tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post8346298001552102570..comments2023-10-22T06:15:30.760-04:00Comments on Boomer Musings: Snippet of Life - The Barber ShopDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-67656730690643717472011-02-22T21:06:20.000-05:002011-02-22T21:06:20.000-05:00Thanks, Barry, I figure as long as I am not the Tu...Thanks, Barry, I figure as long as I am not the Turkey, I'll enjoy it.Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-18483304678856969222011-02-22T21:06:19.665-05:002011-02-22T21:06:19.665-05:00Douglas,Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog and lea...Douglas,<br><br>Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a supportive comment. <br><br>I enjoy reading your Barber Shop post. The small black and white picture depicting the old days barber shop really caught my attention.<br><br>I am a Malaysian and there are lots of economic Indian barber shops. Interestingly, nearly 90% of those barber shops still practising the same routines as described in your post. Even the setting of the barber shop is exactly the same :)<br><br>cheers!<br>myloshlokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06200697246502757978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-53312887591096274582008-11-28T12:59:00.000-05:002008-11-28T12:59:00.000-05:00Shloke, I guess there is a universality to barber ...Shloke, I guess there is a universality to barber shops. They do seem to be the same most everywhere you go... Except for this:<BR/><A HREF="http://fun-station.blogspot.com/2007/10/barber-shop-in-poland.html" REL="nofollow">Polish Barber Shop</A>Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-77062287518162688312008-11-28T11:47:00.000-05:002008-11-28T11:47:00.000-05:00Douglas,Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog and lea...Douglas,<BR/><BR/>Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a supportive comment. <BR/><BR/>I enjoy reading your Barber Shop post. The small black and white picture depicting the old days barber shop really caught my attention.<BR/><BR/>I am a Malaysian and there are lots of economic Indian barber shops. Interestingly, nearly 90% of those barber shops still practising the same routines as described in your post. Even the setting of the barber shop is exactly the same :)<BR/><BR/>cheers!<BR/>myloshlokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200697246502757978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-66189677023802294042008-11-26T09:56:00.000-05:002008-11-26T09:56:00.000-05:00Thanks, Barry, I figure as long as I am not the Tu...Thanks, Barry, I figure as long as I am not the Turkey, I'll enjoy it.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-72795808316103461632008-11-26T09:39:00.000-05:002008-11-26T09:39:00.000-05:00Yes, that brings back more than a few memories.Alt...Yes, that brings back more than a few memories.<BR/><BR/>Although I don't think I enjoyed going to the barber as much as you. I always had to be ordered to go and then the barber would complain about how long my hair was.<BR/><BR/>But I always felt better after.<BR/><BR/>Have a great Thanksgiving!Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824632356834631279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-30290061664519936232008-11-26T07:58:00.000-05:002008-11-26T07:58:00.000-05:00Ares, I proudly admit that my hair was once down t...Ares, I proudly admit that my hair was once down to the bottom of my shoulder blades. I liked it, even though it was tied off in a pony tail most of the day since I worked with soldering irons often and the smell of burning hair is horrible. I cut it back to a "shag" style a couple of times but finally cut it to "normal" length in 1977. I miss it sometimes. But not when I wash it, oh no.<BR/><BR/>Michael, that bike shop was at a time when an "English Racer" was any three speed bicycle. The "beach cruiser" of today was the normal bike and there were no mountain bikes or motocross or exotic bikes of any kind. Biking was mundane. It is almost like the Model A vs the modern auto.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-14100292083768378572008-11-26T06:51:00.000-05:002008-11-26T06:51:00.000-05:00Bike shop! Awesome! I exclaim because I love cycli...Bike shop! Awesome! I exclaim because I love cycling! I would love to have that as a second home... (although, with my strange family situation [which I haven't fully disclosed yet (perhaps that story will come this weekend!)], I technically have five homes... actual apartments/houses).<BR/><BR/>I used to go to this one barbershop and the lady who has cut my hair over a hundred times was named Lydia, I think. Nowadays, I cut my own hair. <BR/><BR/>That's bizarre, I know, but I really don't like haircuts (I've cried on several occasions) and I just want to make sure I get my own haircut right and when it goes wrong, I have no sensible reason to put the blame it on others.<BR/><BR/>Michael.<BR/><BR/>worver(?) - 'press'Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403119049496095966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-7804066975302827382008-11-25T16:47:00.000-05:002008-11-25T16:47:00.000-05:00many guys nowadays need a good haircut, i think. t...many guys nowadays need a good haircut, i think. their hair's even longer than mine!<BR/><BR/>okaaay, i shouldn't care, fashion sense that is. but my brother's up to it too, and it's wholly annoying. I certainly hope I'll have the time to bald him up and make myself happy.. no, all of us. except him, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-7263131405799166982008-11-25T13:08:00.000-05:002008-11-25T13:08:00.000-05:00Thank you, vikki, I will certainly try. I figure I...Thank you, vikki, I will certainly try. I figure I will enjoy it much more than the turkey will.<BR/><BR/>The barber shop visit is a sort of man-thing, a rite of passage when you first go by yourself. You have entered the "club".<BR/><BR/>Well, it used to be. There are few traditional barber shops anymore, mostly unisex salons...Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-52460995860589071522008-11-25T12:32:00.000-05:002008-11-25T12:32:00.000-05:00Very endearing memory. Have a great Thanksgiving.V...Very endearing memory. Have a great Thanksgiving.<BR/>VikkiVikki Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843590983216729306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-81179207250129122122008-11-25T11:15:00.000-05:002008-11-25T11:15:00.000-05:00Nope, we were lucky then too mph, we got to go to ...Nope, we were lucky then too mph, we got to go to the barbers.<BR/><BR/>AV<BR/>http://netherregionoftheearthii.blogspot.com/<BR/>http://tomusarcanum.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-86407390347108597192008-11-25T11:14:00.000-05:002008-11-25T11:14:00.000-05:00heh heh Yes, my mother tried that once. She decide...heh heh Yes, my mother tried that once. She decided she could say a few pennies by giving us our annual summer crewcut ("you'll feel much cooler, trust me"). Cut my ear, I bled like a stuck pig, and she never tried it again.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-4429610917369793572008-11-25T09:59:00.000-05:002008-11-25T09:59:00.000-05:00Boy were you lucky. We couldn't afford to pay for ...Boy were you lucky. We couldn't afford to pay for haircuts so my mother took me into the basement and used an electric clippers on my lumpy head and shaved it to the scalp every few weeks.Michael Horvathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490946095047002839noreply@blogger.com