Baldies



Dunno what the problem is, me, like. I always had crap haircuts and couldn't really be bothered sorting it out every day, so when it was thinning (I was about 38) I just shaved it all off. Save a fortune and a load of time in haircuts. Grew a decent beard to go with the shiny top and now people move out of the way and only look at me once during road rage incidents before meekly driving off cos I seem to look hard AF... deffo has its benefits. :lol:
 
Nowt wrong with being bald, I'll be bald in the next 5-10 years.

It's the people in denial that they're going bald that are the worst. Bradley Dack is a fine example of it, you can see he's going bald so he's grew it out as long as he can to hide it.
 
PrisonBroken said:
If you are bald the only reason to have a beard is if your dad was Richard from guess who.
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Presume you meant to say the only reason to not have a beard as bald and no beard = free range egg.

*few days stubble for those with good beard growing ability is what is best on a bald.
Kenna said:
Nowt wrong with being bald, I'll be bald in the next 5-10 years.

It's the people in denial that they're going bald that are the worst. Bradley Dack is a fine example of it, you can see he's going bald so he's grew it out as long as he can to hide it.
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Looks worse as their remaining hair is usually thinning, which simply amplifies the shitness.
 
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dangermows said:
Presume you meant to say the only reason to not have a beard as bald and no beard = free range egg.

*few days stubble for those with good beard growing ability is what is best on a bald.

Looks worse as their remaining hair is usually thinning, which simply amplifies the shitness.
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Nah free range egg on a three day cycle for decades, can't stand a beard too itchy and hot
 
Kenna said:
Nowt wrong with being bald, I'll be bald in the next 5-10 years.

It's the people in denial that they're going bald that are the worst. Bradley Dack is a fine example of it, you can see he's going bald so he's grew it out as long as he can to hide it.
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Gareth fuckin Bale!
Surely he can afford a Rooney??
 
mini-x2 said:
Are you bald? If so what age did you start to resemble a cue ball? Must be shit like losing your hair when you're young when it's your pride and joy. I used to work with a lad who was pretty much a cabbage head by the time he was eighteen.
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would have fit right in on the terraces back in 1971
 
Cox Green Fc said:
wouldn’t dare be bald
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You've got no choice egg-bonce
BiG said:
OP says hair is your ‘pride and joy’? Weird
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Of course it is when you're young... feeling like a big headed Jesus with the latest styles... buying endless grooming products and lasses running their finger through your hair. Let's face it, anyone who went bald when they were young are probably still virgins now
 
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Mine started going a bit in my early 30's so I quickly got some clippers and took it down short, but over the past 10-12 years it hasn't gone much more. This means I have a head of slightly faded stubble, along with a stubbly face. I have been told it really suits me though.

fun fact - I shave my head and my face at the same length setting so just swish it all around 360 degrees every week or two
 
mini-x2 said:
You've got no choice egg-bonce

Of course it is when you're young... feeling like a big headed Jesus with the latest styles... buying endless grooming products and lasses running their finger through your hair. Let's face it, anyone who went bald when they were young are probably still virgins now
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I was ‘young’ in the 70s*. I had long hair. But it was thin/thinning even then. So I back combed it. ThE flares, the boots, the grandad shirts, the hipster jeans, the loon pants… THOSE were why I was a virgin. 😉

I think the phrase ‘buying endless grooming products’ probably shows your age. In my day it was de rigour to appear as ungroomed as possible. Lads would spend hours creating the impression that they were wild and immaculately unkempt.

* I had my ‘youth’ in the late seventies and early eighties.
 
You defintely see more bald middle aged blokes these days than when i was kid (late 70s early 80s). I remember there was a bald bloke in our town and it was rarity. We'd always say "look, there's that bloke with no hair" when we saw him. Now you look about and 50% of everyone over 40 is bald. I think more people just shave it off these days, there was a reluctance among my parents generation to do that back in the day.
 
BiG said:
I was ‘young’ in the 70s*. I had long hair. But it was thin/thinning even then. So I back combed it. ThE flares, the boots, the grandad shirts, the hipster jeans, the loon pants… THOSE were why I was a virgin. 😉

I think the phrase ‘buying endless grooming products’ probably shows your age. In my day it was de rigour to appear as ungroomed as possible. Lads would spend hours creating the impression that they were wild and immaculately unkempt.

* I had my ‘youth’ in the late seventies and early eighties.
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I like your post. Yeah of course things change, fashions change. The pictures of me as a young kid in the 70s look like we didn't possess a comb in our house :)
 
Mackem Al said:
You defintely see more bald middle aged blokes these days than when i was kid (late 70s early 80s). I remember there was a bald bloke in our town and it was rarity. We'd always say "look, there's that bloke with no hair" when we saw him. Now you look about and 50% of everyone over 40 is bald. I think more people just shave it off these days, there was a reluctance among my parents generation to do that back in the day.
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Judging by this thread and the countless others on the subject on here I’d say the percentage is a lot higher than that.

When we went to Bede the Plainsy lads told us about their favourite teacher Mr Taylor who was a full on Kojak and as such was a standout. They’d wave at him when he drove past and it was a rare sight to see a full on chrome dome. Theyre ten a penny these days and he’d not get a second look.
 

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