tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post7536216936159421393..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Something for the WeekendMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-2424522114314473702013-06-10T08:39:10.980+01:002013-06-10T08:39:10.980+01:00Zouk,
3rd comment down for "threading"....Zouk,<br /><br />3rd comment down for "threading". Funny to think you once had to seek music out, whereas now you can't avoid it.<br /><br />eeyorn,<br /><br />I have indeed lived.<br /><br />Andy,<br /><br />Yes, it seemed very unfair at the time. I hadn't realised there was more to "respectable" than hair length (such as not walking home through Dalston at 2 am with a large bag).<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-68851894004647091212013-06-10T08:27:40.883+01:002013-06-10T08:27:40.883+01:00I do remember you bemoaning the fact that you stil...I do remember you bemoaning the fact that you still got stopped by the police even though you'd gone from long to short.<br /> Andy Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584940729037214702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-45914966875896404162013-06-10T00:36:24.585+01:002013-06-10T00:36:24.585+01:00You haven't lived until you've had your no...You haven't lived until you've had your nose-hair trimmed. All part of the service when I lived in Bahrain. My barber there was also adept with 'threading' my Dennis Healey eyebrows, and was also known to wield a cutthroat razor with intent.<br />These days, I veer from bearded collie in winter to Dalai Lama during the summer, self-shorn with electric clippers. eeyornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933757489269873196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-5373948883878662782013-06-09T23:47:48.710+01:002013-06-09T23:47:48.710+01:00"Aforesaid" where?
The Oxford Companion..."Aforesaid" where?<br /><br />The Oxford Companion to Music has it that:<br /><br />"One of the regular haunts of music in the sixteenth, seventeenth and early eightenth centuries was the barber's shop"<br /><br />where an instrument, usually a cittern, was generally made available for those waiting.<br /><br />Apparently when Pepys was on the ship that returned Chas II to England, they "at the suggestion of the admiral, and with the help of the lieutenant's cittern and two candlesticks with money in them as cymbals, 'made barber's music, with which my Lord was well pleased'".<br /><br />A tradition worth reviving?Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-84333065181239639522013-06-09T20:41:37.561+01:002013-06-09T20:41:37.561+01:00That would be the aforesaid "threading",...That would be the aforesaid "threading", apparently ears are a favourite target for this. Ow.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-40573302023401773482013-06-09T20:27:26.746+01:002013-06-09T20:27:26.746+01:00Where I once lived it was normal for a barber to p...Where I once lived it was normal for a barber to pluck cheekbone hair as part of a shave (or perhaps an optional extra), and the string with which this procedure was executed was as much a part of his toolkit as the cutthroat razor. One end of the string is held in the teeth, the other in a spare hand while the thumb and forefinger of the first open and close a loop in the string (in the same motions now used to expand and contract pictures on smart phones). Where the string passes over itself to form the loop, the hairs beneath are pulled out by friction.<br /><br />If you do want more than just a haircut at a salon, it's best to wait till after the cut, then when you're sure you're happy with that, ask, "D'you do any extras, love?"Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-58594916162628865562013-06-09T18:58:38.134+01:002013-06-09T18:58:38.134+01:00Martyn,
Yes, it's quite curious how many othe...Martyn,<br /><br />Yes, it's quite curious how many otherwise inoffensive men have chosen that "hard man" close-shaven look. Tricky to live up to, I'd have thought, though I suppose if everyone does it then it starts to connote "balding" rather than anything more threatening. Literal skinheads...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-30579272788614960642013-06-09T12:10:46.550+01:002013-06-09T12:10:46.550+01:00My brother, the fecker, has managed to maintain lo...My brother, the fecker, has managed to maintain long, wavy, blond collar-length locks into his mid-50s, while I have been developing an unwanted monk-like tonsure for the past 10 years: the worst part about having my hair cut is the bit at the end where the barber whips out the small mirror to show you what you look like from behind. The increasing area of pink in the middle of my crown makes me cringe. I haven't yet gone for the "baldy own-up" extremely short cut, but there's going to come a time ... <br /><br />The first barber to offer me an eyebrow trim was Polish - has anyone else noticed how most barbers in Britain now seem to be Poles? (Joke unintended.) The very best ones will also give your ears (or at least my ears - your hairiness may differ) a quick zang with the trimmer: one of the minor irritations of old age is that as the hair disappears off the top of my head, it sprouts all over my ears: the other curse of Midas. <br /><br />Martyn CornellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-24795916719312061922013-06-08T15:40:03.396+01:002013-06-08T15:40:03.396+01:00Rob,
Most of those "white dreads" are f...Rob,<br /><br />Most of those "white dreads" are fake, I discovered -- they're hair extensions. There's a guy on campus, one of those large, baby-faced blonds, who has a ludicrous set of rope-like dreads that hang below his waist. I keep wanting to say to him, "You do realise you look like a school gym, don't you?" but he's probably as impervious as the other guy, now pushing 40, who wears a Matrix-style leather overcoat in all weathers.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-83521564227618037202013-06-08T15:10:29.055+01:002013-06-08T15:10:29.055+01:00I stopped going to 'Chris Tifs' just over ...I stopped going to 'Chris Tifs' just over the road, about two years ago. Having had my head shaved for several years, I finally went back to a transparent, downy-suede look. The last time I went for a trim, Millie came with me to get a proper cut. When we asked Christine how much we owed her, she looked a bit nervous. 'How about 10€ for Rob, I hardly had to do anything.' At that point I bought some electric clippers.<br />Deep down, I still dream of dreadlocks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191219331142656345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-11848517616844826112013-06-08T11:24:59.839+01:002013-06-08T11:24:59.839+01:00Thanks, Frank -- yes, "Kodachrome" is an...Thanks, Frank -- yes, "Kodachrome" is an astonishing piece of work, especially bearing in mind it was done in 1979, when most artist photographers were obsessed with the monochrome darkroom. Even William Eggleston's MOMA show in 1976 didn't change that much.<br /><br />Mike<br /><br />Mike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-66351224916587745142013-06-08T11:03:18.279+01:002013-06-08T11:03:18.279+01:00Great piece, Mike. I emphasise entirely but I had...Great piece, Mike. I emphasise entirely but I had the good fortune to marry a hairdresser who tells me when I need a haircut and then obliges without me having to leave the house - and it includes eyebrow trimming!<br /><br />PS I bought the Kodachrome book - impenetrable prose but great photos. Frank Harkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04727892123106606477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-9049242993137399212013-06-08T11:03:12.217+01:002013-06-08T11:03:12.217+01:00Great piece, Mike. I emphasise entirely but I had...Great piece, Mike. I emphasise entirely but I had the good fortune to marry a hairdresser who tells me when I need a haircut and then obliges without me having to leave the house - and it includes eyebrow trimming!<br /><br />PS I bought the Kodachrome book - impenetrable prose but great photos. Frank Harkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04727892123106606477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-2098357507159958342013-06-08T09:42:30.251+01:002013-06-08T09:42:30.251+01:00Thanks, Doug -- I have to admit it's the agein...Thanks, Doug -- I have to admit it's the ageing, balding hippies around that always finally tip me over the edge. After that initial moment of solidarity, I think, "Good grief, do I really want to look like that?" and book my appointment.<br /><br />Struan,<br /><br />Eyebrow trimming? I haven't been offered that (though it's much needed), though I was offered "threading" once, which caused me to hold my breath, as I had no idea what it was, whether it was legal, or whether I'd like it...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-83898011101771619412013-06-08T08:30:05.730+01:002013-06-08T08:30:05.730+01:00If ever there were a need for stop-motion video, t...If ever there were a need for stop-motion video, this is it.<br /><br />I leave my hair a couple of months between cuts, and like the fact that I don't always look the same. But somewhere around seven weeks it stops growing and gets thick and bushy, in an old dog with no home sort of way. Then it's time for mowing.<br /><br />One other service those young ladies have recently started to offer me: "Would you like your eyebrows trimmed?" It's like being handed a bus pass without anyone asking for ID.Struanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263096707648672923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-15335863564283189632013-06-08T04:37:55.697+01:002013-06-08T04:37:55.697+01:00Loved this! You have the luxury of having a stable...Loved this! You have the luxury of having a stable job that tolerates your hirsute tendencies. I look positively disreputable after about 4 weeks, and I dislike the aging, balding hippie look, even if that is who I really am. I get a haircut generally only before I have to meet with a client. <br /><br />The last year I've been making a monthly haircut date with my 81 mother-in-law at precisely one of those unisex places where I now have my regular hairdresser. Getting my hair washed feels like water boarding to me, so I decline that pleasure, but it's nice to have someone who know that I desire only a no maintenance cut that I don't have to think about until I have to endure a haircut again.dougplummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05800852487358775616noreply@blogger.com