I thankfully have the kind of hair that reaches my shoulder blades and no further so can just be tied back.
Dragonlet 1 is an ok length for now given that he won't stay still for clippers and I take him to the barbers, and the local ones seem to be far too relaxed about distancing and masks. Dragonlet 2 had her fringe cut by me last night, so it looks okay and is out of her eyes.
We are waiting for An Announcement tonight, which I suspect will be similar to the lockdown announced for mainland Scotland. Hopefully I can get the Dragonlets in school as key worker children for at least some of the week, as trying to juggle lessons and Mr Dragon's conference calls would be torture.
Since my work is seriously considering the idea of keeping us all "virtual" (heh, like that's going to happen!), I could do a much more complete reboot to my appearance.
Since my work is seriously considering the idea of keeping us all "virtual" (heh, like that's going to happen!), I could do a much more complete reboot to my appearance.
I wouldn't go into a hairdresser's at the moment either. During the first lockdown I learned, with the help of YouTube, to give myself a passable fringe trim and the rest of it can just keep growing.
I hope the optician appointment went well for you @North East Quine .
I had my annual eye test on Dec 23rd, and am now waiting for my new glasses - or at least, last year's frames fitted with the new lenses. Since the test I have been wearing the glasses I was prescribed in 2019, and am very keen to get the new ones.
Can't see that being possible for a while yet.
I wouldn't go into a hairdresser's at the moment either.
I bought clippers from a certain multinational website when we got too shaggy earlier in the year, and have been trimming the short-haired members of my household since. Mrs C has hers done by a friend, who has a salon in the back of her house (which I assess as low risk), and Eldest Child is a firm member of the "let it grow" camp.
I recall earlier last year there was a study showing that no customers had been infected by two masked, Covid-positive hairdressers, but I have concerns about the new more infectious strain in that regard.
I also had an eye test in the Autumn, in the lull between waves of pandemic. I felt safe - for a start it was at low incidence, the lassie running things was masked as was I (which created a few problems with steaming up!), a strict booking system, and when trying frames I was given a tray to put the ones I tried in so they could be cleaned down (no one else was there at all for that part).
I've still to organise a trip to Barnard Castle for a proper eye test.
I see they are banning takeaway alcohol - not sure of the logic if they are not stopping you buying it when food shopping.
It's to avoid the possibility of people congregating dangerously outside takeaways whilst swilling the alcohol they've just bought to accompany their Scotch Egg...
“You can leave home to attend or visit a place of worship for communal worship, a funeral or event related to a death, a burial ground or a remembrance garden, or to attend a wedding ceremony. You should follow the guidance on the safe use of places of worship and must not mingle with anyone outside of your household or support bubble when attending a place of worship”.
It felt as safe as it could. The optician phoned me just after I posted and discussed my sight, so as much as possible had already been done before I turned up for the face-to-face bit. The test was reduced to the essentials - I'm going back in October for e.g. the field vision test. Fogging up was a bit of an issue, but we got there.
The anti-dazzle coating on my glasses is still good and I don't need new glasses. The problem with oncoming lights when driving is just aging, and I'm going to have to accept that as a limitation. It shouldn't be too much of a problem - I've not experienced any problems driving locally, just on the main road when driving towards a line of oncoming traffic. Prior to Covid I rarely drove to my parents, preferring to go by train and enjoy a book, Sudoku etc with a latte to-go. It's just the double whammy of Covid and Dad's illness which has forced me onto that road, and the days are lengthening anyway, so increasing wiggle room.
“You can leave home to attend or visit a place of worship for communal worship, a funeral or event related to a death, a burial ground or a remembrance garden, or to attend a wedding ceremony. You should follow the guidance on the safe use of places of worship and must not mingle with anyone outside of your household or support bubble when attending a place of worship”.
Makes it all sound such Fun, no?
We await the official directive from Lambeth Palace - it may instruct closure, apart from the funeral etc. bit, so we'll have to wait and see.
TBH, after the rumpus last spring, when the CofE went further than the Govt and forbade even clergy to enter church buildings, I don't think they'd dare to promulgate a directive enforcing closure.
Of course, it could be done sneakily - eg by Ecclesiastical withdrawing Insurance Cover for churches that open - but I doubt it.
The problem with oncoming lights when driving is just aging, and I'm going to have to accept that as a limitation.
I'm telling myself it isn't aging, just that more and more people drive with full beam all the time and don't dip their lights when approaching cars coming the other way. Or, they have the lights incorrectly set too high.
I see they are banning takeaway alcohol - not sure of the logic if they are not stopping you buying it when food shopping.
People who buy a nice bottle of wine are going to drink it at home with dinner / people who buy a takeaway pint are going to drink it three feet away from the pub in a huddle with other people?
The problem with oncoming lights when driving is just aging, and I'm going to have to accept that as a limitation.
I'm telling myself it isn't aging, just that more and more people drive with full beam all the time and don't dip their lights when approaching cars coming the other way. Or, they have the lights incorrectly set too high.
The optician did say that headlights are getting brighter, so it's mostly aging, but the age at which it becomes a problem is going down.
I see they are banning takeaway alcohol - not sure of the logic if they are not stopping you buying it when food shopping.
People who buy a nice bottle of wine are going to drink it at home with dinner / people who buy a takeaway pint are going to drink it three feet away from the pub in a huddle with other people?
No hair cut for 9 months, so I have a pony tail now, which is quite funny at my age, 74. If my ma was alive she'd have kittens, but the missus is very admiring.
I'm despairing at the thought of what my hair will look like by the time I can get it cut again: I keep it quite short, but in a style that is better with professional attention every six to eight weeks.
It's been about that already, and heaven knows when the hairdressers will be allowed to open again here.
Serious suggestion - trim back the bits you can see/reach (fringe, over-the-ears), and tie back the longer bits in the pony-tail style aforementioned.
The former Mrs BF did just that at a time when neither of us had much £££, and she made quite a neat job of it. For some unknown reason, she wouldn't let me handle the Scissors for her...
Thing is, if you've got a fairly short hair style, it takes rather longer than 6-8 weeks to grow to a point where you can tie it back/up. And (having done this once or twice), it's pretty horrible whilst you're growing it out - it's too short to be able to confine/tieup etc and too long to be entirely comfortable.
(And it's one reason I ultimately opted for hair length which meant it could be tied back when at its shortest. I don't enjoy going to the hairdressers, so I can leave it a long time between cuts and I still just tie it back)
Kingsfold has it about right - I reckon it would take years to grow the back to a length where it could be tied back.
To an extent, I can trim the annoying bits at the back of my neck with an electric razor, and I suppose in extremis I could trim my fringe; but the rest of it will look pretty awful.
I taught myself to trim my fringe in the first lockdown with the help of YouTube and can make a reasonable job of it. I'm glad as my hairdresser used to do fringe trims for free but now charges £6, so I won't be going so often.
Well. At the moment not at all of course.
My hair doesn't grow long without starting to look tatty and wispy at the ends but as I wouldn't be going near a hairdresser's at the moment, even if they were open, I'll live with it and be grateful if that's the only problem I come out of all this with.
O - one of my neighbours, probably about the same age as you, also has a very long pony-tail. Neatly kept and tied, it looks fine!
I imagine the washing and drying of it must take a while, though.
It does, believe me, it does. I have pool therapy a couple times a week right now. Every time I go I'm tempted to cut it all off.
Meanwhile, my son is growing his hair out, which is extremely thick and shaggy with just enough unmanageable curl. He plans to donate it. I call him a Haystack for Jesus.
Thing is, if you've got a fairly short hair style, it takes rather longer than 6-8 weeks to grow to a point where you can tie it back/up. And (having done this once or twice), it's pretty horrible whilst you're growing it out - it's too short to be able to confine/tieup etc and too long to be entirely comfortable.
(And it's one reason I ultimately opted for hair length which meant it could be tied back when at its shortest. I don't enjoy going to the hairdressers, so I can leave it a long time between cuts and I still just tie it back)
Dead right. There is a weird period when it's semi long, but finally I could tie it up, about 6 months. What's next, a man bun? People say, how handsome, damn, I missed out in my 20s.
At my third hair cut of the year last November ( I normally go every 5-6 weeks) I opted for a new longer style, as by then the sides had stopped sticking out over my ears so I encouraged them to continue to grow. This was ( correctly) in anticipation of a prolonged lockdown after the great mixings over Christmas. It is a slow process, but my hair no longer drives me round the bend.
O - one of my neighbours, probably about the same age as you, also has a very long pony-tail. Neatly kept and tied, it looks fine!
I imagine the washing and drying of it must take a while, though.
Mr Boogs, 63, has a ponytail, I cut about four inches off it twice a year. It reaches his shoulders. He washes his hair every day as he works out hard - but he doesn’t dry it, he just washes then ties it back and leaves it, even in winter.
I've decided to go for growing my hair during Lockdown 3. I managed to get my hair cut just before the starts of Lockdown 1 and 2, but failed this time. Partly because I was isolating at the best stage of the Christmas break and was losing various plots the week after Christmas.
I will, however, avail myself of the "teach yourself to cut your fringe" videos though I'm sure the art will return to me. I am not enamoured of the sight of the Japes' face without a fringe for various complex Japes-style reasonings.
Failing that, it's cold enough to be wearing a hat so I can gather it up under the hat whilst it's in the utterly irritating and annoying 'twist and between stage. Or, if it annoys me too much, I'll just shave it all off, put a hat on in public or on Zoom work calls and wait for it to grow again
I have always liked hats, but did not often wear them as they messed up my hair. Now that my hair seems often a mess I am wearing hats again, this time to cover the mess. Things are indeed better now that my hair grew long enough to gather it together in a bun.
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I think technology at the point where you could shave your head, and then deepfake as yourself with hair for zoom purposes.
In principle, of course.
I haven't done this, but this video seems to suggest that one can.
Dragonlet 1 is an ok length for now given that he won't stay still for clippers and I take him to the barbers, and the local ones seem to be far too relaxed about distancing and masks. Dragonlet 2 had her fringe cut by me last night, so it looks okay and is out of her eyes.
We are waiting for An Announcement tonight, which I suspect will be similar to the lockdown announced for mainland Scotland. Hopefully I can get the Dragonlets in school as key worker children for at least some of the week, as trying to juggle lessons and Mr Dragon's conference calls would be torture.
BTW: I've seen pics of her without the wig and the accompanying makeup. She looked both normal and pretty.
I hope the optician appointment went well for you @North East Quine
Can't see that being possible for a while yet.
I bought clippers from a certain multinational website when we got too shaggy earlier in the year, and have been trimming the short-haired members of my household since. Mrs C has hers done by a friend, who has a salon in the back of her house (which I assess as low risk), and Eldest Child is a firm member of the "let it grow" camp.
I recall earlier last year there was a study showing that no customers had been infected by two masked, Covid-positive hairdressers, but I have concerns about the new more infectious strain in that regard.
I've still to organise a trip to Barnard Castle for a proper eye test.
Fine, but how does this square with the command to Stay At Home?
It's to avoid the possibility of people congregating dangerously outside takeaways whilst swilling the alcohol they've just bought to accompany their Scotch Egg...
The anti-dazzle coating on my glasses is still good and I don't need new glasses. The problem with oncoming lights when driving is just aging, and I'm going to have to accept that as a limitation. It shouldn't be too much of a problem - I've not experienced any problems driving locally, just on the main road when driving towards a line of oncoming traffic. Prior to Covid I rarely drove to my parents, preferring to go by train and enjoy a book, Sudoku etc with a latte to-go. It's just the double whammy of Covid and Dad's illness which has forced me onto that road, and the days are lengthening anyway, so increasing wiggle room.
Makes it all sound such Fun, no?
We await the official directive from Lambeth Palace - it may instruct closure, apart from the funeral etc. bit, so we'll have to wait and see.
Of course, it could be done sneakily - eg by Ecclesiastical withdrawing Insurance Cover for churches that open - but I doubt it.
"Another Church"?
{whispers conspiratorially} Ah! C of E clergy are secret Pastafarians, aren't they? I knew they were! I knew it, I knew it!
:hallelujah:
Yes, and there are not a few devotees of The Great Pumpkin (Praise Him!)...
(Praise Him!)
People who buy a nice bottle of wine are going to drink it at home with dinner / people who buy a takeaway pint are going to drink it three feet away from the pub in a huddle with other people?
The optician did say that headlights are getting brighter, so it's mostly aging, but the age at which it becomes a problem is going down.
I imagine the washing and drying of it must take a while, though.
It's been about that already, and heaven knows when the hairdressers will be allowed to open again here.
The former Mrs BF did just that at a time when neither of us had much £££, and she made quite a neat job of it. For some unknown reason, she wouldn't let me handle the Scissors for her...
(And it's one reason I ultimately opted for hair length which meant it could be tied back when at its shortest. I don't enjoy going to the hairdressers, so I can leave it a long time between cuts and I still just tie it back)
I no longer possess enough Hair to really be in a position to comment!
To an extent, I can trim the annoying bits at the back of my neck with an electric razor, and I suppose in extremis I could trim my fringe; but the rest of it will look pretty awful.
Well. At the moment not at all of course.
My hair doesn't grow long without starting to look tatty and wispy at the ends but as I wouldn't be going near a hairdresser's at the moment, even if they were open, I'll live with it and be grateful if that's the only problem I come out of all this with.
It does, believe me, it does. I have pool therapy a couple times a week right now. Every time I go I'm tempted to cut it all off.
Meanwhile, my son is growing his hair out, which is extremely thick and shaggy with just enough unmanageable curl. He plans to donate it. I call him a Haystack for Jesus.
Dead right. There is a weird period when it's semi long, but finally I could tie it up, about 6 months. What's next, a man bun? People say, how handsome, damn, I missed out in my 20s.
Mr Boogs, 63, has a ponytail, I cut about four inches off it twice a year. It reaches his shoulders. He washes his hair every day as he works out hard - but he doesn’t dry it, he just washes then ties it back and leaves it, even in winter.
I will, however, avail myself of the "teach yourself to cut your fringe" videos though I'm sure the art will return to me. I am not enamoured of the sight of the Japes' face without a fringe for various complex Japes-style reasonings.
Failing that, it's cold enough to be wearing a hat so I can gather it up under the hat whilst it's in the utterly irritating and annoying 'twist and between stage. Or, if it annoys me too much, I'll just shave it all off, put a hat on in public or on Zoom work calls and wait for it to grow again