You Know You Are Old When

[Jstpssng]

My mother cut my hair until the time that she barely missed my eye with the point of the scissors.

 

[John0829]

Yeah, Mom cut my hair until I met my wife. Shortly after we started dating she decided SHE wanted to do it, her decision, I had nothing to do with. 55 years later she still is.

 

[bigtiller]

On Monday, the day after the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964, a boy in my class came to school with bangs. The teacher sent him to the office for a scolding and when he came back to class his hair was combed in the standard crew cut that he had on Friday.

And the dress code stayed the same until the fall of 1972 when they practically did away with it.

 

[BravoXray]

On Monday, the day after the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964, a boy in my class came to school with bangs. The teacher sent him to the office for a scolding and when he came back to class his hair was combed in the standard crew cut that he had on Friday.

And the dress code stayed the same until the fall of 1972 when they practically did away with it.

Yeah, when the Beatles became a hit, some guys in school let their hair grow out and got a Beatle hair cut, which was against the school dress code, UNLESS you were Amish, then it was okay. Caused a bit of controversy, and eventually it was permitted, but boy's hair had to stay above the collar.

 

[lman]

Did you go to school with Amish?

Yeah, when the Beatles became a hit, some guys in school let their hair grow out and got a Beatle hair cut, which was against the school dress code, UNLESS you were Amish, then it was okay. Caused a bit of controversy, and eventually it was permitted, but boy's hair had to stay above the collar.

Did you go to school with Amish?

 

[masscity]

When I was a young kid my Grampa cut my hair with those manual clippers (you squeeze them by hand). Of course they were dull and pulled your hair a lot.

Later in school I went to the barber, he charged .50 cents for all students. Never raised his price for students, school closed in 1967.

 

[WinterDeere]

Yeah, Mom cut my hair until I met my wife. Shortly after we started dating she decided SHE wanted to do it, her decision, I had nothing to do with. 55 years later she still is.

Similar experience, here. Mom cut the boys' hair in our house, until one day she accidentally cut part of my brother's ear off, with those razor-sharp sewing shears. Then we had a good excuse for seeing a pro.

 

[masseyrider]

Similar experience, here. Mom cut the boys' hair in our house, until one day she accidentally cut part of my brother's ear off, with those razor-sharp sewing shears. Then we had a good excuse for seeing a pro.

I used to get a hair cut from my father's friend who had been a military barber.
He only knew one way to cut hair.
To the deck and even that had dips and shear spots.
Going to school after one of his cuts I always looked like I had just escaped a sheep farm.
I started refusing to go see him and he was really insulted by that.

 

[BravoXray]

Did you go to school with Amish?

Did you go to school with Amish?

I had two Amish kids in my class until they turned 16, then they dropped out to work on the farm. At one time we probably had a couple dozen Amish kids in our school out of 500 or so total students.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I went to school with some Mennonites and to me it seems some are more strict than Amish.
A Mennonite friend could drive a car but no chrome anywhere, black bumpers, etc.