Has anybody seen ____ around Lately?

[bn1966]

For more than a decade I had very long hair. I mean very very long hair, it reached my elbows. If a scientist invented a pill that would grow my hair back I would sell everything I have and laid buckets of cash on his feet.

Had the long hair thing too in the 90’s during my grunge phase …. until it fell off

 

[Peter Mackin]

Had the long hair thing too in the 90’s during my grunge phase …. until it fell off

 

[Harris HTM]

@58panheadfan?

 

[JMax]

@58panheadfan?

Great avatar lol

@TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead ? Some of his shreds are getting active again.

 

[Peacoat]

Great avatar lol

@TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead ? Some of his shreds are getting active again.

He checked in three days ago. Can't have gone too far.

 

[Bfd70]

Canuckpanda (sp?)

 

[MrProper]

Great avatar lol

@TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead ? Some of his shreds are getting active again.

He posts on Instagram from time to time.

 

[Edward]

Had the long hair thing too in the 90’s during my grunge phase …. until it fell off

I had long hair back in the 90s, in between the occasional burst of having it clipped a bit shorter when I was listening more to the Clash than the Ramones.

By the time I was 28, it was noticeably thinning (unfortunate mix of being Gen X and an academic, both factors which on average see men lose their hair a decade earlier than their parents' generation. My Dad, eighty next March, didn't noticeably thin on top until well into his sixties. I'm told it goes down the maternal line, but Granda Blair had a full head of hair when he died at 72). Spent four years on shorter and shorter buzzcuts, in the end clipping it to a number one twice a week myself to hide the thin. When that stopped hiding it entirely, I just gave in and shaved it completely. I'll have been shaving my head now for twenty years come June 2026. The wife has only ever seen me with hair in photos. Luckily she prefers me without.

In truth, if I could have hair again, I'm not honestly sure I'd want it. I regret never having had a quiff or other vintage hairstyle - I wasn't into that when I had hair. Also wish I'd had blue hair at some point (I wouldn't have been left back in the house with that back when, and then I always had a job where I couldn't do that and get taken seriously). Hell, if I had a full head of grey hair now, I'd totally have a blue or purple rinse like Quentin Crisp. But the shave is so convenient, so low maintenance. Great for costume stuff and the occasional wig or prosthetic. And if it would be somewhat unconventional for the period I normally dress to (me and Yul Brynner, just..), well, on the other hand I've never had a haircut that looks immediately wrong for my chosen period of dress.

Now I think about it, I'm also fairly sure that a contributing factor to my (always fine) hair thinning so much in my 20s was the number of hours I used to spend on a weekly basis in a rubber baldpiece mimicking Richard O'Brien. There's a certain irony in that.

 

[Harris HTM]

In truth, if I could have hair again, I'm not honestly sure I'd want it

If I had hair again I would wear it like in my 20's. Down to my elbows.

 

[TheOldFashioned]

@Will Zach

 

[barnabus]

I had long hair back in the 90s, in between the occasional burst of having it clipped a bit shorter when I was listening more to the Clash than the Ramones.

By the time I was 28, it was noticeably thinning (unfortunate mix of being Gen X and an academic, both factors which on average see men lose their hair a decade earlier than their parents' generation. My Dad, eighty next March, didn't noticeably thin on top until well into his sixties. I'm told it goes down the maternal line, but Granda Blair had a full head of hair when he died at 72). Spent four years on shorter and shorter buzzcuts, in the end clipping it to a number one twice a week myself to hide the thin. When that stopped hiding it entirely, I just gave in and shaved it completely. I'll have been shaving my head now for twenty years come June 2026. The wife has only ever seen me with hair in photos. Luckily she prefers me without.

In truth, if I could have hair again, I'm not honestly sure I'd want it. I regret never having had a quiff or other vintage hairstyle - I wasn't into that when I had hair. Also wish I'd had blue hair at some point (I wouldn't have been left back in the house with that back when, and then I always had a job where I couldn't do that and get taken seriously). Hell, if I had a full head of grey hair now, I'd totally have a blue or purple rinse like Quentin Crisp. But the shave is so convenient, so low maintenance. Great for costume stuff and the occasional wig or prosthetic. And if it would be somewhat unconventional for the period I normally dress to (me and Yul Brynner, just..), well, on the other hand I've never had a haircut that looks immediately wrong for my chosen period of dress.

Now I think about it, I'm also fairly sure that a contributing factor to my (always fine) hair thinning so much in my 20s was the number of hours I used to spend on a weekly basis in a rubber baldpiece mimicking Richard O'Brien. There's a certain irony in that.

A lot of this rings true for me too @Edward .

I've been clippering my hair myself since 1994, and for over 30 years I've had varying grades of buzz. Never gone full razor shave though.

My hair started waving goodbye in my 30s, but somehow my dad who is mid-80s still has enough thatch on top to put me well to shame.

Fortunately I had enough hair during my 20s that I could spend the early 1990s with shoulder-length hair while I thrashed about seeing gigs like Pixies and Nirvana and GWAR and Teenage Fanclub.

But I don't miss having hair/a hairstyle at all now. Like you I relish the convenience of my Winter grade 2 plumage, that means hair never need even a second's attention, whatever the scenario.

And I never suffer from helmet-hair when I've been out on the bike.

 

[Harris HTM]

A lot of this rings true for me too @Edward .

I've been clippering my hair myself since 1994, and for over 30 years I've had varying grades of buzz. Never gone full razor shave though.

My hair started waving goodbye in my 30s, but somehow my dad who is mid-80s still has enough thatch on top to put me well to shame.

Fortunately I had enough hair during my 20s that I could spend the early 1990s with shoulder-length hair while I thrashed about seeing gigs like Pixies and Nirvana and GWAR and Teenage Fanclub.

But I don't miss having hair/a hairstyle at all now. Like you I relish the convenience of my Winter grade 2 plumage, that means hair never need even a second's attention, whatever the scenario.

And I never suffer from helmet-hair when I've been out on the bike.

Forgot to mention that my father hasn't still lost a single hair. And he turned grey only in his early 60s

 

[bn1966]

A lot of this rings true for me too @Edward .

I've been clippering my hair myself since 1994, and for over 30 years I've had varying grades of buzz. Never gone full razor shave though.

My hair started waving goodbye in my 30s, but somehow my dad who is mid-80s still has enough thatch on top to put me well to shame.

Fortunately I had enough hair during my 20s that I could spend the early 1990s with shoulder-length hair while I thrashed about seeing gigs like Pixies and Nirvana and GWAR and Teenage Fanclub.

But I don't miss having hair/a hairstyle at all now. Like you I relish the convenience of my Winter grade 2 plumage, that means hair never need even a second's attention, whatever the scenario.

And I never suffer from helmet-hair when I've been out on the bike.

Did the same in the 90’s … into Grunge and Indie Inc seeing the Pixies a few times, long dark hair down my back or in a ponytail. No. 1 these days due to ‘fall out’ but enjoying the low maintenance and no more helmet hair when riding.

 

[rogueclimber]

Also wish I'd had blue hair at some point

Never blue, but:

 

[Biff42]

I suspect (perhaps incorrectly) that some MIA's come back with other names.

 

[El Marro]

I suspect (perhaps incorrectly) that some MIA's come back with other names.

Usually only the ones who get thrown out do that.

 

[Edward]

Usually only the ones who get thrown out do that.

Yes. They always give themselves away, though.

One or two of the worst came back about half a dozen times, and generally outed themselves after about a week. One of the oddest I remember was the guy who used to get the rages at anyone for daring to suggest any repro A2 could be anything other than abject rubbish qualitatively, because it was "fake". Some real eccentrics have passed through here.

 

[Peter Mackin]

Yes. They always give themselves away, though.

One or two of the worst came back about half a dozen times, and generally outed themselves after about a week. One of the oddest I remember was the guy who used to get the rages at anyone for daring to suggest any repro A2 could be anything other than abject rubbish qualitatively, because it was "fake". Some real eccentrics have passed through here.

Shrinking Aero dude.

 

[Edward]

Shrinking Aero dude.

Yeah, he came around several times as well.

 

[Harris HTM]

Shrinking Aero dude.

The famous Schitzo