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jp, had something more like this in mind.
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True Fact -- in the Era, and in the years just before the Era, customers for hair dye were overwhelmingly male. It was very common for companies to fire male employees who began showing the slightest tinge of grey in order to replace them with younger, cheaper workers, and it was very common for middle-aged men to start slapping on the dye as soon as the grey hairs started to manifest. Home dye products such as Kolor-Bak were targeted primarily to a male clientele, and this went on well into the sixties and seventies with "Grecian Formula 16," which was basically Kolor-Bak in a fancier bottle.
True Fact -- in the Era, and in the years just before the Era, customers for hair dye were overwhelmingly male. It was very common for companies to fire male employees who began showing the slightest tinge of grey in order to replace them with younger, cheaper workers, and it was very common for middle-aged men to start slapping on the dye as soon as the grey hairs started to manifest. Home dye products such as Kolor-Bak were targeted primarily to a male clientele, and this went on well into the sixties and seventies with "Grecian Formula 16," which was basically Kolor-Bak in a fancier bottle.
This place could really use a "Like" button. lolEdward James Olmos? Is that you?
Now I know I'm not just getting old, but I have definitely got there. My left hip has been giving me some serious grief of late, I'll probably need a hip replacement some time soon. Hot baths are wonderfully soothing, but the difficulty of this therapy is, standing up to get out. There's a non slip rubber mat on the floor of the tub, a grab handle on each side, yet I still struggle.
Last night, after the resounding thump, as I had landed full square back on my buttocks, my wife rushed into the bathroom, she chided me for not calling her for help, gripped my elbow as I gripped her's and got me on my feet. Satisfied that I was ok, she left me to dry myself down, adding a throwaway comment as she left the bathroom. "You've got more hair on your butt than your head, these days."
You must know The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock (one of my favorite movies). In it Harold LLoyd plays a 45 year old office clerk fired after 22 years at the same company because he is old and inefficient. His boss points out that he is more humane than his father who fired everybody when they reached 50. Although as he was very near sighted they often came back to work as their own sons.
As he collects his pay Harold warns the bald accountant to buy a wig.
The movie was made in 1946. No doubt exaggerated for comic effect, but reflecting the customs of the times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1o2G8UeuYs
The firing scene starts at 13:30.
I'd have never cut it. Those grey hairs started popping up in my early 20's. It's a genetic thing: neither of my grandfathers nor my dad went bald, and we all had/ have thick heads of hair - but the greying started early.
Photo is of me, last September, in Montreal.
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