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fudge
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response 7 of 58:
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Feb 13 14:37 UTC 2006 |
Every three years, more or less...
I think I'm due one soon... been considering it for a few months...
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jadecat
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response 8 of 58:
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Feb 13 14:42 UTC 2006 |
resp:6 well, my hubby's hair is less than a centimeter long (or very
close to it), and it's all cut to be the same length, so cutting it
himself isn't all that hard. Just runs the clippers over his head a
couple few times and there it is.
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richard
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response 9 of 58:
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Feb 13 16:41 UTC 2006 |
There's a local barber's school I used to go to for haircuts, they charge
like $5 and the students get experience cutting hair. However it tends to
unnerve you when one of the students is working on the back of your head
and goes "acck!" and calls over the teacher, "help! professor I think I
did something wrong!" Not that there were any major accidents, but a
couple of instances of nervous students was enough to convince me to stick
to using experienced barbers.
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glenda
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response 10 of 58:
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Feb 13 16:54 UTC 2006 |
I use Fantastic Sam's and have usually been satisfied. When I wear short as
I am at the moment, it gets trimmed every 4-8 weeks or when it starts to get
in my eyes. When I wear long, it gets trimmed every 8-12 weeks or when the
split ends begin to get bothersome. The problem I sometimes have is that the
stylist doesn't believe me when I say that I want a trim, but that I want
about an inch to an inch and a half off. To them a trim is less than half
an inch. If they only do that much, I have to go in every 2-3 weeks to keep
it out of my eyes. I have finally have convinced one of the stylists that
I mean it, she has done my cut the last 3-4 times I have been in. If she is
their when I go in, she makes sure that she is the one to do my cut.
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keesan
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response 11 of 58:
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Feb 13 17:11 UTC 2006 |
I used to go to a hair-cutting school in Ypsi somewhere (on Washtenaw) for
$2 until one of the students decided to cut my hair punk.
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tod
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response 12 of 58:
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Feb 13 17:16 UTC 2006 |
I go to Great Clips every couple weeks and keep the sides at a 1 1/2 and the
top at finger thickness. 1 1/2 is pretty much a buzz and that removes most
of the gray.
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mcnally
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response 13 of 58:
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Feb 13 17:33 UTC 2006 |
About every 4-5 weeks I go and tell the barber to give me a buzz with his
longest clipper guard on the trimmer. Then I have him trim my beard and
mustache to about the same length.
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marcvh
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response 14 of 58:
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Feb 13 17:39 UTC 2006 |
When I was in grad school I went for three years without a haircut.
Now I try to do it every month or so, but I screw up frequently and go
longer. I trim my facial hair myself, it's easy enough to handle.
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happyboy
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response 15 of 58:
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Feb 13 18:42 UTC 2006 |
i cut off my mohawk in late 86 or early 87 and haven't
even had a trim since.
8D
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tod
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response 16 of 58:
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Feb 13 19:34 UTC 2006 |
I've had alot of trim since 87. I could probably do an American Express
commercial on the subject.
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happyboy
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response 17 of 58:
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Feb 13 19:43 UTC 2006 |
*coughs* :D
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janc
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response 18 of 58:
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Feb 13 19:46 UTC 2006 |
I have a haircut once or twice a year. I get it cut rather short, and
grow more than a little shaggy between haircuts. I've been known to
hack off excess hair myself with a pair of scissors if it's getting in
my eyes and I don't feel like visiting a barber.
When I do get hair cuts it's a major operation. I typically tip about
50%. I don't really object to hair cuts, they just take time and I
don't care very much about my hair. The conservative post-haircut look
and the shaggy pre-haircut look both capture significant aspects of my
true self.
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tod
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response 19 of 58:
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Feb 13 19:49 UTC 2006 |
I'm getting a bald spot on top so I'm thinking of going back to full buzz.
I don't want to look like a friar.
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richard
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response 20 of 58:
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Feb 13 21:47 UTC 2006 |
true story, one time I went in to my barber and it was the middle of the
summer and I just said to give me a buzz cutt because it was so hot. My
barber flat out refused. He said I had such nice thick hair that he could
not be a party to shaving it all off. He got very upset about it, even
offering to cut my hair for free that visit if I agreed to not try to get a
buzz cut at another barber. He's this italian guy, "no buzz cut! I no buzz
cut you, noo!" I gave in, thats the only time I ever tried to get one.
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naftee
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response 21 of 58:
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Feb 13 23:01 UTC 2006 |
i try not to get my hair cut
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tod
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response 22 of 58:
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Feb 14 00:02 UTC 2006 |
re #20
Perhaps you didn't notice that the code of ethics for barbers states that you
usually do a buzz for $3 or free...nowhere near a regular haircut price.
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nharmon
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response 23 of 58:
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Feb 14 00:56 UTC 2006 |
I get my hair cut at Your Barber Shop. Truly, that is the actual name of
the joint. "Your Barber Shop". I've had the same barber for 12 years.
He's this older (50s) italian guy who has the thickest accent you've
ever heard. It literally took me 3 years before I could converse with him.
Anyway, I used to get buzz cuts. But now I just say "make it short Pete"
and I let him decide the best way to make it happen. I am 24 years old,
and have been losing my hair since I was 19. But by some miracle, he is
able to hide it well. He charges $12 for the cut, which I add a $5 on
top of ($10 right before Christmas). I did tell him that if his price
ever went over $15, he's just getting the change out of a twenty.
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marcvh
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response 24 of 58:
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Feb 14 01:10 UTC 2006 |
Rudy's is the only place I've seen that advertises different prices for
different cuts, I think they claim $10 for a buzz and $17 for a complicated
cut. I go to Great Clips mostly because they're close to my house, and I'm
a lazy man.
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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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