feel 10lbs lighter........
hillbille
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haven't been to the barber since mid to late summer of last year, and quit shaving about the same time, I told the wife if they want us to live like hermits I'm gonna look like one. well enough was enough, I have never had long hair last 50+ years have had either crew cut or flattop and handlebar mustache, well hair had gotten down on my neck and over my ears and beard was touching my chest, every time I would move it felt like bugs crawling on me, so today I found a new barber.
told him needed a flattop or the best he could do as I am bald on the back, as he was cutting told him I was gonna shave when I got home, I had put my electric razor in drawer last year and it had died so I was waiting on it to charge back up before shaving. He went ahead and cut the beard while triming my hair except he cut the handles off one side of my mustache before I could stop him, he was gonna shave it off too, as I told him I was gonna shave off all of it when I got home, but I only meant the beard.
Not sure the grandkids will know me now, wife liked the beard, I think it just hid my face from her, guess she will get over it. almost tempted to shave mustache, have trimmed it way back, and evened it out, but it has been with me since high school though it has changed colors. I do know one thing it is a lot colder out now!!!!
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Did you star in the Jack Links commercial.......Darrel, is that you?
I'm with you, shaved the beard off last month, just couldn't stand it anymore.
no tv time, but I was living up to the expectations of a west virginia resident...........
I'm with you on this hillbille. I've always had fairly short hair but my last real haircut from a barber was January 2020. My daughter-in-law cut my hair in her front yard back around August 2020 and that helped. Now it's driving me crazy again. I hate it on the back of my neck and worse it makes my ears itch! 😀
my daughter cuts my hair now. i just have her put a #2 attachment on the clipper and cut all of it. well, what there is of it.
I prefer to be clean cut myself. I don't know how you could stand all that.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Agree, #1 about every two weeks or so....
I used to shave my head myself, with the clippers set as close to skin as I could, every 2-3 weeks, whether I need it or not.
Last time I shaved my head was October of 2019.
It's a big bushy mop, curlier than all get out.
Don't know how much longer I'll leave it, but she who shall be obeyed, and other woman types seem to love it.
Guys ask what the heck is wrong with me...
Have worn a beard for 30 years. Dermatologist was doing some work of face/ scalp. so I took all of the beard and hair off. Grandkids- who have never seen me without a beard, asked me to regrow- said it was freaking them out.
My wife has never seen me without a moustache in our 51 years. I used to grow a full beard every fall and cut it off in the spring. Now I just have a 'stache and chin whiskers trimmed to a #2 length. As far as what the wife likes or not, I wear my hair my way, and never make my opinion of her hair style known.
Grew mine in 1985, but haven't trimmed it since January last year. Gonna let her holler just a little longer. Bout to pass my chest and hit the beer storage unit.
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got in the habit for many years working outside to let it all grow from 'bout August to April/May
doesnt grow near as fast now days, but by Christmas in those days the beard had already reached mid chest, and hair was wavy below the collar.
now at that time, i was still riding the bike every day it wasnt "school closed" so wife could have the car taking kids to/from school...
one time the snow started on the way in to work, out in it all day and 3-4 inches between plow runs on the road home
kida wanted the tree to decorate over the weekend, and after working in it all day and the ride home, i sure didnt want to go back out !
detoured a few miles and picked up a 6 ft tree, lashed over the tour box behind me.
besides the cars that you recognize cutting you off/tailgating all the rest of the year REALLY keeping their distance from the crazy man on a bike in this crap, it was funny watching how many cars full of kids were slowing down or pulling over pointing...
then i realized with the snow caking my beard and visible hair below the helmet, it probably looked like St. Nick making his rounds... 😎
I keep my hair short and cut it myself with electric clippers. Keep a short beard all of the time. I have been growing out my "stache" so I can wax it into a handle bar.........it's getting pretty long now but with all of this mask nonsense I can't show it. Oh well.
Almost Cut My Hair (Extended Version) 😋
Let your freak flag fly !!! 😎
Didn't want to risk catching the virus and then the MI Governor shut down the barbers, church/synagogues/etc., "non-essential" businesses in a power grab. Didn't care to pay a barber anyway (can well afford it but I'm just frugal) so I just started to trim my hair myself last March. Over time my skills got better but it is still hard to trim the back of my head decently. Grew a beard for the first time for about three months. My wife didn't like it and I didn't either. Took a couple of selfies and turned it into a goatee. She liked it but I didn't so goodbye to that to.
It's been almost a year now, no barber, saved a bit of money and time, look okay and avoided one point of catching the virus.
I used the same barber for over 30 years. Going there was like a trip to the comedy club! He was a real funny guy. Had so many jokes that had me tearing up with laughter much of the time.
Out front of his small shop on the sidewalk he had epoxied a silver dollar to the cement. He told me when it was slow he would just recline in one of his barber chairs and laugh at folks trying to pick up or pry that dollar off the pavement.
The place was about the equivalent to an old time general store. Caught up on all the local gossip there. When Paul the barber finally retired and sold the place, I tried it out once and it just wasn't the same. My wife took over the task and she does a nice job IMO.