# Rhode Island barber retires after 68 years. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838 "2015-12-31T18:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/1 "2015-12-31T18:18:33Z")
Here’s a man who found a job that he liked and stuck with it. This guy was giving haircuts to people since the end of WWII. :eek: He’s seen so much history and talked with so many people. What a life he’s lead. Well done sir. > **[Rhode Island barber retires after 68 years](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/12/31/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/)** > > After 68 years, a Rhode Island barber is ready to retire. His one grief – the bowl cut. “\[It’s\] just about the ugliest thing,” Tony Manzi, 90, told the Providence journal. M… > [@](#): > > Manzi’s been giving $10 cuts and shaves at Manzi’s Barber Shop in Cranston for nearly seven decades. > > Beloved by locals who call him “Tony the barber,” Manzi joined his dad’s business after a three-year stint in the Navy and never looked back. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/2 "2015-12-31T19:26:04Z")
that’s nice lazy millennials could really learn a lot about life by looking to this man as an example ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/3 "2015-12-31T19:35:56Z")
I’m surprised that people were OK with paying ten bucks for a haircut 68 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/4 "2015-12-31T20:52:22Z")
I’m surprised you can get a haircut for $10 now. And also surprised that RI made the news in a non-embarrassing way. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/5 "2015-12-31T21:38:18Z")
I can’t recall what haircuts cost me in the 1970’s. I think $5 or $6 maybe. I’m paying $15 now. here’s the original article. I get the impression the barber shop will be closing. I guess he wasn’t able to sell the business to another barber. > **[Possession of meth lab ingredients earns Kratzer prison time](https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/crime/2015/12/28/possession-meth-lab-ingredients-earns/32823133007/)** > > HILLSDALE — Jarin Brian Kratzer, 18, was sentenced to prison Dec. 21 in Hillsdale County Circuit Court for his involvement in purchasing ingredients commonly associated with the manufacturing of meth… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/6 "2015-12-31T21:57:05Z")
My current barber has been open for about 2 years. He thought about buying an existing shop that the owner was retiring from but he wanted something a little different. That other barber retired and now works for my guy two days a week. From similar stories I get the impression an old barbershop doesn’t make for a great business sale around here. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/7 "2015-12-31T22:06:47Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > He’s seen so much history and talked with so many people. What a life he’s lead. And think how much hair he’s held ! ---
**Author:** ![botsgotme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/8 "2015-12-31T22:23:08Z")
So where will the bookie in the back room go?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/9 "2015-12-31T22:25:54Z")
I remember vividly when barber shops became style salons in the late 70’s. Suddenly every barber shop had a rack of hair products they sold. The barbers were using Blow dryers and razors to cut hair instead of barber shears. My barber shop even redecorated and tried to look more trendy. This type of style required a razor cut and hair product. [![](https://hair-and-makeup-artist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1973-Wella-advert.jpg) ](https://hair-and-makeup-artist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1973-Wella-advert.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/10 "2015-12-31T22:35:22Z")
I hope he writes a book. He has the material for one. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/11 "2016-01-01T01:02:46Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Here’s a man who found a job that he liked and stuck with it. This guy was giving haircuts to people since the end of WWII. :eek: He’s seen so much history and talked with so many people. What a life he’s lead. ahem. LED. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-barber-retires-after-68-years/741838/12 "2016-01-01T13:49:34Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > I hope he writes a book. He has the material for one. Can you weave hair into pages that hold ink? Did he save up enough hair for a whole book?