Brithunter;
Here they called those kind of trousers..pegs, or drapes..back then, they had gangs called "Zoot suiters"..held in general regard, in about as high esteem as today's
gangs..and about as high an IQ...
Nonya;
Folks have a right to dress however they want (within reason)..and other folks have a right to give priviliges, respect and jobs to who they consider mature
enough to handle same..
My brother has a grandson who insisted on wearing his hat backwards, until my brother told him about "grandpa"..who had a jackass that was a fairly good worker;
but one day the sun got hot and he found that the jackass did not like the heat on his neck. So "grandpa" took his own hat and put bit on the donkey..wouldn't stay on...so he got a baseball type cap with the little adjuster in back and found that he could slip the adjuster over the Jackass' ears and let the bill shade it's neck.
That's the only way he could get that jackass to work !
My brother told his grandson, " If wearing your hat that way makes you a more ambitious jackass, keep it up !" The lad soon found the wisdom of wearing the hat
the way it was intended..
Reminds me of when I am instructing a novice blacksmith and they choke up on the hammer handle..I simply ask, " why do you suppose they built those extra inches
onto the hammer handle ?" ...Guess that goes for the sunshade/bill of a cap..
Yup Mikey;
Part must be "Hollyweird"..When my cap interferes with the scope, I just tip it up a bit to accommodate the scope. My grandson, during his sniper duties normally left his Helmet
and shade glasses on. Especially with a one-on-one with an Al Queda sniper..he wanted to keep his Ballistic helmet and ballistic glasses on.
Far too many youngsters take Hollyweird
far too seriously. Coming back on ship from his first deployment, the Marines viewed a movie called "Jarhead"..made supposedly, about Marines involved in the first Gulf War.
Grandson said it was so unrealistic and silly, they laughed much more than expected.
If someone wants to see more of what it is like, go to... youtube.com and see videos like "US Marines battle insurgents in Fallujah" or any of those many Fallujah/ Ramadi videos posted by the Marines themselves.
A much more accurate picture...