Scissors have multiple uses
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381760)
Rockingham, Australia
April 5, 2017 2:50am CST
Writing about free haircuts reminded me of when we lived in Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, in the 1970s. I thought of it as a Wild West town. It was very isolated, very small and short on many facilities and services.
One of the trades that weren't represented was hair-dressing so many people would have wild and woolly hairdos until they were able to get to a bigger town several hours' drive away.
However there was one woman who would cut men's hair. The appointment would be made in the pub (hotel). You turned up at the appointed time with a bottle of beer for her as payment and one of your own, both of which you drank during said haircut.
Vince went there once or twice but was a bit put-off when one time she couldn't find the scissors and ending up screaming at the top of her voice 'Have you kids been cutting the cat's hair again with my scissors?'
The photo is of our cat Blue saying his prayers.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
5 Apr 17
I helped someone create some kind of order to their hair after they had tried to cut it themselves....it wasn't horrible....but then I don't claim to be a hairdresser.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
6 Apr 17
@JudyEv I've actually cut my own hair a few times when I was desperate had no money or time to go to the hairdresser. I gave one of my daughters an emergency haircut before school once. There's probably a discussion subject in that....
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr 17
@Morleyhunt I think I remember that. She had a go at it herself didn't she? Or was that the grand-daughter?
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 17
It doesn't look like rocket science does it? Cutting hair? But there is a bit more to it than meets the eye!
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
5 Apr 17
I have a long hair now which means scissors never been to my hair for a long time now.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 17
My hair is quite long now but I still get the ends trimmed every now and then.
@manasamanu (3797)
• Bangalore, India
5 Apr 17
Your cat is beautiful and that lady she must have gone horrified not finding her scissors. 
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 17
@manasamanu It's a long time ago and now it just makes a good story. 
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@manasamanu (3797)
• Bangalore, India
6 Apr 17
@JudyEv Yeah and a very funny story.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
5 Apr 17
You are on a roll today Judy EV..lol
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
5 Apr 17
Your poor husband love the photo of your kitty.
love the photo of your kitty.2 people like this
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 17
There were some wonderful characters in that town. It's modernised itself a bit now more's the pity.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
5 Apr 17
um, yeah, I think I'd pass, and wonder how the kitties haircut went
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Apr 17
Blue is totally zoned out doing what cats do best.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Apr 17
Those wacky kids and their scissors!
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Apr 17
@JudyEv - Not if they're shearing the cat!
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
5 Apr 17
lol that is just too funny! At least he never got fleas from his haircut
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
5 Apr 17
i would be scared, too! i didn't know you have a cat. makes you wonder how the cat looked like after its haircut!
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 17
Again I didn't make myself very clear. We don't have Blue any more unfortunately.
@epiffanie (11325)
• Australia
7 Apr 17
LOL! .. those men were brave to have their hair cut while she drinks ..
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 17
Yes, he did but I don't think he ever went back there.
@diosabella (4789)
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6 Apr 17
My Dad used to cut my hair when I was little. He used razor more than a scissor.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr 17
@diosabella We used to talk about 'basin cuts' where the mother would put a basin on the kid's head and cut round the edges.
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@diosabella (4789)
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6 Apr 17
@JudyEv My dad has no imagination when he was cutting my hair but I remember that my hair was so straight all the time those days.
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