Remember when?

In 1955, haircuts went up to 85 cents. That's when I quit. I haven't paid for a haircut since then. I have a Playtex hair cutter. Do it myself about once a month. Who knows how much money I saved. Probably more than enough to buy my TR6.

A couple of years ago I reminded my barber that there used to be a shop right across the street from where he is now where haircuts were 35 cents since it was outside the city limits where they were 50 cents. This was just as I handed him $25. In consideration for the covid, I finally bought a clipper and have started doing my own.

Well each of my braids is about 20".

Wahl Super Taper clippers, dad bought one in '57 and cut our hair. Brother and I got "flat-top" cuts and Butch Wax... that clipper died on me just a couple years ago, got an updated one. Same design, it works great for me. Last barber chair I sat in was while in the Air Force. Didn't cut my hair for a long time, had a ponytail for years. Went from bein' "hypocritically bald" to admitting my Hippocratic baldness some time in the mid-nineties. Got out the old Wahl clippers, cut it down to as short as possible and haven't looked back.

I jokingly tell folks my barber's from New Zealand. Only knows the one style. Some get it, some don't.

What was the lowest gasoline price you remember? I once saw 19 cents on the Berlin Turnpike just below Hartford during a gas war. Usual price was about a quarter.

DrEntropy said:

Wahl Super Taper clippers, dad bought one in '57 and cut our hair. Brother and I got "flat-top" cuts and Butch Wax... that clipper died on me just a couple years ago,

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We've seen your coif doc, pretty sure it died of loneliness or boredom :grin:

Gasoline has always been a little cheaper in this part of the country. I can remember the usual price being 22 or 23 cents. Price wars were fairly common and I'm pretty sure I remember as low as 13 cents but it has been a long time for an old memory organ.