Long Hair

[robereno]

The year was 1967 and I was at my local police station checking to see if they had found my stolen bike. While I was standing at the counter a hippie walked by the front of the station. The kid fit the bill as a stereotypical long haired, sandal wearing, patched jean hippie. He could be seen from the windows in the office and immediately two of the officers walked over to the windows and started mocking the kid and making jokes.


I think Eldridge Cleaver said that during those days, young white kids were learning what it was like to be black. A couple of years later I was the hippie and I was constantly being pulled over for the lamest of reasons. Stuff like, “It looked like your tires were bald” or “Didn't look like you were driving with your hands on the wheel”. Of course while they were talking to me they'd have their flashlights sweeping the dashboard and floors looking for roaches. Stopped for suspicion of being a hippie.


These days I have a ponytail but being 60, I guess I don't look like much of a threat. Or maybe times have changed. Actually I've discovered that people seem much friendlier when I have long hair.


I also remember the day after the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan. One of my classmates came in with his hair hanging down over his ears. He was sent to the bathroom to “clean up”.


I'm blathering.

 

[Olias]

I used to get the long stares and sometimes harassed by the cops when I had long hair. I lived in alot of places and the worst place for this was Wichita. Horrible place. For example, once I smiled and waved at a cop driving in the opposite direction one time, trying to be friendly. He slammed on his brakes and flipped on his lights and glared at me. I just kept on driving. He didn't follow me or anything, just that instant threat made at the long-haired guy.

Went to a pony tail in the 90's then decided my hair had thinned and receded too much and cut it short. No one believes that I used to have long hair now. *chuckles*

 

[cosmiccowboy]

i was a cowboy boot wearin long hair...in 69 i was 17...wish i had focused on somethin meaningful besides drinkin,smokin,the length of my hair,the cops...wasted a lot of years that i dont remember much about..

 

[Piel]

I was strip searched in Heathrow back int the 70´s, the dumbass customs guys asked me what coke cost in Calif -I said I didn´t know and asked them what they had to pay in London?

Not a popular comment hence the nekkid part.

 

[Marywanna]

Hubs couldn't graduate unless he cut his hair. 1970.

 

[fishheadbob]

My favorite was " I don't mind long hair as long as it's clean". That was code for " I hate those long haired assholes.

 

[j6p]

"Hey, Sis!" ... "Oh Mah Gawd, it's a HIPPIE!"

 

[Marywanna]

Hell yes,people made all kinds of rude comments about us. You even had to worry about getting your ass kicked.

 

[Hank Hemp]

Right now I at the point of letting my freak flag fly or needing a hair cut pretty badly. I've had two ponytails in the past. Went about 3 yrs with out a trim after I got out of the service. Next on 3rd shift and was to lazy to get a trim during sleep time. Here's a question-my hair is about over my ears, will I have a decent tail by sept my 60th b-day?

 

[chuckyoufarley]

i had long hair and i long white feather earring when i was a young teen .my friends used to say i look like a white huggybear

 

[+Vibes]

rocking the long hair into 2010.... just look like a hipster now

still a good message though, males with long hair.

 

[tex429cj]

Still have a ponytail;albeit a little grey.lol

 

[Piel]

At least I have a gray goatee...

 

[Wooden Eye]

well I just got me Pubes, when i leave home i am growing my hair the way I want too.

 

[blackone]

I used to have really long hair.
Now it's just a little bit too long because I'm too cheap to get a haircut - eventually my gf will get tired of it and cut it for free
Basically I don't really care any more - sometimes I miss my long hair but then I think about how impractical it was - how hot it is in the summer - how much it sucks when the wind blows and finally: How bad an idea it is to look like a criminal when you are

 

[robereno]

Right now I at the point of letting my freak flag fly or needing a hair cut pretty badly. I've had two ponytails in the past. Went about 3 yrs with out a trim. Next on 3rd shift and was to lazy to get a trim during sleep time. Here's a question-my hair is about over my ears, will I have a decent tail by sept my 60th b-day?

I read somewhere that your hair only grows a quarter inch a month. That means spending a long time when it's at the awkward stage, blowing in your face.

 

[robereno]

I used to have really long hair.
Now it's just a little bit too long because I'm too cheap to get a haircut - eventually my gf will get tired of it and cut it for free
Basically I don't really care any more - sometimes I miss my long hair but then I think about how impractical it was - how hot it is in the summer - how much it sucks when the wind blows and finally: How bad an idea it is to look like a criminal when you are

Yep, this is the second time in my life that I've grown it to a length where it can be tied back. But...it's really hot in the summer and waiting for it to dry after a shower is kind of a pain. But my wife really likes it long.

 

[chef]

I did an extra month in jail to keep mine, 20 years later, still got it lol
It was on principle, sat there with my finger in the air!

 

[Hank Hemp]

I wouldn't cut my hair for a good union job at a tobacco factory. Gee was I a dumb ass? A company "man" who did the interview said that being a infantry grunt in the Nam meant nothing because all they taught you was how to operate weapons. Hell They taught me how to dig holes and carry 75+lbs on my back. He he was in the IN ng, and wasn't dumb enough to go to Nam. Fug that stuff I didn't cut a lock.
Yeah your thinking this old boy ain't cutting that head and your right.

 

[cosmiccowboy]

I used to have really long hair.
Now it's just a little bit too long because I'm too cheap to get a haircut - eventually my gf will get tired of it and cut it for free
Basically I don't really care any more - sometimes I miss my long hair but then I think about how impractical it was - how hot it is in the summer - how much it sucks when the wind blows and finally: How bad an idea it is to look like a criminal when you are

B I N G O..it's one thing to be yerself and it's another to be stupid...all that "statement" stuff just seems childish to me now..