Actually, I do not joke. I get mine cut twice a year, and the only reason I do it that often is because my wife insists.
Can’t get it symmetrical. Besides, the reason I have a beard is because after 21 years in the Navy, I don’t want to waste more time shaving (and trimming it is worse). So I have the barber trim it twice a year, when she cuts my hair. Only thing I do in between is trim the moustache a few times to keep it out of my coffee.
Wait… bars can open in Cali? When did this happen? Do you have a link I could check out?
Sorry to tell you this, but the Bay Area is still restricting reopenings tighter than other areas.
I got my hair cut today. They aren’t doing shampoos, although they did wet my hair with a spray bottle and blew it dry, and I had to wear a mask except when they were cutting around my ears.
I got my last haircut just before the shutdown, although I certainly hadn’t anticipated beauty and barber shops being included at the time. The beautician I had that day must have, however, because she nearly gave me a crew cut, something I initially wasn’t very happy about but now I’m grateful, because it didn’t get TOO unruly.
We visited my daughter (a nurse) and her fiancé (an MD) yesterday. It was the perfect situation. They used to live 2 hours away, but they bought a house and moved only an hours drive away.
Last week they both were tested (negative) and they took a weeks vacation time to settle into the new house. Our visit accentuated safety; we stayed 6 feet apart and dined outdoors in their new yard. It was so cool seeing them that I didn’t really miss the hugs that would have normally happened.
I had a massage last week. Haircut this week. I think people weigh the risks.
Yeah, that would be key. There’s no way to make an asymmetrical beard look good.
I’m with you there. I don’t miss shaving one bit. Shaving my neck takes maybe 30 seconds, so I barely notice it in my morning routine.
There’s where it’s different for me. Even when I wanted my beard to look neat enough to be officeworthy every weekday, I still only needed to trim it once every 4-5 days, and that only takes me maybe 4-5 minutes, which is less time than shaving used to take me every single day.
Now this is the confusing part. If your beard only needs trimming twice a year, how was it taking you more time than shaving would?
OTOH, if it only needs trimming twice a year when done by your barber, it makes total sense to let your barber do it for you. 
Are you getting a tattoo next week? 
Today I had the most contact with people I’ve had in over 3 months. We are finally starting the sale of my mother’s house (she died in February). When I arrived at the house, my brother and his wife were inside. I haven’t seen them since mid-March. I told them I would not come in. When the realtor arrived, I asked if she had a mask and she had to go back to her car to get it. Really, you meet with people without a mask? She and my brother walked through the house and made plans. After my brother and his wife left, she sat with me outside (both wearing masks) to go over things.
Next up was an electrician to replace the thermostat for the heating system. I met him outside. I had on my mask. He didn’t even have a mask. Someone who spends his entire day working in people’s homes. I wasn’t planning to go inside with him anyway but damn. After he left, I had to go in to turn out the lights, wore my mask and held my breath until I could get back outside. And before someone asks, I can’t complain to his boss, he IS the boss.
These experiences have not made me any more comfortable about engaging with people at all. These are people who spend their days with strangers and they didn’t seem very concerned about safety, theirs or mine. I realize this is different than going to a business that is following rules but, unfortunately, these are the kind of interactions I’m going to have to have to get this house sold. But at least now I’m aware that people really aren’t taking this seriously and I’m going to have to make sure anyone I hire is going to follow safety procedures.
As a matter of fact…
I didn’t say it needs trimming twice a year – I said it gets trimmed twice a year. And again, if I tried trimming it, symmetry would be a problem.
How often it needs trimming depends on whom you ask. I’m sure my wife thinks it needs trimming much more often than that, whereas I would be qute happy doing it only once a year.
What the heck? Tried editing the above, but hitting "Save’ half a dozen times didn’t do anything. Here’s the attempted edit:
And again, if I tried trimming it, there’s the problem of symmetry. So it would be snip a bit on the right … snip a bit on the left … oops, too much … snip a bit more on the right to make it even … oops, too much again…
Anyway, if you’re good with having it trimmed only once or twice a year, I agree that it makes sense to let your barber do it. (If your wife would like it trimmed more often, I’ll leave that between you and her. :D)
While I was still showing up at an office every weekday, I was trimming mine every 3-5 days, which was way too often to have my hairstylist do it. I’m trimming it maybe once a week now, and only then because it looks really raggedy if I don’t. So I trim the outliers, and leave it at that. That seems to suffice. :))
Ohio has been doing it’s roll out since May 1st. I still won’t get my haircut (my wife and I attack my head every few weeks,) I am still not comfortable with getting my teeth cleaned and I may just wait until October when it will have been a year since my last cleaning. I pucker at the thought of my gaping maw catching little virus particles for half an hour :eek:. I’m pretty fastidious about keeping my chiclets brushed and flossed and I eat a ketogenic diet so I feel confident my oral health is pretty good right now.
I just don’t feel it’s worth the risk to go to a restaurant at this time even though I would love to gather with family and friends at our old haunts.
My family’s huge Independence day party is, at this point, postponed until labor day and may be cancelled if things are still pretty rough with cases.
The only thing I’ve done that I didn’t/couldn’t do during the lockdown is follow up on some medical testing…two tests down and two more to go.
That’s one thing I would actually feel safe doing since here in Ohio tattoo shops are regulated pretty strictly by the Ohio Department of Health and they already took incredible safety measures before Covid.
My girlfriend wants to fly over and visit me in Texas this weekend. I’m still mentally paralyzed on whether this is a good idea or not. I’d enjoy her company, of course, but don’t want either of us to get infected. She wants me to make a decision tonight or tomorrow as to whether she should buy the plane tickets. I am at work now and have been mentally weighing the pros and cons over and over again.
You didn’t ask for an opinion, but I would not get on a plane right now to or from Texas (she will have to go back, after all). And I’m already IN Texas. We’ve just had a huge spike in cases.
Update on me: I had put off my annual mammogram, which was due in March. I’m at the end of five years post-lumpectomy, so five years is a milestone. Went to have it yesterday. Bad news: I have to have a biopsy next week on the non-cancer side. I’m not going to put that off but rats. I’ve been taking Arimidex faithfully for the whole five years (minus one month) so I have reason to feel optimistic. The radiologist said there had been a slight change in an area of calcification since my mammogram last year. I’m glad he’s being cautious. But rats.
Sorry to hear about that, ThelmaLou - even if the biopsy comes back negative re cancer (knock on wood), it’s still no fun to have to get the biopsy. And spending the next several days worrying about the outcome is not exactly fun either.
Sending good vibes in your general direction.
Thank you so much. I appreciate the good wishes.
Please keep us in the loop. I’m sorry–additional testing bites even if one wants it on the basis of exams.