How Long Can it Go?

  Back in the 1960's when I was a teen and the Beatles had just conquered the world, there's nothing I would have liked more than to grow my hair long. The trouble was I had curly hair and my parents were dead against long hair.

 But now, on the other end of my life, I find my hair much less curly (though now white) and my parents, long gone, offering no objection. The few times I've asked Tom whether he minded me letting my hair grow he'd always say "do whatever you want. I don't care".

 So with the objections all gone I got a haircut on 9-7-2021 and decided to see how long I could go.

 I'll answer that question right off: 506 days.

 I got no haircuts in 2022 but finally decided after  72 weeks and two days that I'd had enough.

 And here is how the growing went ...

03-12-22

04-02-22

04-09-22

04-13-22

04-18-22

04-25-22

05-07-22

06-05-22

06-25-22

07-02-22

07-29-22

08-07-22

09-06-22

10-04-22

11-07-22

11-30-22

12-19-22

01-04-23

01-11-23

01-26-23

 Finally in late January I'd had enough (and probably those seeing me had had enough, too). I have no plans to ever do it again but I'm happy to say I once had long hair.

 And I saved money. I normally get a haircut every 13 weeks so I missed five cuts in that period. I usually pay $14 (+$2 tip = $16) so I saved $80. Was it worth it? Hard to say. But it was a safe experiment  I was able to perform on my own  body and no one was harmed.

 I think I last used that argument in 1963 with my parents  and it didn't work then.