Okay I'm old.
But I had a lovely weekend and, whilst not perhaps what we normally think of as traditional crafts, I thought I'd share the experience in the hope that it might make men "above a certain age" smile.
On Saturday, I went for a haircut. To my barber. I use the term advisedly. Those who are old enough will recall a proper, red and white striped pole, with bench seats on which you await your turn for a "short back and sides". Somewhere that is certainly not "unisex" or a "salon". Somewhere where you are positively not offered a latte or a copy of Grazia. So, there was me, three other old blokes and a guy in a chair. Youngish and happy to describe how he wanted his locks coiffured (beyond No.2 I hasten to add). Having had his cut he enquired whether the 60 year old, nylon jacketed barber who had charged him a fiver would "wax" his hair for him (I suspect, but cannot be certain, that nothing Brazillian was involved). He fled to the the guffaws of the entire room
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On Sunday I went for a pint in a country pub. Its not a wine bar, bistro, gastro or anything else. Its a country boozer. In walks Hooray Henrietta and enquires in best plummy accent where she should take her children.
"You go back out the door......." say the aging barman
"Yah....." say Henrietta "and then?"
"Thats it", says the barman, "Just go back out of the door".
Isn't it great that there are still places where a bloke can get a blokes haircut in a place designed for normal blokes without all the silly fripery? A place thats always got a queue for a plain, simple, bloke oriented service?
Also isn't it fantastic that a pub for adults still exists where people can get a drink without being subjected to the badly behaved brats of inconsiderate parents charging about runing one of the last havens of adult peace?
Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure there is a place in this world for the "unisex salon" as well as the "family fun pub", but I'm ecstatic that there are other, more traditional, cheaper and quieter places for me
Red
But I had a lovely weekend and, whilst not perhaps what we normally think of as traditional crafts, I thought I'd share the experience in the hope that it might make men "above a certain age" smile.
On Saturday, I went for a haircut. To my barber. I use the term advisedly. Those who are old enough will recall a proper, red and white striped pole, with bench seats on which you await your turn for a "short back and sides". Somewhere that is certainly not "unisex" or a "salon". Somewhere where you are positively not offered a latte or a copy of Grazia. So, there was me, three other old blokes and a guy in a chair. Youngish and happy to describe how he wanted his locks coiffured (beyond No.2 I hasten to add). Having had his cut he enquired whether the 60 year old, nylon jacketed barber who had charged him a fiver would "wax" his hair for him (I suspect, but cannot be certain, that nothing Brazillian was involved). He fled to the the guffaws of the entire room
.On Sunday I went for a pint in a country pub. Its not a wine bar, bistro, gastro or anything else. Its a country boozer. In walks Hooray Henrietta and enquires in best plummy accent where she should take her children.
"You go back out the door......." say the aging barman
"Yah....." say Henrietta "and then?"
"Thats it", says the barman, "Just go back out of the door".
Isn't it great that there are still places where a bloke can get a blokes haircut in a place designed for normal blokes without all the silly fripery? A place thats always got a queue for a plain, simple, bloke oriented service?
Also isn't it fantastic that a pub for adults still exists where people can get a drink without being subjected to the badly behaved brats of inconsiderate parents charging about runing one of the last havens of adult peace?
Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure there is a place in this world for the "unisex salon" as well as the "family fun pub", but I'm ecstatic that there are other, more traditional, cheaper and quieter places for me
Red
