DIY haircut using pet clippers - how hard can it be?

[mnoble485]

Ha! My first thought was, hey, 1972 wasn't that long ago. Then I remembered that I was -6 years old and my parents were still in college.

Oh you kids,1972 was a good year from what I remember about it.

Mike

[Too Tall]

Oh you kids,1972 was a good year from what I remember about it.

Mike

Quit bragging. My two remaining WORKING brain cells cry for the 70's. Such blurry good times'ish.

[Matthew Strongin]

Video conferencing all day has not been good for my fragile male ego. The position of my camera highlights my significantly receding hairline.

Cameras are the worst for highlighting the missing patches. My solution is to wear a hat.

[GrantM]

Ha! My first thought was, hey, 1972 wasn't that long ago. Then I remembered that I was -6 years old and my parents were still in college.

In my kindergarten photo i've got some nifty purple corduroy trousers and a nice velour pullover shirt.

-g

[Mabouya]

Today at work I think I saw my first non-professional haircut. I happen to know that this guy lives with some gal (don't know if they're married or not) so he may or may not have had help, but overall, it was clearly not his usual cut.

I haven't decided if I'm going to give it a try myself or not this weekend. Probably not - I'm not quite that desperate (yet) so I'll hold off on trying it. However, I have charged up both batteries that go with the Wahl pet clippers (which I believe to be essentially the same thing as human clippers, except that mine have some cat hairs in there too) and oiled up the mechanism, so it's ready to go...

[Colinmclelland]

Today at work I think I saw my first non-professional haircut. I happen to know that this guy lives with some gal (don't know if they're married or not) so he may or may not have had help, but overall, it was clearly not his usual cut.

I haven't decided if I'm going to give it a try myself or not this weekend. Probably not - I'm not quite that desperate (yet) so I'll hold off on trying it. However, I have charged up both batteries that go with the Wahl pet clippers (which I believe to be essentially the same thing as human clippers, except that mine have some cat hairs in there too) and oiled up the mechanism, so it's ready to go...

I was going to say, your pet clippers look pretty much identical to our “human” clippers. My oldest is nearly 15 and he’s never been in a hairdressers. He gets teased a lot though...

[htwoopup]

Have courage...

In Canada, public figures lead by example.

Dr. Bonnie Henry apologizes to stylist, admits she 'tinkered' with her hair | CTV News

[thollandpe]

By the way, “The Mechanic” was not the first entirely inappropriate film my Dad brought his nine-year-old son to see.

We also saw “The Andromeda Strain” which kinda left a mark.



One takeaway from that movie was remembering to always take my LED blinky light off flash mode when riding in a group.

[Too Tall]

That's a great movie Todd. The building is / was based on a high containment lab on campus of NIH where mom did much of her work. Scary place. She kept a 55 gallon fish tank in the adminstrative section filled with a fleet of Silver Dollars (they are fish sheesh) that flashed back and forth all day. Peace in the middle of certain death, it was her style mark.

[Arbolado]

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This is what happens when teenagers are bored and find the wahl clippers.

[j44ke]

I'm wearing a Yomiuri Giants hat. Best $25 I've spent in a while. Just have to slowly pay out a bit more strap on the fit as the volume grows.

[SeanEasley]

By the way, “The Mechanic” was not the first entirely inappropriate film my Dad brought his nine-year-old son to see.

We also saw “The Andromeda Strain” which kinda left a mark.



One takeaway from that movie was remembering to always take my LED blinky light off flash mode when riding in a group.

I aways wondered why you did that...it is out of sync with my assumption that as an engineer you would be concerned with battery life above all else.

[davids]

Someone must've shared this thread with the mainstream: How to Cut Your Own Hair With Trimmers - The New York Times

[j44ke]

Someone must've shared this thread with the mainstream: How to Cut Your Own Hair With Trimmers - The New York Times

No, it is because NYTimes' satellites listen in on everything, even your deepest thoughts.

[j44ke]

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This is what happens when teenagers are bored and find the wahl clippers.

Sorry those are not teenagers. That nap you took the other day - it lasted 10 years.

[Mabouya]

Someone must've shared this thread with the mainstream: How to Cut Your Own Hair With Trimmers - The New York Times

I noticed that and may well use the method they describe if I go for it this weekend.

[charliedid]

Looks like AC tunes in here as well Anderson Cooper pokes fun at attempt to cut his own hair - CNN Video

[defspace]

Looks like AC tunes in here as well Anderson Cooper pokes fun at attempt to cut his own hair - CNN Video

I gave it a shot. Similar results. The good news is that anything aft of the video conferencing headset is invisible. It's mullet season.