I’m feeling a little light-headed
My beautiful tresses have gone
I managed a barber’s appointment
Since March there have simply been none
When younger I served in the army
so never had long hair or curls
At the time it wasn’t important
the uniform attracted the girls
but later I wished I’d been able
to mirror the hippies and groups
to see what life was in the sixties
instead of being part of the troops!
Very smart haircut, Peter! 🙂
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Thank you.
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The choices we make when we’re young, eh? Decided not to let the curls grow for the girls? 😉
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There wasn’t much of a decision. The army barber only knew one style!
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Haha! I meant you letting your curls grow… 😉
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Looking sharp, Peter!
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Thanks trE.
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You’re quite welcome!
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Looking good, Peter! 🙂
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I liked the long-haired look. Love the rhyme too.
I haven’t booked anything yet, though my hair is crying out for attention.
Last year my hairstylist of fourteen years began coming to the house to do my hair after I told her I was leaving because the high end salon she worked at had become ridiculously expensive.
Now everything has changed and I don’t want outsiders in my house for three hours. Hopefully, she will understand.
So, I’ll let the rush calm down and try and find somewhere else before the virus starts to kick off again and I hibernate for winter!
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I dig the longer version too. But, the way things are going, better get it short as possible when you can. Never know when another may be months away again. Well, here in the US, at least. 🤪
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I really quite liked the longer hair but it was annoying in many ways. I have very fine hair which does not lend itself to any kind of management. Trying to fit glasses, hearing aids, mask, and long hair behind the ears does not work well!
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😃😃
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I like the long hair but I also understand you don’t want the hippies look. My husband used to have long and curly hair in the hippies days. Now he keeps it so short that it doesn’t have any curls.
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Very poignant poetry Peter.
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I’m into short hair.
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Somehow I guessed that Margo!
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My wife cuts my hair and I cut hers. Neither of us are very particular. So we have no need for the barber. In the sixties I did wear my hair longer and cut it myself. But looking back on those good old days I probably should have got a real hair cut at least once in a while.
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Fun poem! In the middle of lockdown my hair looked like it was sliding off my head – ever-receding at the front but turning hippie at the back!
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Jealous! I’ve got to wait another week. You’re looking very smart!
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I thought you might have borrowed some shears from one of the sheep farmers!
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Have you seen what a recently -scalped sheep looks like?
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That’s ’cause the shearers are in a hurry to get a bonus!
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Peter your lucky to still have a good crop of curls
Back in the sixties I had the hippie long locks
But now all I got is the music, and memories of those girls and twirls
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Love the long hair look, but understand the wanting to get in cut.
Wowza! Both you and Cooper got new hairdos and you both look handsome! 🙂
Rousing rapid rhyme! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…I cut my hubby’s hair for him once a month. But he can’t cut my hair for me, so I have my 1970’s hairdo these days. Long. Very long. 🙂
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I’ve seen lots of ladies who’ve dug out the slides and bobbles to help keep the tresses under control!
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Yes, we can do a LOT with longer hair! More than men can do.
Don’t know about you…but I’m not a big fan of the man-bun/top-knot. Ha. Oh, well.
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Totally agree!
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I think Cooper’s hairdresser could have done yours too!
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HA! 😀 she probably could have! I didn’t want to go inside. I’m still trying to play it very safe. 🙂
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Adorable! Thank for the laugh.
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Thank you Bridget.
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Nice haircut and poem!
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I seem to have reverted to a quite severe army cut!
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I think I’ve just spotted a gray fox.
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That fits quite nicely with the hare in the background of the picture!
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I prefer the long hair, but you like my husband prefer the shorter look. Since I am cutting his hair these days, courtesy of You Tube instructions, we have compromised on in between.
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In the first picture it’s longer than mine! 😂. David said he’s letting his grow until masks are no longer needed. His hair is LONG now. And his beard would make St. Nick do a double take !
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Poignant as poignant can be. In the 70s, I was a guest of my Uncle Sam for similar US Atmy training at Fort Otd, CA (now shut down and much if it abandoned and decaying ….no, not CA, Fort Ord). FO was in the Monterrey Peninsula and several of us ‘bald’ guys visited nearby Carmel. As we sat in the town lawn listening to some calm hippie music, we were approached by a group of Hare Krishna members who also had cleaned shaven heads but a long batch of hair starting at the very back of their heads and they wore white robes. Must have been a strange sight. In the least, it’s funny to recall it. Nice limerick, by the way.
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Thank you. The Hare Krishna crowd probably contributed more to world peace than we did!
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I wonder if they’re still practicing in CA. Certainly not by Fort Ord since it’s closed and mostly going to rot.
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Ha ha….absolutely loved this rapid rhyme! Glad you got a chance to grow your curls. Smart haircut!
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You look mahhhvelous either way, Sir Peter!!! and I love the poem! Cheers!!! 🤗❤️😊
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YOur poem made me smile, Peter. I quite like your longer hair look, but the cut is an expert one. 🙂
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Kudos to you Peter. You did an admirable job on your hair. In America the late night hosts have not had a hair clipping in months. 🙂
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It’s always so sad to say goodbye to hair so lovingly grown – or perhaps grown with no way of putting a stop to it. My husband has moaned for weeks abo ut the need for a good haircut (and now has been well and truly sheared) – while I’ve been secretly glad to see it a little longer! But hey, it’s all about feeling comfortable with ourselves, and. like my husband’s, your new hairdo looks neat and tidy. Memories of the 60s and 70s are all that remain… 😀
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My sylist felt sorry for me so he came to my house. I believe this was in April or May.I rewarded him with a salmon lunch on the patio. And, of course, I paid him. We socially distanced but still had a great time. I felt like a new person. 😊
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It really is a lot more than just a basic necessity!
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