Re: Spiderman movies

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 19.06.2023 14.40, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 16.06.2023 17.54, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> [Low cost snipping provided]
>>>> [How low?]
>>> [Down to here]
>> [That's pretty low]
> [Especially considering the quality of workmanship]
[Don't sell yourself short]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Most accountants that I met personally are bald
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or balding. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One of the predictable consequences of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> convoluted tax legislation, possibly...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Possibly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good thing I didn't become an accountant,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It could save you a fair bit on hair dye and hair
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> salon visits, though... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The savings would be invested in bad hair pieces.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If my understanding of the pricing of hair-products
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and -services is correct you will easily be able to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> afford a selection of _good_ hair-pieces. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have no idea how much hair-pieces cost, so I cannot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> comment on their relative value compared with salon
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> services. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Surprisingly affordable... https://www.urhair.co.uk/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If it lasts more that a few salon visit intervals it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> probably cost effective.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The one that looks like my actual hair is $100 US.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Okay, but what is that in hair salon visits - I don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> know the exchange rate.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Right now, I pay $42 plus tax for a shampoo, cut and blow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out. I think I used to pay $65 to get my roots touched up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and $110 for highlights and lowlights.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You could get a whole luxury wig for that. Highlighted and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> all. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll keep that in mind.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I buy a tube of purple goo for $12 it lasts probably
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 6 months. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This on the other hand is more Wallmart territory I guess.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can probably get a green one cheap after St. Patrick's
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Day. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> There are people with green hair now.
>>>>>>>>>>> Buy why, he asks uncomprehendingly...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Why not?
>>>>>>>>> Seems like a lot of effort compared to buying a nylon thing at
>>>>>>>>> Wallmart. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The benefit of dying your own hair is that it doesn't end up in
>>>>>>>> the next county during a wind storm.
>>>>>>> Neither will a wig if you tie it down - or stay inside during
>>>>>>> the storm... 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sometimes storms just happen.
>>>>>> What do you tie a wig down with?
>>>>> For a long hair wig you can just tie it together under the chin.
>>>>> Or wear a scarf. I understand those are very popular...
>>>>>
>>>> Really?
>>>> Sounds like a Jackie O era thing...
>>> A lot of people in or from North Africa and thereabouts absolutely
>>> insist on them...
>>>
>> No one that I know.
> You don't know a single muslim? I thought Canada was one of them
> multicultural societies...
> 

I know people who are Muslim but not from Africa and I know people who 
are from Africa that do not wear scarves.

>>>>>>>>>>>> I think the colours go on the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> discount rack when they are being discontinued.
>>>>>>>>>>> That must be frustrating (the discontinuing) if you have
>>>>>>>>>>> finally found the perfect shade of medium blue flourescent
>>>>>>>>>>> highlight to go with your sunflower yellow base colour. (or
>>>>>>>>>>> something - I don't know hair colour fashion either)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  I guess. They would have to pick out something else in that
>>>>>>>>>>  case. 
>>>>>>>>> But that is not going to be the exact same - the whole look
>>>>>>>>> will be off. 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or you try something new and like it.
>>>>>>> But that will mean having to buy a whole new set of accessories
>>>>>>> to go with the new hair colour scheme...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or not. No one cares if you don't match.
>>>>> Says she who has matching shoes for all her evening wear...
>>>> That is coincidental, not by design.
>>>> I have so many shoes that finding a pair to match my outfit is
>>>> easy. 
>>> So, did you buy shoes for the outfits or outfits for the shoes?
>> Neither.
>> The only time I purchased shoes to match an outfit was for my child's
>> wedding.
> I on the other hand have had the same pair of 'formal' black shoes for
> at least 35 years. They have been resoled once (or maybe twice).
> 

I'll have to check to see if I still have vintage footwear from the late 
80's/early 90's. I may have donated them during one of my pandemic era 
uncluttering frenzies.

I wore heals to work recently and my legs were sore for a week. Stupid 
pandemic!

>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or you can get one of those nylon jobs they sell for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all hallows eve. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I could probably get a whole bunch of different ones at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WalMart for $100.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't doubt it, but would they go with your $800
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> handbag is the question? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That doesn't matter. People wear mismatched stuff all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yebbut won't people assume your handbag is a cheap
>>>>>>>>>>>>> knock-off if you use it with a nylon wig. And then what's
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the point. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> that's ok. If they think it's a knock-off then they won't
>>>>>>>>>>>> steal it. 
>>>>>>>>>>> But also they will think your handbag is a cheap knock-off.
>>>>>>>>>>> I can only imagine the chatter in the country club bar...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *gasp*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It makes me feel like someone's taken an interest.
>>>>>>>>> There are different kinds of interest. I'm concerned this kind
>>>>>>>>> will damage your social standing. You might even be invited to
>>>>>>>>> fewer cocktail parties...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *checks diary*
>>>>>>>> I get invited to precisely 0 now.
>>>>>>>> Is it even possible to get invited to -1 parties?
>>>>>>> I suppose technically it is possible to send out 'do not attend'
>>>>>>> notices to those who are uniquely unwelcome. I don't think that
>>>>>>> happens much in cocktail party circles...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You know more about it than I do.
>>>>> Not really. I don't even like cocktails much...
>>>>>
>>>> I liek cocktails. I guess mocktails now.
>>>
>>> Last time I had a 'proper' cocktail was many years ago when a
>>> co-worker an I decided to try everything on the menu in the bar on
>>> the Oslo ferry. It went as well as could be expected...
>>>
>> 
>> Puked and passed out?
> Neither, but I suspect the work may have been a tiny but sub-par the
> next day...
> 

And you wept openly when you got your credit card statement.