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As a career Marine, then two decades in LE, I always had my hair short. I kept it short for several years after i retired, but when I stopped going "out" that much, I would let it go when the weather turned cold. Ah... Miss T did NOT approve and would get vocal about it. I just turned my hearing aid down.

it never really gets THAT long, but it gets down touching my ears, curling at the back near my collar, is very thick, and just looks shaggy. It annoys Tina, but I tell her I am a Devil Dog. She doesn't see the humor. But, when the weather warms up enough to make my head sweat, then it itches... It's time for my summer look, much to her relief. I just drop into the chair, and say the magic words. "Cop Cut.". We Marines would know it as a high and tight, but these country barbers just get cross eyed if you use that phrase. They know it as a "Trooper Cut" as well. They skin the sides and leave some fuzz on top. Cool and never a bad hair day. Better wear a hat outside or you burn the top of your head.

Either tomorrow or Monday is the day Miss T has been waiting for.

No worries Jim, as you know, it grows back quickly.
So might as well keep a cool head, and keep "T" happy

markiver54 wrote:No worries Jim, as you know, it grows back quickly.
So might as well keep a cool head, and keep "T" happy

Not a worry in the world.
I got tired of paying fifteen bucks a pop to keep my ears lowered for six or eight months of the year when I rarely leave the house except to hit the docs office. We go fishing, but mostly see no one. I cut it short in the summer for comfort... I would do it myself, but I missed a strip on the back once. Miss T has an evil sense of humor... ... She didn't tell me for a couple days. She just grinned every time she saw it.

Oh that's funny, Right there.

RP

Never heard those haircut terms before. When I was working I usually got a buzz cut, especially in the Winter, always in a hurry in the morning and it was really easy to get dry. Since retiring I tell them "#3 on the sides and back, leave a inch on the top". Usually only get it cut every couple of months so it does get a little long between cuts.

My mom hated long hair, when I was in my early teens and wanting longer hair I remember coming home from the barber once, she said I hadn't gotten it cut short enough and made me go back. She did mellow quite a bit later on, in my later teens I grew it out quite long for a few years, She didn't like it but tolerated it.

I take mine “down to the wood” (clippers with no guard) at least twice a week. I’ve never actually shaved it with a razor, but it’s the best thing I’ve ever done. I have lots of hair, but I’d rather not deal with it’s natural state when it grows long (picture Alfred Einstein crossed with Bozo the clown, which is a good match to the rest of me too come to think of it).

I'm too cheap to get a hair cut often. I get it cut short and let it grow fluffy until it's annoying.

Sorry, just had to post that again.

dave77 wrote: I tell them "#3 on the sides and back, leave a inch on the top". Usually only get it cut every couple of months so it does get a little long between cuts.

Im the same although #3 is my winter cut, summer is a number #2

Time to trim my bread.
It kept getting caught under the XLRs butt pad and yanked out from the recoil.
Really ruined my follow-though rotine.

Im like you Marine I hate that 18 bucks for a stupid haircut but the wife wont let me get an all weather cut.

I get my cut here:
http://www.sarahsbarbershop.com/services/index.cfm

Is sarah hot?
I had to ask...
My father in law is now in his eighties, but before he moved to texas with our son ten years ago, he lived on two and a half acres at the front corner of what was our twenty at that time. He would always drive thirty minutes to the college town to pay twenty dollars to get his hair (few hairs) cut, even though either the town barber or either of the women in the two beauty shops would have cut it for seven dollars.

My wife had gone to Farmville, home of Longwood University, and stopped at a light in front of the barbershop. she glances over, and there is Paw Paw, sitting in the chair beside the window, grinning like Goober in Mayberry. The female barber standing close, cutting away.
Of course I had to ask: "Was she hot?

In her best "Mask" impression... Miss T solved the mystery....

"Ssssss...mokinnnnn"

No, I didn't make the tactical mistake of going there for a haircut.
Miss T might have lifted mine.

Wife cuts mine and she is pretty darn good!

I've been doing mostly variations on the "too short to comb" look for several years, but I'm letting my freak flag fly this year and going back to my '70s vibe (as in 1970s, not "now that you're in your 70s...").
It's a pain when it's hot and humid, but the sacrifices we make...

Have always had combable hair length. Figure I'll grow it while I can. Besides, I don't like the idea of rubbing sun screen on my head!
I do go about 50/50 of the time clean shaven or not though.
Evan...you don't have a Fro do ya?

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She is kind, professional and good looking. Hot? Could be, but she doesn't dress like it. Straight up professional.

BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2019 8:23 am

Is sarah hot?
I had to ask...
My father in law is now in his eighties, but before he moved to texas with our son ten years ago, he lived on two and a half acres at the front corner of what was our twenty at that time. He would always drive thirty minutes to the college town to pay twenty dollars to get his hair (few hairs) cut, even though either the town barber or either of the women in the two beauty shops would have cut it for seven dollars.

My wife had gone to Farmville, home of Longwood University, and stopped at a light in front of the barbershop. she glances over, and there is Paw Paw, sitting in the chair beside the window, grinning like Goober in Mayberry. The female barber standing close, cutting away.
Of course I had to ask: "Was she hot?

In her best "Mask" impression... Miss T solved the mystery....

"Ssssss...mokinnnnn"

Mags wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2019 11:47 am

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She is kind, professional and good looking. Hot? Could be, but she doesn't dress like it. Straight up professional.

Lucky you. Miss T and I have always agreed that those who dress and act this way.. ^^^^^
...are much more attractive than those who live by the "if you got it flaunt it," rule.

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I think so too. Good hair cut, eye brow trim, hot foam razor to the back of the neck and a electronic paddle shoulder massage = good deal!

BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2019 11:55 am

Mags wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2019 11:47 am

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She is kind, professional and good looking. Hot? Could be, but she doesn't dress like it. Straight up professional.

Lucky you. Miss T and I have always agreed that those who dress and act this way.. ^^^^^
...are much more attractive than those who live by the "if you got it flaunt it," rule.