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Gerry Nelson said:

Yep, that would be me  I'm slowly finding out which of the people I know read the Herald Sun.

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lachyzee said:

What do you guys think is the perfect size canopy for a city umbrella? 42"? 50"? 60" would be getting to the "unwieldy" stage in the conservative business dress I imagine.

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I am DIL said:

Romp, I'd just like to commend you on your O & J work. It's great when Australians do good things competitively.


The same goes for HC Neckwear.


****, I miss home.

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Prof. B. Bear said:

Went to a new barber today based on the recommendation of a partner at work. He's an old Italian guy whose had the same shop since the 70's. I go in and tell them what I want (usual Ivy League type cut, 0.5 around the ears faded into a 3 on the sides with a part on the top). He says OK. First thing he does is take the 0.5 clippers straight up the side of my head to the top. Now I have the classic "high and tight". Looks ridiculous.
Avoid "Alec's Hairdressing" on Leigh Street in Adelaide AT ALL COSTS. ******* idiot can't follow simple instructions even though he has 40 years experience.
EDIT - forgot to mention he cut the back of my neck with a straight edge razor and made me bleed.

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Romp said:

Lol i dont want to laugh at your expense but that cracks me up!
Ayone got a good place in sydney? My hair looks like it went through a paper shredder at my last place

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Prof. B. Bear said:

Went to a new barber today based on the recommendation of a partner at work. He's an old Italian guy whose had the same shop since the 70's. I go in and tell them what I want (usual Ivy League type cut, 0.5 around the ears faded into a 3 on the sides with a part on the top). He says OK. First thing he does is take the 0.5 clippers straight up the side of my head to the top. Now I have the classic "high and tight". Looks ridiculous.
Avoid "Alec's Hairdressing" on Leigh Street in Adelaide AT ALL COSTS. ******* idiot can't follow simple instructions even though he has 40 years experience.
EDIT - forgot to mention he cut the back of my neck with a straight edge razor and made me bleed.

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It was the man from Ironbark who struck the Sydney town,
He wandered over street and park, he wandered up and down.
He loitered here, he loitered there, till he was like to drop,
Until at last in sheer despair he sought a barber's shop.
"'Ere! shave my beard and whiskers off, I'll be a man of mark,
I'll go and do the Sydney toff up home in Ironbark."

The barber man was small and flash, as barbers mostly are,
He wore a strike-your-fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar;
He was a humorist of note and keen at repartee,
He laid the odds and kept a "tote", whatever that may be,
And when he saw our friend arrive, he whispered, "Here's a lark!
Just watch me catch him all alive, this man from Ironbark."


There were some gilded youths that sat along the barber's wall.
Their eyes were dull, their heads were flat, they had no brains at all;
To them the barber passed the wink, his dexter eyelid shut,
"I'll make this bloomin' yokel think his bloomin' throat is cut."
And as he soaped and rubbed it in he made a rude remark:
"I s'pose the flats is pretty green up there in Ironbark."

A grunt was all reply he got; he shaved the bushman's chin,
Then made the water boiling hot and dipped the razor in.
He raised his hand, his brow grew black, he paused awhile to gloat,
Then slashed the red-hot razor-back across his victim's throat:
Upon the newly-shaven skin it made a livid mark -
No doubt it fairly took him in - the man from Ironbark.

He fetched a wild up-country yell might wake the dead to hear,
And though his throat, he knew full well, was cut from ear to ear,
He struggled gamely to his feet, and faced the murd'rous foe:
"You've done for me! you dog, I'm beat! one hit before I go!
I only wish I had a knife, you blessed murdering shark!
But you'll remember all your life the man from Ironbark."

He lifted up his hairy paw, with one tremendous clout
He landed on the barber's jaw, and knocked the barber out.
He set to work with nail and tooth, he made the place a wreck;
He grabbed the nearest gilded youth, and tried to break his neck.
And all the while his throat he held to save his vital spark,
And "Murder! Bloody murder!" yelled the man from Ironbark.

A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show;
He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go.
And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun—
'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone."
"A joke!" he cried, "By George, that's fine; a lively sort of lark;
I'd like to catch that murdering swine some night in Ironbark."

And now while round the shearing floor the list'ning shearers gape,
He tells the story o'er and o'er, and brags of his escape.
"Them barber chaps what keeps a tote, By George, I've had enough,
One tried to cut my bloomin' throat, but thank the Lord it's tough."
And whether he's believed or no, there's one thing to remark,
That flowing beards are all the go way up in Ironbark.

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Prof. B. Bear said:

Went to a new barber today based on the recommendation of a partner at work. He's an old Italian guy whose had the same shop since the 70's. I go in and tell them what I want (usual Ivy League type cut, 0.5 around the ears faded into a 3 on the sides with a part on the top). He says OK. First thing he does is take the 0.5 clippers straight up the side of my head to the top. Now I have the classic "high and tight". Looks ridiculous.
Avoid "Alec's Hairdressing" on Leigh Street in Adelaide AT ALL COSTS. ******* idiot can't follow simple instructions even though he has 40 years experience.
EDIT - forgot to mention he cut the back of my neck with a straight edge razor and made me bleed.

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md2010 said:

It happened to me so many times that I have lost count. What I have found if if men has more than 6cm hair and want a style cut hair dressers struggle. My last hair cut 2 months ago my regular hair dresser stuffed up my hair style big time. Just imagine having 17cm leanth on the front and high number 2 on the sides. Anyway hair will grow back. I have cursed my hair dresser every morning for first few weeks. I have taken picture of hair style how I wanted before and that worked. Make sure you get front/side/back picture.

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Prof. B. Bear said:

Turns out the guy is just a ******* marsupial.

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Prof. B. Bear said:

******* idiot can't follow simple instructions even though he has 40 years experience.
EDIT - forgot to mention he cut the back of my neck with a straight edge razor and made me bleed.

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