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9th April 2021, 09:12 AM
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Some of us had a bowl put on the head , what was under it was safe , the other free to who wanted it. Would have been hard to pass as Mohair. JS
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9th April 2021, 09:21 AM
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As kids we would have called them eggheads Ivan. Today with all the facial tattoos to accompany their bald pate , I keep my mouth shut. Cheers JS
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9th April 2021, 09:22 AM
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#10 Ivan, had that type of haircut after my first trip. After king Neptune had finished with me all I could do was have it all off and start again.
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9th April 2021, 10:12 AM
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#13 know it’s only a couple of weeks between a good and a bad haircut.But how long Is it between a bald pate and a hairy one Michael ? I’m not going to try and find out myself. Cheers JS.
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9th April 2021, 10:18 AM
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Some of us had a bowl put on the head , what was under it was safe , the other free to who wanted it. Would have been hard to pass as Mohair. JS
my granson charlie the rugby player ses ...you look like a bleedin skin head gramps ....got no respect these young buggers
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9th April 2021, 10:42 AM
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#14 John, took a while, going ashore in Fremantle on that first trip and going into Cleos I must have looked liked one of the first “immigrants”.
The S.O.S. later told me it was his first time across the line as well but every one thought he must have been before.
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10th April 2021, 05:20 AM
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Hair cut at the Vindi with a very gay hairdresser.
Took it down to the roots, had to look clean he would say.
Had one guy on the Windsor who cut hair for a beer, but had a big bag into which all the hair was put.
Bloody big bag which he had every trip and it just got bigger.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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10th April 2021, 06:55 AM
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Hair cut at the Vindi with a very gay hairdresser.
Took it down to the roots, had to look clean he would say.
Had one guy on the Windsor who cut hair for a beer, but had a big bag into which all the hair was put.
Bloody big bag which he had every trip and it just got bigger.
well im not asking .....but guess he made wigs for the ones from middlesex
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10th April 2021, 11:39 AM
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#15 A good stock answer is, well Moss does not grow on a busy street.
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11th April 2021, 05:50 AM
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As regards to 'tattoos' JS, I was told on my first trip that a persons brain power was inversely proportional to the number of tattoos. Think it still correct. Standard of education has dropped in direct proportion to use of computer
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