The problem with customers is —_ tomer is, "Please come back if
that they don’t speak the same —_you're not happy. I’d like to get: age
language as haircutters. Every it right.” Otherwise, unhappy cus- :

beans

profession uses its own lingo. tomers slink away and never 4
Hairstylists use words like "elev- return. They think you might get. ae
ated", "weight" and "texture". angry, and they don’t want to feel

Regular people say "layered", like complainers.
"thinned" and "make me look like People really hate it when they:
Cher." Tell your haircutter you — get their hair styled a certain

‘A haircut is an annoying pain. I geek. Small children may snicker The main problem with hair- want a "bob" and you've just way, then cannot duplicate it at
don’t like to make an appoint- behind your back. Domestic ani- cutters is that they can’t read asked for three different styles — home. It looked so easy inthe :
ment, I hate wearing a plastic mals growl as you pass, and minds. Customers say they want you'll get the one your haircutter salon mirror. I like“to think Prin- a

cape, and I can’t stand the itchy people on the street may stare. = an inch trimmed off, when they thinks of as a "bob", The word cess Di had the same problem
bits of hair that stick to my neck. “You might not get the job you really mean half that. An inch is "short" is a matter of opinion, before she acquired her crown .

for the rest of the day. | always. want. You become a miserable only an inch onaruler—other- too. and live-in slaves.

expect to look great, and never = person, and finally your friends —_ wise, it’s a relative measurement. | The worst thing to say to a But knowing all this doesn’t

do. I’d just as soon not bother at abandon you. You end up living Budget conscious customers want hairstylist is, “cut it just like last © make haircuts any less bother- 7

all. ina cave with wolves--all because their "money’s worth”, meaning _— time.” With hundreds of people © some. I still get those itchy bits ;
Haircuts are a risky business. of a bad haircut. It happens. they want a large inch trimmed .- . in and out of the chair, even if of hair stuck on my neck. I still

Just having a trim puts a person = J used to be a hairdresser. Now off. Others value their tresses like you're a regular, it’s pretty diffi- expect to look great, and never | 7

in a vulnerable position. You I’m a customer. You might say gold, meaning a small inch. A cult to remember "last time". do. _ if

don’t know what to expect, and [’ve looked at hair from both © woman with waist-length hair _ Your stylist might hesitate to _ You'd think they could do

whatever you end up with, you sides now. Neither view is per- doesn’t think of the same inch as admit that... ‘something about that. -

have to live with for a while. fect. the guy with a buzz cut. ‘The best thing to say toa cus- a f
And as unfair as it seems, it's Once, a guy with below-the- crow makes between sunrise and 7

been documented that physical shoulder hair sat in my chair, a.m, and add 8.

appearance can hinder of boost asking for a what used to be e)Count the number of individual

one’s successes in life. Avant called a crewcut. I wasn’t really : :

. F clucks a mature chicken makes in
garde or simply hideous, a haircut sure about this operation, and told 11 rainates and subtract 13.
can make or break you. And for him so. He insisted it was a 2. When observed in the fall,

some reason, we associate a hair- simple matter. Then he grabbed Here's a short quiz, taken from —_twitches his tail within 25 seconds erpillar i

style with the person wearing it, the electric clippers from the the 1992. Old Farmer’s Almanac and add 17. The Oe ee eater af the

rather than the one who created shelf and started it for me. His by Robert B. Thomas, to deter- b) Count the number of moos a winter ahead

it. When your hair looks goofy, long hair became entangled in the mine how weather-wise you really cow makes in one hour and add 47 a)The wider the brown stripe

you look goofy. The person who machine, and as he jabbed at his are, (valid only on windy days). located between the two outside

made you look goofy gets off head, the blades chewed up 1. To determine the outside ¢) Count the number of chirpsa —_ black stripes on most woolly bear

scot-free. tangled chunks of hair —ahid- temperature in Fahrenheit... cricket makes in 15 seconds and = catespillars, the longer and more

An ugly haircut can really tum — eous thing to witness. He prob- —_a)Count (in the moming) the add 37. eve he ines will be

your life around. Once you feel ably lives in a cave with wolves number of times a chipmunk d) Count the number of caws a b) If the black str! nearest the
like @ peck, you're Watt saad caterpillar’s head ie wider than the
Oe — = : a ae a eee = brown stripe in the middle, the
- winter will be mild.
_ ¢) If woolly bear caterpillars are

observed to be frequently curled

into balls, their heads seemingly i
tucked into their litle behinds, the oe
winter will be cold.d) if the black oe G
stripes on either side of the brown g
stripe’are particularly wide in F
comparison to the width of the
brown stripe, winter will come late
and be over early. ee
1 e) If the innards of a squished

woolly bear caterpillar are dark

yellow in colour, there'll be an
early spring. If brown or black, a
late spring.
3, Which of the following are ‘i
genuine weather proverbs taken ay
from English and American i |
folklore? é

re:

a) “As many days old as is the
Moon on the day of the first snow, =
there’ll be that many snowstorms

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6. duck, there'll be nothing thereafter

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4, Other signs of a long, cold f
winter would include...
a) Squirrels gathering far more
than their usual supply of nuts.
b) Beavers building particularly
large lodges during the summer,
c) Much more firewood than
usual stacked up on the porches of :
long-time Almanac readers. ut
Answers: 1.c; 2.a,d; 3.a,c,e,f;
4,a,b.c.

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