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Having reached 50 and because I can I have grown my hair. Not bald or grey like most of you 🙂 ( its a cheaper version of the red sports car and trophy wife)
The question is is there anyway of keeping it out of your eyes when doing stuff that you don't look like and utter berk doing?
I haven't had long hair since the 70s - there must be some modern men with long hair who can help me? Just plaster it back with "hair products"?
Wear a hat like a Rasta.
TJ, seen recently;
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Get a footballer style alice band 😉
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Or dreads - then you can be an auto-bigot...
dreadlocks
no need to thank me when you start getting followed by attractive women like the lynx adverts 😆
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I have a 'high forehead' and a no 3 clip on what's left thus I have no idea if these work or if you'll look like a berk.
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look like and utter berk
Sorry, but...this. Forever. Never anything else.
I don't do hair. Haven't had any for years, so everyday is a bad hair day for me.
I'm having visions of a mullet Tandem
hair bobble thingy if long enough
Alice band if you are metrosexual enough
TJ don't grow it too long!
No no - its not a mullet!
Yeah long hair is a bitch, especially if you ride quite regularly (I assume not since you're asking on STW). Get used to taking as long as a woman in the shower everytime :p
Oh and also get used to people taking the p*ss too! Usually from those who are unable to grow hair for themselves - go figure 🙄
Tips for keeping it out of your eyes? Wear a hat.
The question is is there anyway of keeping it out of your eyes
Haircut?
TJ you are way beyond help, posting this just adds ammunition to those who think you are a preening egomaniac. I mean asking for men's grooming tips on here, get a bloody grip man.
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is this the look you've going for TJ?
is this the look you've going for TJ?
Well, neither of them is Scottish, so why not! 😈
TJ if your hair is getting in your eyes your fringe is probably still at that inbetween length, when it's longer it naturally doesn't go in your eyes.
<EDIT> you could always wear a helmet until it gets there 😉
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I think you should experiment in front of the mirror TJ and post pics of the various results for us to vote on (Bobble, hair band, piggies , pony etc) I dare you !
I use a hat to manage my foppish hair for tennis. Cycle helmet does the job on the bike. Haven't quite had the nerve to try an alice band but a couple of the lads I play football with wear them.
unlike these jokers 🙄 i've done some serious research for you TJ, its been through a double blind super trial and peer reviewed by the tallest peers i could find.
some ideas for you:
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I wore a hair band to play football in when mine was long. No one took the Mick out of my hair, possibly as they were too busy laughing at my questionable footballing ability. On a bike in just tucked pushed it back and my helmet kept it out of the way.
I would suggest if you're particually bad or good at what you do noone will care anyway!
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sweat band
why not celebrate your hair?
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[i]Cycle helmet does the job[/i]
Yes. Good advice. Wear one ALL THE TIME.
I couldn't find anything that didn't make me look a right ****t, so ended up cutting it a few years ago and haven't looked back 😀
This is the look TJ has cultivated
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There is no hope for him!
Except a trip to the barbers and getting a proper manly haircut.
my helmet kept it out of the way
Wear one ALL THE TIME
And another thread bites the dust. Too bad as the tea's only just brewed.
Yer all just jealous of my luxuriant flowing locks
Mid-life crisis time TJ?
Oh indeed uplink
At least growing ones hair is cheaper than the red sports car and the trophy wife
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I find that the Che beret as worn by Wolfie Smith works for me.
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I had waist length hair for over 20 years, until january this year when i shaved the whole lot off. tbh you got to have nice hair for it to be long plus be a bit pretty. Tjah (i seem to remember is a bit of a dub/reggae fan) dreads is the only way for you, esp as you dont wear a helmet. you can wrap them in a rasta hat and you will have some protection.
btw when i had long hair i tied it in a neat bun on the nape of my neck, coupled with my slim legs i often got wolf whistles from van drivers, until they saw my stubble!
[i]The question is is there anyway of keeping it out of your eyes when doing stuff that you don't look like and utter berk doing?[/i]
You let it grow longer and put it in a pony tail.... oh didn't see the utter berk thing. (remember under ever pony tail is an ****hole)
PMSL @ some of the contextual adverst showing up top there.....
Recently included;
Regaine for men
and....even better....
Stannah Stairlifts!
At least growing ones hair is cheaper than the red sports car and the trophy wife
no where near as much fun tho. 😉 if you're going to have a midlife crisis do it properly and go for all 3.
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[i]until they saw my stubble! [/i]
legs are tricky, aren't they - have you tried waxing?
Mine has been allowed to go feral over the last year or so. Fortunately, I live most of my life wearing either a beanie or a bike helmet. Occasionally there are brief periods where I'm not wearing either. Then it's a right pain in the t*ts.
If I didn't live somewhere where wearing a beanie pretty-much 24/7 is acceptable, I'd have chopped my hair ages ago!
don't go for the hairband option, doesn't work on men.
tie it back in a pony tail and don't use too many products on it, as it'll look ick otherwise.
Not long enough for ponytail yet 🙁 I need a solution while it grows.
tie it back in a pony tail
Don't. A bloke in an adjacent office does this, I think it's because the pony tail lets him hold the strands in place where they go over his bald spot. He's also got one of those leather hats and affects a stockman coat.
Is that the kind of person you want to be? Is it?
HTFU
Thats the dilemma johnners!
Cos I can grow a good head of hair - very little grey and no thinning at all I shall just to rub it in and make you slapheads all jealous. However I don't want to look any more of a berk than I already do.
It just seems such a waste to have a good head of hair and clipper it to 1/2 inch which is what I have done for decades
Windswept and interesting is the look 😉 🙄
The fact you can't go for the urbane silver fox look is a mark against you. there's a point that blokes with long hair just look desperate or vain. Silver hair doesn't change that but it adds a bit of panache as you're riding around town on your vespa (or tandem).
I would like to see a photograph of this majestic mane.
I hope at the age of 50 TJ its not just a comb over that your getting proud of ? aka a Charlton 8)
I'm too am tempted to grow my hair long again too, it getting through that awkward mid length stage. I empathise with you TJ but I will still take the piss.
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admit it tj - you look like a cock
Scaring a lady
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Cut it off....or dreads
On one hand, not a mullet and certainly luxuriant and flowing. On the other hand, makes you look older and a bit like the bloke off Shameless.
Don't listen to 'em TJ. Carry on flaunting it, after all so many young men lose their hair [s]and the majority are posting on this thread[/s]
Jealousy is not a nice attribute guys. 🙄
One way of keeping it out of your eyes.
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i look 10 years younger(according to my wife) with short hair and im only 35.
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Your a day early TJ. 🙂
Is it really that uncommon to have plenty of hair at 50 and to be able to grow it if you want? I think you're trying very hard to show everyone just how young and virile you still are TJ - in your own words, a mid life crisis without the red sportscar and secretarial mistress...
Clubber - I am not really being terribly serious. If I was would I have posted this ?
If I looked like that I'd brush it over my face and walk backwards. 😉
HTH.
Regards,
Bald of Manchester.
TJ: We'll start to worry when you post the "which Prince Albert for..." thread.
Crikey TJ, your face looks 50 but your hair looks 30. You'd be better off with a bit of grey, as it is everyone's going to think you're dying it anyway.
[i]Jealousy is not a nice attribute guys.[/i]
See, there's us, trying so damn hard to be funny... and C_G trumps everyone without the slightest effort! 😆
Crikey TJ, your face looks 50 but your hair looks 30
looks like he was left outside in the garden over the winter
TandemJeremy - Member
Clubber - I am not really being terribly serious. If I was would I have posted this ?
Well I kind of figured that we'd get a standard TJ response (STJR) but I'm inclined to think that there is some seriousness behind this still... YMMV 😉
Nowt wrong with a mullet, but go for the Belgian roadie hardman version not the country & western style. Its great had it long for s few years now.
Hold it back in a pony tail and put your lid on, keeps it all tidy.
Used to have really long metal head hair and always tied it back in a ponytail but if it's not yet long enough get a lightweight buff and use that, the hair ands just look so like footballers .. Yuk. I admire your bravery asking that question on here!
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Pony tail FTW
See, there's us, trying so damn hard to be funny... and C_G trumps everyone without the slightest effort!
C_G speaks the truth!
Let the arguing commence ...
You're lucky to have a decent head of hair at your age TJ so flaunt it "because you're worth it" etc 🙂
Oooooh, is that Neil Oliver up there? He's got a good head of hair together with a rather appealing [s]sleazy[/s] demeanour. 😉
A wise man once said to me, "beneath all pony tails, there's an arsehole."
Wise words.
Looking at the pictures, TJ is obviously Frank Gallagher - opinionated, vociferous, possibly *slightly* educated, but a complete and utter ****sock. Can I claim a prize?
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And this fellow matches exactly the mental image I have of Padded Brain Fred...
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(sorry, I'm being serious in a humourous thread, that's a bit of a reversal isn't it...)
cougar - does that not fail the " looking like a berk" test?
Can I claim a prize?
The prize is in the post bad news is that it is a facial tatoo that says bell end
does that not fail the " looking like a berk" test?
of course check this one out i Mean as if you would be seen wearing a helmet .. I understand now yo uwant the world to see your full head of hair
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I used to have long hair - I Black N White'd it back for the Nick Cave type look
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Then it grew too long for that, so ended up being tied back all the time.
Was impractical for sports so chopped it off.
This was in the 80s.
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