This is impressively macho, until you consider that this paragon of traditional manliness took the time to write to a local paper with a gripe about men's fashion.

What kind of scarves were they wearing? Were they handmade, or ladylike, or in actuality ascots? Seems like an okay thing to wear in Winter. It also seems like the guy cutting into your shuffleboard line (white people's problems) really needed to play shuffleboard. Hard to say. Hope you are able to make it through the winter with your scarf phobia.

They are just trying to hide their double chins.

The scarf thing is fine, as long as they are used at The Proper Layer Stage™. You can't go throwing on a scarf willy-nilly without first wearing a coat. It's just bonkers, like moon-boots and mittens without trousers. JESUS CHRIST WHY AM I SO ANGRY.