What's making you happy today?

[glatt]

I cut my son's hair this afternoon.

I gained the confidence to do so by watching Youtube videos. I see minor flaws in the haircut, but that's as it should be. We should have a reason to pay the pros to do it. He's happy though, and so am I. I used a pair of old dull clippers my dad used to cut my hair with when I was a kid, and a brand new barber's pair of scissors I drove an hour to purchase from a curbside pickup hair supply place.

[BigV]

That's a good lookin young man; haircut's nice too Dad.

Well done!

[Griff]

That's a really nice job!

[monster]

Nice one!

I'm happy because the replacement circuit board seems to have fixed bajaboi's welder

[Clodfobble]

Looking good!

[glatt]

https://youtu.be/GcjrLdHeHxQ

[Undertoad]

It worked! Well done and you didn't even have to use the fire extinguisher.

[sexobon]

Nice work. Those old fashioned clippers sound like a buzz saw. OSHA may require everyone in the room to have hearing protection. They probably zip right through the heavy layers though.

I got tired of going to the barber for just a trim around the ears and cleaning up the back of the neck; so, I bought some full size clippers (not trimmers). I've been doing that myself using the medicine cabinet mirror in conjunction with a large rectangular handheld mirror to see what I'm doing. Works great! I don't have to make a trip to the barber's so often. I still have a head full of thick hair and it keeps it from looking ragged.

FWIW, I did my homework and researched the various models of clippers offered by the major brands. I settled on one and after 4 years of use I can highly recommend it: https://www.amazon.com/Oster-Speed-P...687333&sr=8-1& (industrial strength, made in USA).

[glatt]

I tried to buy new clippers, but amazon wasn't shipping any until late May or June. So I looked up a local beauty supply chain called Sally's and was checking out what they had. There's a Whal Peanut model with hundreds of really good reviews for $50 or so. The stores are only doing curb-side pickup.

None of them were answering their phones except one over half an hour away. And they didn't have the clippers or scissors I wanted in stock. I had selected a $20 pair of scissors (highly rated) but they only had a $60 pair left in stock. So I tripled my budget on that one. And the $50 clippers were not in stock either. Only a $125 cordless variety.

I decided to make do with the dull old clippers instead of paying the $125 extra.

I just wanted a haircut, not to spend almost $200. Our barber does a good job and charges $14. I can't wait for him to reopen.

[Griff]

I was bragging on glatt’s work to Pete just now, along with his raising a kid who’d let dad at his hair. She loved the results.

[sexobon]

How do you like that, the hair clippers I linked to in my previous post are all gone.

[monster]

My hair doesn't grow evenly and it's starting to resemble a game of Whack-a-Mole with weird long bits suddenly popping up

[Clodfobble]

Minifob's does that, though it's localized--the top-back of his hair (where his samurai knot would go, if he had one) grows about twice as fast as the rest. He has to alternate haircuts with the whole head, and just that portion.

[sexobon]

What's old is new again.

[glatt]

My wife was telling me yesterday that she heard on some podcast that America is going through different stages of purchases in this quarantine.

First there was the toilet paper purchases,
then the flour and egg purchases,
then home office supplies and school supplies purchases,
and now it's hair coloring and clippers purchases

We need to figure out what the next step is going to be so we can buy that shit before supplies run out.

What's next?

Please don't say urns.