Traditional Hair Styles

**Joel** · 10th January 08, 01:20 PM

Great information. Thanks!

And, Ted: I find the magic of conversation to be you start out with a topic, it evolves into a whole other topic and then right when things seem to be out on a limb, you bring everything right back to the topic you began with!

**Bugbear** · 10th January 08, 01:37 PM

Agreed Joel and that is a good point.
I've been working on my new non-haircut hair style. I think the key is letting the front get long enough that it reaches to the back and all can be held together in a ponytail; it's almost there now. I think that is how this works. At that point it can be trimmed just for neatness, but I don't know that it is too nessesary. I would love to not have to go to the haircut place again for a long time. As I said in an earlier post, the other way would be to comb my hair every day with a beard trimmer, LOL!

I remember once I was playing with my X almost wife's hair and I made some comment that it would be cool if she tied up her ponytail, and cut it off and gave it to me. YIPES! I wasn't saying that she should do that. I think the... conversation ended with "GROW YOUR OWN PONYTAIL AND CUT IT OFF!!!!!!!!" I was stupid back then, and probably a jerk. LOL!

**Joel** · 10th January 08, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

I've been working on my new non-haircut hair style. I think the key is letting the front get long enough that it reaches to the back and all can be held together in a ponytail; it's almost there now. I think that is how this works. At that point it can be trimmed just for neatness, but I don't know that it is too nessesary. I would love to not have to go to the haircut place again for a long time. As I said in an earlier post, the other way would be to comb my hair every day with a beard trimmer, LOL!

Keep it long, Ted!

Yeah. I liked the days when I had my long hair, braided the sides and tied it off in back (Now I think on it, it was like Aragorn's from the Lord Of The Rings movies). But then came the season for Civil War Re-enacting and the hair came off.

Ever since the day I had my hair cut off, I've regreted it as the worst decision I ever made. Actually, there was a worser decision - but that's a whole other story...

Yeah, I could have grown it back, but it wasn't good to have long hair when working around fiery furnases and fast moving air conditioner motors...

**Robertson** · 10th January 08, 01:49 PM

I wish I had hair

**Bugbear** · 10th January 08, 02:04 PM

I'm sorry Robertson, I do feel for you. I don't know your situation, but I hope this discussion isn't in your face or anything.

Joel, I like my long hair. I work around open and white hot kilns ever so often and hair does have to be tucked up under a hat or something. That being said, I know a few long haired men and women who seem to do fine with just ponytails, and they work with open kilns all the time. I'm very amazed that there aren't more... singeings than there are.

**James MacMillan** · 10th January 08, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Robertson

I wish I had hair

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Well there goes another keyboard...... got to invest in one of those plastic covers if I'm going to continue to read X-Marks and drink coffee at the same time!

**Bugbear** · 10th January 08, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

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Well there goes another keyboard...... got to invest in one of those plastic covers if I'm going to continue to read X-Marks and drink coffee at the same time!

Hope you are able to resolve that technical issue James.

**Bugbear** · 10th January 08, 04:50 PM

I have known a few men who are bald in the MPB way and had very long hair:musicians. On the other hand, I know a couple of men who shave their heads completely and aren't going bald as far as I know: bikers. Hmmmm, I've known plenty of women who have very short hair cuts up to and including head shaving... It's all cool with me now.

**James MacMillan** · 10th January 08, 05:01 PM

Since we have MPB (male pattern baldness) is there such a thing as FPB (female pattern baldness)...?

**Bugbear** · 10th January 08, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

Since we have MPB (male pattern baldness) is there such a thing as FPB (female pattern baldness)...?

Yes. I have heard of this, and it isn't always in the same way a man loses hair... sometimes just an over all thinning to the point of pachieness and so on. I don't know for sure, but I think most of the women who have this wear wigs. That being said, I've never seen any problem with women who have crew cut type hair cuts or bald so long as that hair style fits their facial features and head shape. Several girls had buzcuts and flat tops when and where I was growing up. Guess it's just what you get used to.
** I should clarify that a bit. Most of the girls and women had long hair, but there were enough with short hair that you got used to seeing women with short hair. Kind of a tomboy thing I guess you could say.