"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

[Half/Stop]

Well, I called the barber shop, and they're taking names and phone numbers. I'm waiting in the parking lot for them to call me.

 

[btb01]

…playing 'cowboys and indians'…

You mean “cattle management associates and indigenous peoples of North America”?

Well, I called the barber shop, and they're taking names and phone numbers. I'm waiting in the parking lot for them to call me.

Good luck with the haircut, Vince.

 

[oldtymer]

Cleaning patina from an 62 Easy Pocket yesterday. Wasn't keen on the colour, wanted it shiny again The secondary Pen mugged me rubbing metal polish, slipped right over the edge on the finger tip...blood a plenty. This was annoying as I was about to go out for an appointment, blood dripping all over, looking for plaster Fortunately, all my wounds heal very fast, probably blood is too thick.....

Hi Will, a little blood letting once in a while is good for you, keeps the blood pressure down.

 

[Prester John]

Good luck with the haircut, Vince.

Before:

After:

 

[redsparrow]

A successful mod Vince. Congrats!

 

[black mamba]

I guess his scissors got dull, Vince . . . he didn't finish the bottom half!

 

[Prester John]

I guess his scissors got dull, Vince . . . he didn't finish the bottom half!

Once I let him trim the beard and he cut most of it off! I only let him shave the back of my neck.

 

[screened porch]

Hey, are scalp transplants possible?
Seems a shame for some people to take a thick head of hair to the grave, while some people are endangering shipping with their shiny pates.

 

[screened porch]

I thought I'd never be able to wear this years-ago estate sale 40" belt.

Givenchy.
I still don't dare to wear it for long. Though with social distancing there's less chance of its killing somebody when it flies apart.
Gee, those arms need work.
I wish I had 30 cannon-balls. Or bowling balls.
Maybe I'll see what I can do with a rock and a step-ladder.

 

[Prester John]

Hey, are scalp transplants possible?
Seems a shame for some people to take a thick head of hair to the grave, while some people are endangering shipping with their shiny pates.

I may not be quite bald yet, but my hair is definitely thinner. And grayer.

 

[Cutfinger]

Before:

After:

Vince, pre haircut, you had a great Superman curl on your forehead !!!
I would be tempted to keep that somehow.

Though you do look nice cleaned up too.

I need a haircut, somethin' awful.

 

[screened porch]

It's a pretty grisly idea anyway. I was going to go back and delete it.

 

[dantzk8]

Before:

After:

Lucky you are. 3 weeks ago my wife claimed to cut my hair. A disaster. I ended up with a Yul Brynner hair cut style. I looked like a buddist monk, not zen at all. How can we put ourselves in such a situation?

Dan.

 

[Prester John]

Vince, pre haircut, you had a great Superman curl on your forehead !!!
I would be tempted to keep that somehow.

Though you do look nice cleaned up too.

I need a haircut, somethin' awful.

The first pic I'm sitting in the car in the parking lot of the barber shop waiting with the windows open (and it was windy), so the hair is a little more unkempt than I keep it. But a little too long. I'd been trimming a little around my ears with scissors, but not very well. It was great to get the haircut.

 

[Prester John]

Lucky you are. 3 weeks ago my wife claimed to cut my hair. A disaster. I ended up with a Yul Brynner hair cut style. I looked like a buddist monk, not zen at all. How can we put ourselves in such a situation?

Dan.

My wife offered to cut my hair too, but I remembered when she cut our sons' hair once. So I declined.

 

[Prester John]

It's a pretty grisly idea anyway. I was going to go back and delete it.

No need.

 

[JustinR]

That is the nice thing about buzz cutting my own hair....no need to wait on the barber to re open!

I did have to shave my beard for the hospital system I work for....which was weird seeing my face for the first time in 13 years and has been the subject of much teasing at work.

Especially irritating since the only give us surgical masks to wear.


I've been buzz cutting the the 8 year old for a couple years now with the odd mohawk every now and again.

My wife did let me cut the 2.5 year olds hair as he needed a cut before COVID-19 even started. I thought I did pretty good considering he fought me the entire time. Did a shaggy version of a high and tight (wife wasn't ready for a buzz cut).

 

[meako]

Worth the wait Vince...I bet your head feels 19kg lighter. I got mine done the other day ...Rays in Moruya...proper mens barber...and he plays good music...

 

[meako]

But why am I suddenly reminded of Sylvester Sneekly aka The Hooded Claw?

 

[Just Tom.]

My wife cuts my hair, and has for the last 25 years at least. She does it just the way I like it - buzz cut with the shortest clipper attachment on the sides and a just a little longer on the top. I believe her incentive for doing a good job is the fact that she has to be seen in public with me. The few times I have had to go to a barber I have been disappointed in the results.

I won’t let her touch my beard, though.