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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAn Irish sheep herder's response to the barber being shut.
I'm becoming desperate but am not quite there yet.
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abqtommy
(14,118 posts)TomSlick
(11,098 posts)I would need a Guinness or two - or three - before making the attempt.
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Disaffected
(4,555 posts)is to simply cut it all off (and finish with a shaver). Makes a nice even "cut" - and no skill required.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Disaffected
(4,555 posts)Bought one of the hair shavers with the various gauge widths and haven't been to the barber since.
It does a pretty good job but hey, I'm not trying to impress anyone.
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)I'm also pretty sure I would bogger up the job. I look goofy enough when my barber does the job.
Disaffected
(4,555 posts)pretty easy to use - just keep on going over it until no more hair is cut. I have unruly hair (grows in various directions) so a more normal head would likely be even easier.
For best results, keep it short and don't wait too long between cuts.
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)His father before him cut my hair since I was a child. His wife is a friend of mine and teaches at the same college as my wife. He has a really cute toddler to support and a mortgage to pay. He needs to make a living just like everyone else.
I'll hold out for as long as I can before doing anything drastic. If I finally buckle, I'll go to him when the shop opens to straighten the mess I've made.
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)TomSlick
(11,098 posts)The first time my girlfriend - now wife - saw me with a cadet buzz cut, she cried, then laughed, then cried..... It went on for quite some time.
keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)I bought a hair clipper set and my gf did some OJT.
I was getting shaggy.
Buzz cut - no problem.
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)My last buzz cut was as a cadet. Between the buzz cut and the BCGs (birth control glasses), it was not a good look.
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)TomSlick
(11,098 posts)Maybe not on a human but he's a deft hand.
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)But I needed to see the mirror he was looking in, or the cell phone, or something, just so I would know he still had his ears by the time the video was over.