[at-l] Bandanna Quest

[bluetrail at aol.com (bluetrail@aol.com)]

 Oh, Jim, that tying a standard bandanna around your head problem really got me--cause I have the same problem (not easy for a woman to admit she has a HUGE head).  I found it helps to roll the bandanna up and knot it BEFORE I put it on my head.  I leave tiny little tails on the knot and then push the pre-tied bandanna down over my head.  I know it's going to take 99.9% of the bandana just to get around my cranium.
 
Another use for a bandana--potential sling for an injured arm.  There's also a way to tie one and safety pin it to give a sprained ankle more support.
 
Joan, the bandana queen (14 different ones and still collecting)
bluetrail@aol.com
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Bullard <jbullar1@twcny.rr.com>
To: Ms Nira Duvan <nduvan@yahoo.com>; pmags@yahoo.com; at-l@backcountry.net
Sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:41:32 -0400
Subject: Re: [at-l] Bandanna Quest


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. 
 
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