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naftee
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response 25 of 58:
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Feb 14 01:13 UTC 2006 |
i bet you have some great clips of your wife
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remmers
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response 26 of 58:
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Feb 14 12:59 UTC 2006 |
I get my hair cut and beard trimmed at Dascola Barbers in Ann Arbor,
about once every six weeks, i.e. about the time it takes for me to start
eating my moustache and looking like an Old Testament patriarch. This
is because I don't like eating my moustache and looking like an Old
Testament patriarch.
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jep
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response 27 of 58:
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Feb 14 13:13 UTC 2006 |
I think you would make a fine Old Testament patriarch, John.
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edina
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response 28 of 58:
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Feb 14 19:45 UTC 2006 |
I get my hair trimmed about every 4 months, to lose ends and keep some
definition in place. I have a great hair stylist in Mesa in a fairly upscale
salon. My favorite part of the whole experience is getting my hair blown out.
I love having my hair dried and styled.
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richard
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response 29 of 58:
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Feb 15 00:55 UTC 2006 |
I also tend toward old barbershops, with the old red and white
barborshop poles on them, and old magazines, and crusty old barbers.
My current barber has been cutting hair at his shop since just after he
got out of the Korean War. He took over his shop from his dad.
It just seems more authentic to get your hair cut like that than to go
down the block to the new Supercuts franchise that opened. Yes, the
Supercuts is $2 cheaper and they run coupons in the paper, and they
have many more chairs than my barber's shop does, and lots of young
staff who know all the modern hairstyles.
But see, those guys call themselves "hair stylists" or "hair
technicians", and sell fancy shampoos and conditioners. The guy I use
would never call himself or allow himself to be called those things.
He's a BARBER, just like his father was, and he uses hot shaving cream,
warm towels, tells old stories and shoots the bull while he cuts, and
knows the names of most of his customers and is always happy to see
them.
Sadly the Supercuts could put his dusty old three chair shop out of
business. There's not a place for small shopowners anymore, an old
style barber like him is an endangered species.
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mcnally
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response 30 of 58:
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Feb 15 01:11 UTC 2006 |
It's not Supercuts who will put your neighborhood barber out of
business, Richard, it's all the people willing to pay exorbitant
money to live in New York who will manage to drive out all of the
neighborhood businesses that can't be expected to make money by
the truckload.
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fitz
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response 31 of 58:
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Feb 15 11:08 UTC 2006 |
John, the barber, located at Diamond & Sweet; Grand Rapids. I think he
charges $9 and I always tip to $12-14. I guess that I go about five
times/yr.
What does it do for me? It keeps me married. My standard grooming before
was to keep my hair secured in a rubber band. When the shampoo took two
applications before it would foam, I cut it back to the rubber band. Myra
persists in denying her marriage to an old hippy, so I get the haircuts so
that she won't ask me everyday if I plan to get a haircut.
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richard
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response 32 of 58:
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Feb 15 15:40 UTC 2006 |
re #1 anne, how can a new hairstylist earn your "trust" to cut your hair if
you don't give them a chance? are you so vain that you won't let anybody in
your new home town touch your hair? I mean it IS only hair after all and it
grows back ya know :)
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edina
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response 33 of 58:
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Feb 15 15:53 UTC 2006 |
Jesus Christ Richard - just profess the unrequited love and be done with it.
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twenex
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response 34 of 58:
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Feb 15 15:56 UTC 2006 |
Jesus Christ is Richard?!
Jesus.
Christ.
Richard.
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fudge
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response 35 of 58:
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Feb 15 16:01 UTC 2006 |
I thought I'd already explained that to you Jeff... ;)
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edina
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response 36 of 58:
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Feb 15 16:02 UTC 2006 |
re 34 It would explain so much, wouldn't it?
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jadecat
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response 37 of 58:
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Feb 15 17:27 UTC 2006 |
resp:32 Yes, I am that vain about my hair. When I was a kid I wouldn't
even let my sister play with it- though I would play with hers for hours.
Part of the trust issue comes from the fact that of the Dr, Dentist and
Stylist I've been to in my town- none of them have been competent. Sad
huh? Well, the stylist did reasonably well with the trim- though she
couldn't remember something we'd spoken about five minutes later and
repeated the same questions. This does not bode well for her remembering
the details of a potentially complicated cut.
Besides, my hair is almost to the middle of my back- any screw up would
take quite some time to fix.
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tod
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response 38 of 58:
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Feb 15 17:40 UTC 2006 |
In Romania, the barbershops are hardcore. The women come at you in these long
lab coats, fishnets, and stilletto heels. They start off with a scalp
massage. That beats any old Italian barber that I grew up patronizing.
Haircut is the same price though...$3
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happyboy
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response 39 of 58:
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Feb 15 17:45 UTC 2006 |
r36: are you saying that jesus christ has aspberger's syndrome?
THATS NOT VERY NISE BLASTFEEMUR.
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tod
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response 40 of 58:
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Feb 15 17:56 UTC 2006 |
Jesus on accordion would sell double platinum!
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happyboy
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response 41 of 58:
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Feb 15 17:57 UTC 2006 |
fuckin a dude. with paul and the womanhaters band backing?
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tod
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response 42 of 58:
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Feb 15 18:25 UTC 2006 |
TGWDGH
(12 guys who don't go home)
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keesan
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response 43 of 58:
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Feb 16 00:34 UTC 2006 |
I paid 20 cents for a trim in Sofia, and got the worst haircut in my life.
They may have spent 5 minutes on me. I only knew how to say 'shorter'.
This is one case where a tipping system might have helped.
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janc
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response 44 of 58:
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Feb 16 14:26 UTC 2006 |
I too like my barbershops old fashioned. Up through college I aways got
my hair cut at the barbershop that was on the 13th floor of the
University of Michigan Hospital. This was a little one-chair place run
by "Hap" Siebert. "Hap" was short for "Happy". He was like 90 years
old and hadn't missed a UofM football game since he was 18 or something
like that. Part of his job was go around an give hair cuts to patients
in their beds, but he also did haircuts for many hospital staff and
patients. His official prices hadn't been raised in a couple decades,
so you had to tip like 100%. He died about 25 years ago, the building
he worked on top of no longer exists, and I don't know if the hospital
even has a barber any more.
After that I visited the church street barber shop for many years. I
got my hair cut by the same guy there for 20 years, but since I was such
an infrequent visitor, I'm not sure he ever remembered me from time to
time. That shop never changed in a bit in all those years. A few years
ago it started being closed whenever I went by. Don't know what
happened.
I tried the barbershop on Maple Road near Liberty a few times. Kind of
a strange place. All the conversation was about hunting, fishing, and
hog jowls. Not really my subjects.
I've settled in a bit at the shop on Stadium (about across from Big
Georges). I like the folks and the cuts, and the barber this time
actually remembered me from the previous visit. Amazing.
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scott
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response 45 of 58:
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Feb 17 00:48 UTC 2006 |
Generally my hair is buzzed pretty short, in the summer I get that done maybe
every 2-4 weeks. Winter comes and I stop getting it cut, and start to look
like a horse in winter with the uneven shaggy hair. By late January I get
it buzzed down again, just to start over until the first hot day in spring.
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keesan
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response 46 of 58:
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Feb 17 01:20 UTC 2006 |
Scott, Emilio at Kiwanis said to say hello.
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mary
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response 47 of 58:
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Feb 17 11:22 UTC 2006 |
I'm offered wine with my haircut. It almost makes it worth what
they charge. ;-)
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klg
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response 48 of 58:
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Feb 17 11:51 UTC 2006 |
"Barber'schair-donne?)
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denisea
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response 49 of 58:
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Feb 19 00:22 UTC 2006 |
I go whenever the top gets too long [which really isn't very long since I'm
keeping it short these days]. I'll have to find a new place when I move or
see if I can find the lady that used to do my hair in MI.
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