Re: Ways to help you save for early retirement

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:11:42 -0800, El Castor
<justuschickens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Gary James <gnajmes43@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 04:17:14 GMT, Rumpelstiltskin
>><PleaseDoNotReplyByEmail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:43:48 -0700, El Castor
>>><justuschickens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>>My wife has cut my hair for 25 years. She does a good job. My worst
>>>>experience with a hair cut was in a barber shop when I was in college.
>>>>I got the guy who was fresh out of barber school. He zoomed up the
>>>>side of my head with the electric clippers, and let go with a sound
>>>>that was a cross between a gasp and a cry of mortal anguish. )-8
>>>
>>>
>>> It's easier to cut someone else's hair than to cut one's
>>>own. I have a friend who cuts his own hair and does a
>>>great job with it. He cuts it very short, though, and is so
>>>goodlooking that he could where a dustmop and people
>>>would still think he looked great. Since I like my hair
>>>longer, I can't cut it all the same length. It's tough
>>>grading the sides and back shorter than the top and
>>>front while juggling mirrors.
>>
>>Back in the 1970s there was a little gizmo advertised on TV called a
>>trim comb. I was a pocket sized comb with a razor blade attached to
>>the teeth. Supposedly you could just comb your hair and get a
>>haircut. I tried it, but never had any luck.
>
>Ah yes. What you need is the famous Flowbee.
>http://www.flowbee.com/



Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that. Unfortunately, it doesn't
solve the problem of tapering, since I'd still have the problem
of making the tapering symmetrical all around. Now maybe
if it came with an altimeter control system ...
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