I have some clippers that I got for beard trimming that I'm going to take to my hair this weekend. It's something I figured I was a couple more years of thinning away from anyway, might as well start now.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:24 pm
by The Sybian
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:59 pm
So has anyone taken the plunge yet and tried cutting their own hair (besides those who already shave/buzz it regularly)? Considering it, but not sure how it would turn out.
Going to have to cut the front of my sons hair. It's covering his eyes and he is getting annoyed flipping his hair. I've been telling him to wait for my wife, because I know I'll butcher it, but she is only home on the weekends, and constantly getting calls or emergency assignments, and hasn't been able to squeeze in a haircut.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:24 pm
by mister d
Hair ties.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:30 pm
by A_B
AS the former owner of this haircut, I'll just ride the wave for as long as it goes.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:42 pm
by degenerasian
Yesterday would have been my haircut day (every 5 weeks as well). So now it's the unknown.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:43 pm
by duff
I will probably just shave my head before too long using my small clippers.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:17 pm
by Steve of phpBB
I'm about two weeks from looking like these guys - which one depends on whether it's windy.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:24 pm
by sancarlos
I'm another one who got his hair cut right before lockdown, and she cut it shorter than usual so I'm in good shape on the hair. But, I decided to let my beard grow 2 1/2 weeks ago, and now it is at that stage where it is itchy as hell, so I have to decide whether to power through it or just shave it off.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:25 pm
by brian
sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:24 pm
I'm another one who got his hair cut right before lockdown, and she cut it shorter than usual so I'm in good shape on the hair. But, I decided to let my beard grow 2 1/2 weeks ago, and now it is at that stage where it is itchy as hell, so I have to decide whether to power through it or just shave it off.
Grind it out. I'm up to about four weeks now and it gets better. I'm making sure to trim the longer hairs that hang over my lips though as those are the most annoying. If you can, get some beard oil also.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:51 pm
by Nonlinear FC
degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:58 pm
"Yeah, no" is another one.
Why do some people start every sentence with "yeah, no" ?
A person that works for me does a variation, where even when she's agreeing with your statement, she says "no no no."
I told her not to Triple No me in a meeting and it busted the room up. I don't think anyone's every pointed it out to her before.
That's why I'm here, folks.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:27 pm
by DSafetyGuy
We took the kids out for soft serve ice cream today. It was my idea and I think we all needed it, especially the kids to get out of the house for something other than a walk or hike.
They have cones set up outside to mark where you are supposed to wait to maintain adequate space and a sign explaining them, which is a bonus.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:28 pm
by DaveInSeattle
And for today's most embarrassing tweet:
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:51 pm
by DSafetyGuy
I trust you went for "most embarrassing" because it wasn't quite racist enough for that top spot.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:51 pm
by HaulCitgo
Crab Rangoon is not yummy at all. Spicy tuna a little boring but fine. Id sooner bad chineseish.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:02 pm
by sancarlos
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:51 pm
I trust you went for "most embarrassing" because it wasn't quite racist enough for that top spot.
I don't think they even sell it in communities that have any significant Asian population.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:06 am
by DaveInSeattle
HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:51 pm
Crab Rangoon is not yummy at all. Spicy tuna a little boring but fine. Id sooner bad chineseish.
It was more a comment about not knowing what Chicken Tikka Masala is. Dude lives in Washington DC! He's probably got 10 Indian restaurants within 5 blocks of him.
HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:51 pm
Crab Rangoon is not yummy at all. Spicy tuna a little boring but fine. Id sooner bad chineseish.
It was more a comment about not knowing what Chicken Tikka Masala is. Dude lives in Washington DC! He's probably got 10 Indian restaurants within 5 blocks of him.
Yeah, the guy wears his thinly veiled racism on his sleeve. He might as well have said, "I only eat 'Murican Food!"
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:54 am
by A_B
On my commute there was a frigging wild turkey in a residential neighborhood. It looked very confused, but not nearly as surprised as the person who is going to wake up to a wild turkey in their backyard.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:09 pm
by brian
I saw a video of like 12 to 15 deer roaming through a fairly urban Grand Rapids (MI) neighborhood yesterday. The animals are starting to venture into places they normally would avoid with more human activity.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:23 pm
by Rush2112
A_B wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:54 am
On my commute there was a frigging wild turkey in a residential neighborhood. It looked very confused, but not nearly as surprised as the person who is going to wake up to a wild turkey in their backyard.
Though there are probably more than a few that have woken up in the backyard because of Wild Turkey?
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:30 pm
by Nonlinear FC
In one of our numerous threads on here, there were big ass mountain lions in the streets of Boulder.
And that was easily 2 weeks ago.
I've definitely noticed that squirrels are getting a lot more used to humans in my hood.
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:51 pm
I trust you went for "most embarrassing" because it wasn't quite racist enough for that top spot.
I don't think they even sell it in communities that have any significant Asian population.
Cuz it was invented by Trader Vic's.
RE: crab rangoon
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:32 pm
by Shirley
I cut my own hair for the first time in my life last week. I bought some $40 clippers at the grocery store (I had researched them on Amazon first), and they actually worked pretty well. I made a mess of the bathroom, but actually did a decent job with the cut.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:36 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Did you just clip everything the same length, or longer on top and then blend together? The blending thing is what I'm worried I'll fuck up and make it look terrible, which is the main thing holding me back so far.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:39 pm
by sancarlos
Shirley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:32 pm
I cut my own hair for the first time in my life last week. I bought some $40 clippers at the grocery store (I had researched them on Amazon first), and they actually worked pretty well. I made a mess of the bathroom, but actually did a decent job with the cut.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:48 pm
by Shirley
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:36 pm
Did you just clip everything the same length, or longer on top and then blend together? The blending thing is what I'm worried I'll fuck up and make it look terrible, which is the main thing holding me back so far.
I did use a longer cut on top than the sides. Hard to say if I successfully blended - I had little idea what I was doing - but it seemed to work.
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:36 pm
Did you just clip everything the same length, or longer on top and then blend together? The blending thing is what I'm worried I'll fuck up and make it look terrible, which is the main thing holding me back so far.
I did use a longer cut on top than the sides. Hard to say if I successfully blended - I had little idea what I was doing - but it seemed to work.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:26 pm
by Pruitt
I'm dying to get out. Count me in.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:59 pm
by bfj
That would be fun. I’m in.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:00 pm
by duff
Time and place.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:21 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:24 pm
by Ryan
duff wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:00 pmTime and place.
I have a couple game packs on Steam so I could set it up with a Zoom or something. Any night after 9 here.
Re: The OFFICIAL 2020 Self-Quarantine Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:44 pm
by Johnny Carwash
So what's the likelihood of this actually happening after we talk about it, on a scale of "the next Swampcast" to "brian's movie night"?
