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Posted By: Joann

Yep. It's hard hat and meets all of the ANSI Z89 safety requirements. They sell mostly for visitors, office people, inspectors, etc for construction sites. I think they are a bit cumbersome for the guys actually crawling around on the beams, although some do like them b/c it shades the sun well.

The blue welding helmet next to it is responsible for me learning about (and acquiring a taste for) really good scotch. I needed an old version of a current helmet to look at how they had constructed something. I told our Regional Sales Mgr from Texas - an old timer with the company - I'd buy him a shot of really great scotch if he could dig one up (note - offers of great shots or glasses of wine can be one of the best research tools out there!)

He found one from 1997. Since I didn't know anything about good scotch, I had to educate myself before he got into town the next time. I've had worse educational experiences than that. I landed on Oban 14 and just love it. Whenever he's in GR we go out for a shot of Oban if I don't have classes that night.

J

ETA - by the way Gil, that is a great job of connecting the dots and realizing it was a hard hat!