Quote Originally Posted by highlander_Daz View Post
As I said the Balmoral always reminds me of Archie the Inventor, In Scotland if you wear a hat its normally beacsuse your a piper or, god fobid -a Drummer, it is a fact that its mostly tourists here that wear tams and Balmorals, other than the Tartan Army, I rarely wear hats other than for pipeing, Ive always fancied a Top hat like Slash, or a cowboy hat, I have a few wooly hats and a fair collection of Glengarrys and feather Bonnet, trouble If someones wearing a hat I always think they are an "undercover baldy" wheras thats maybe a little unkind, however Id never suggest that wearing a glen or a tam with the Kilt is incorrect, I quite like those "CU Jimmy" tartan caps with the red hair poking out the bottom

It's not that I'm an "undercover baldy",as you put it. In fact, if I didn't shave my head, I would have thinning hair on top, and in cooler months I often go hatless. But, being in Scotland, I guess you don't experience the kind of temperatures and sun conditions we have here in Virginia during July and August.The temperatures are often over 100F(38C) and humidity near 100 percent at times. Believe me,you do not want to experience a "scalp burn". It is quite painful. Add to this, I have already had cancer so I use any available protection against getting skin cancer, including a hat.