > Anyway, it was just a story. Thought people would
> > find
> > it is amusing how hard it was to find a simple,
> > fundemental backpacking item.

No, he's just choosey. He doesn't want something that will spark 
controversy while he's hiking and thus interfere with the pleasure of being 
out in the woods.

I have a different problem with bandanas. I have *lots* of them. For 
several years my wife and kids would buy me bandanas as gifts and I have at 
least a dozen including some of those Harley ones, 3-4 Kung-Fu motif, 
several of the old fashioned paisley ones, an ADK High Peaks map one, 2 
blue ones with white polka dots, 2 green ones with a black pattern on them 
and one US flag one. That's not the problem though. My problem is that I 
wish they made them 22x22 instead of 21x21. I have just barely enough to 
tie it around my head with the standard size.